Adding someone because you know their friends

Hi Ricki, happy 2013....I have that happen to me many times, but I never add them, because I don't need friends that bad to add people I do not know...most of them know my siblings but I don't know them so I don't add them, It may not be the right move to make but thats my decision...oh well!!!

Sometimes I will do this for networking purposes. If someone, for example, is a fellow dancer and knows one of my dance friends, I'll probably add them. I have also added people who have requested friendship because of other shared interests. I have become friends with several people because of our interest in music. I am also friends with people who are fans of the New Orleans Saints and/or Drew Brees. Also, my family has ties to New Orleans (as hinted by the Saints connection!). During the 19th and early 20th century, my family owned a hotel down there. The hotel has not belonged to the family since 1921, but we maintain our allegiance to it as a part of our family (and hometown's) history and my dad and I are friends with several people who currently work there. I only add people I don't know, however, if I feel there is a good reason to connect with them. I won't add just anybody I don't know, either. I have gotten friend requests from people who just appear to be friend "collectors," or random desperate people who don't seem to have any real friends who use Facebook and are therefore trying to "make" some. Some of these people's profiles even have content that makes me uncomfortable. I do not add anybody of this nature. Even if they aren't threatening in any way, I just don't see any point of adding somebody just to add them. I rarely have the incident of adding "friends of friends" come up because my friends tend to just be individuals from different places rather than a large group of people - not the type of friends where association will lead to more connections. I probably would add a friend of a friend if I felt there was a good reason to add them, but I would be less interested in doing it I felt like it was someone I would never speak to or otherwise associate with.

oh i have had a few friend requests from people i do not know but are friends with my close friends. I think they have thought of adding me just because there was this photo thhat we both have commented on the same photo of our friend/s. The thing is this actually did not mean that we are already close just because we have commented on the same photo, right? he he but then i guess they are the type of person who collects friends in facebook.. they keep on adding friends and even acquaintances just so they can have many friends in their account. =)

If you don't feel comfortable adding him, then don't. I have had a few distant relatives in Canada who wanted to add me . . . they are related to me for sure as I double checked with my parents. But I totally don't know who these people are personally - and seeing their walls - oh wow, they are totally different from the family here in the US. I added them in because I felt no harm in it . . . but really they just became a name on the friends list on Facebook and nothing else - never a comment or a like on anything. At the same time, it's interesting to see how my Canadian relatives are. I've had some friends of friends try to add me, and I didn't understand that at all. I totally do not know them, so I didn't add them.

It really just depends on your personality. Some people feel comfortable adding someone like that. I add people on Facebook simply for a game I like to play. I don't know them but they know someone else who plays with me. I've also had people send me a request that our mutual connection but those have never occurred unless I have had interactions on my friend's Facebook wall posts with them.

Hay... you are not alone in this. Many people face this issue. Personally I don't add anyone on Facebook if I have not met them. To add people who you have not even met does not make sense to me. I would to keep my Facebook account something more personal. I only add people who I have met and I know well.

I have had it happen before. Well in two different ways. I've had people online only that have tried to add me. People that are like friends with mutual. I don't really add people unless I've talked to them before. I've also had people who know someone I know to add me. I talk to them maybe once or twice and that's it. I've had a few perverted messages too.

Quite often, one person connects with someone they barely know or may not actually know at all. Then, that person starts trying to connect with that person's friends and family. A few see that Person A is connected with that person, so there is an illusion that this random person is someone known and trusted; so, they proceed to connect with this person. By the time it reaches you, there may be 20 people you know connected to this person, but it all began with one person who may or may not vaguely know the guy. Unless I know the person or someone I know specifically recommends the person because he or she actually knows the person, I'm probably not connecting to the person on Facebook.

Good day 911Ricki, If I will be placed in your situation, I would not add that guy since I didn't know him personally. Although he knew my relatives but the point here is that, we are not properly introduced. If only that scenario was happened, then maybe a chance for me to accept his friend's request. Nevertheless, I will tell him straight that this is my simple reason why I would not accept his invitation.

I have no idea, I add my children's friends to my facebook and their parents because I know their kids, other then that I couldn't tell you.

I would sometimes add them up. Sometimes I'm just being a nice girl so I accepts their request. Although there were times I just ignored them. Some might think I am a snob for not adding my parent's friend, so I just adds them up just so they wouldn't think i;m a snob. I would delete sometimes if I do a clean up on my list.

Right, why add someone you doesn't know? But if they're relatives and my family knows the person, I'd probably add maybe at least know him a little bit. If the person is a total stranger, I don't, well in Fb not in mylot.

I have so many of those Facebook friends like that, i just add people out of respect especially when they're family. But then when i do meet them in real life and they bring up, "but were Facebook friends" thats when i have a hard time. I try to remember but i cant. Nowadays, when i dont know a person, i dont add them right away. I keen them in purgatory, in the accept friends list.

Adding someone you don't know before is not a bad idea since social network is also for being friend with new people but make sure not to put all your information in your account and this will be hazardous if your account being hacked. Make the person is interested in becoming friend with you or wanted to know you better or to offer you something like business. Add him and wait for his reaction, maybe anything good news can come from him, Who know? All the best.

Some people just want to look popular by having a huge list of "friends".

Maybe try to ask one of your relatives they really knew this guy. Then you can decide if you will add him or not. I don't normally add a person just because it's a common friend of my family. I only add friends who I really knew.

I think that there are lots of people that have tried adding me as we have friends in common and to be honest I never add them. I know a few of my friends have added my children, as they all play this game on face book, but that is ok with me, as they send each other gifts, plus I have known these friends since school.

Usually, when somebody requests for them to be added , I also check who are our mutual friends, and if I saw that he/she is connected with some of my relatives, I ask my relative who that person is. If they say that the person is nice , then I might add him/her up. But if they say negative things about the person, then wy would I even add them?

I have some relatives that I know and they know me and yet I won't add them as friends in my Facebook account. It's a personal preference and I guess since it's my account it is but my right as to who I let in in my "Facebook" life. I don't think that just because we're not FB friends that makes as less related or something.

i never adding anyone that i never know. sorry for that! what's the point ? all i can say, just be careful to adding someone you never know.