MyLot "Friends" Request What would you do if....

United States
March 28, 2007 3:09pm CST
The same person requests day after day, sometimes twice in a day, to be a friend after being denied each time? I have checked their profile and the person does not have the requirements I look for, plus they have at least two hundred plus friends already. Would you approve them just to PM them and tell them why you are denying them and then delete them from your list or just let them go on trying every day?
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19 responses
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 07
Well Heather I have had the same Problem and this person has been rquesting for nearly a week now today I got 4 of this Person alone and I will still deny Not a lot of Points but 100s of Friends and keeps rquesting well there is only one reason for that So just keep denying like I am
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• United States
29 Mar 07
Same as the one I'm talking about.
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
28 Mar 07
Wow, there's one I haven't heard about. I usually check to see how many friends someone has and if it's several hundred, I deny the request. Two hundred is a lot but it's not as excessive as a lot of them. I don't know. If someone kept asking and asking, I'd probably okay them and see what happened. If they sent a lot of referrals to other sites (like what just happened to Alexandria) or they deluged me with discussion after discussion or they never answered my threads, I'd delete them. But if they turned out to be okay, I'd keep them and be glad to have them for a friend. If you decide to okay the request, you might as well see it through and give them a chance. Who knows, it might work out. If it doesn't, then delete them.
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• United States
29 Mar 07
I may be wrong but I think Alexandria and I may be referring to the same person.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
28 Mar 07
well if you don't want them to be your friend just delete them. they can get plenty other friends. maybe they don't like to be rejected.
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@GardenGerty (169603)
• United States
28 Mar 07
I would consider that, or I would consider contacting myLot and telling them this is abuse. Either way, I would not, after denying them so many times, ever think of really making them my friend.
@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
28 Mar 07
Well that's what I would do. If they don't get the hint sometimes you have to hit them with a brick...lol I would accept them and send a pm saying you don't want to accept them as one of your friends, then delete them. If they still persist then I would certainly notify mylot admin. I suppose it's possible they think you aren't getting their request .. or maybe they are trying to figure out how to send you a message..?? That's kind of crazy to be requesting your friendship that frantically..lol Sound kind of bizarre to me...they must be very determined.
• United States
29 Mar 07
Thanks mari that what I was thinking.
@graciela (147)
• Canada
28 Mar 07
I guess you just have to accept them and just turn the notify message off. It wouldn't hurt anyway to add them on your list.
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@breezie (1246)
• Canada
28 Mar 07
I think your idea sounds like a good one, but it may not work. The person could just be randomly sending friend requests to every one that they see posting. If they are doing that then thre may just keep on trying to add you as a friend. I think that I would just leave it as a pending request as another user mentioned.
@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
28 Mar 07
For the five seconds it takes to deny them,I would do it until they quit trying or the program.What I would suggest is that if they continue,put a not into MyLot complaining that who ever is spamming you and let MyLot take care of it.
• United States
29 Mar 07
Good idea, thanks
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
28 Mar 07
you would think they wouldnt ask again after being turned down the first time I approve some and they never post anything I get notified on so I may be cutting my list down no reason to keep them If I dont get notified on any thing how about you?
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• United States
29 Mar 07
I like to keep my list with friends who respond to me and also post interesting and funny discussions. If they dont do either then I delete them
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
28 Mar 07
There are some people who never learn after denying many times also. I think best thing to do with them is keep the request pending. In this case they can't sent the request again. Or may be aslo you can message them accepting them for a while.
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28 Mar 07
Honestly, I wouldn't approve them. If they haven't got the message by now then they are hardly likely to be a *good* friend. If you keep on denying, surely they will get the idea soon enough, although it is very annoying I know
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• United States
29 Mar 07
Your right and I also don't know why they we would want to be my friend the only thing we have in commeon is we like the same kind of music
@honeyangel (1991)
28 Mar 07
your going to have to do somthing,that must be so anouying for you maybe you should accept them then pm them like you say.
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• Singapore
28 Mar 07
If someone is so "friendly", why don't you at least converse with him? I would say.. accept his friend request, then send him a message. See how he replies... if he really doesn't fit your criteria then tell him politely.
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• United States
29 Mar 07
Thanks, glad you're back.
@tess1960 (2385)
• United States
29 Mar 07
i agree with some of the others here. you should leave that person in pending and just ignore it. he/she will leave you alone then. this person is probably just building friends to look good. it's not good though if he/she is not active with the friends.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
29 Mar 07
Accept them and then delete them just as fast. If they have that many, they will not even notice probably. Good luck.
@mgmagana (3618)
• United States
28 Mar 07
accept them just send them a message if u can explaining y u r going to delete them.
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• Ireland
2 Apr 07
I think if I denied them a couple of times and they still persisted in sending requests, then I would accept them and explain to them the reasons for not accepting them. I had one who did that and even after I explained the reason, he still persisted in sending me more requests. He had zero ratings and he was had already posted spam in pms to quite a lot of members on myLot. I think he was subsequently banned from myLot as I haven't seen him around since.
@ricknkae (1721)
• United States
28 Mar 07
well i don't know about your "requirements" - I usually accept everyone as long as their profile doesn' t show weird stuff, like inapropriate stuff or spammimg - but I would say that if you want that person to stop asking you as a friend, just don't answer ... if the demand is still pending, they will not be able to ask again to be added and you can leave it in pending mode for years! Or you can just accept them and turn the notify off so you won't be bothered by their discussions It's up to you
@tad1fan (3367)
• Canada
29 Mar 07
That's what I did.I accepted them,pm'd them and deleted them!It worked,they stopped bugging me