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I've only been on Facebook since the beginning of the year, so I'm still a newbie. I have found most of my college, childhood and "geographic relocation" friends.
This morning, I got a friend request. It was from a young lady with a very normal name. She had 150 friends, dispersed across age groups, and they appeared to hail mostly from the Western U.S. There was no location, school or college information, so I couldn't determine if I knew her parents. She was attractive and there were about 5 to 10 profile pictures in swim apparel which weren't tacky at all, but revealed an attractive young lady. Still, (a) she could be my daughter, (b) I couldn't see any linkage to my own friends from the past, so I declined the friend request.
My profile has some basic information such as schools and has a lot of travel pictures. My interests in music, movies, etc. is blocked off. Wall posts tend to be travel stuff, Memory Lane stuff, and some current events.
How the heck does someone you don't even know land on your profile? What is their objective? I didn't even find it flattering. I found it WEIRD.
I don't accept any request from a person I don't know. It could be a potential employer trying to snoop, or maybe the person hit the "send friend request" on accident. Or she could be your daughter????
Could be a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend...............
She could just be someone who has a similar interest of yours and saw your name and just hit "friend". I notice with people on FB that they have hundreds of "friends' when, in reality, they may only actually know 15 or 20 of those people.
Yes, if you don't know this person at all, even from the common friend list, don't accept a Friend Request blindly on FB, period. There could be a few exceptions, unless you don't mind having lots of casual FB friends. I don't recommend doing it.
The profile with a pretty girl's picture can be fake, never know. There are lots of fake FB accounts being used for all kinds of reasons, from spamming to spying to someone just being nosy about you. It is always good to be cautious and guarded if you are somewhat new to social media.
Last edited by berkeleylake; 08-12-2012 at 08:50 AM..
When I get a friends request from someone I don't know in real life, I send them a PM (message) on Facebook, saying something like "Hi, thanks for the friends request! I'm afraid I have a terrible memory and don't remember you, so sorry. Where do we know eachother from, or why do you want to be friends?"
Most of the time it is someone I know vaguely (say from volunteering, or neighbours etc), and I'll friend them. Often, I get no reply, and then I deny and block a few days later.
I've only been on Facebook since the beginning of the year, so I'm still a newbie. I have found most of my college, childhood and "geographic relocation" friends.
This morning, I got a friend request. It was from a young lady with a very normal name. She had 150 friends, dispersed across age groups, and they appeared to hail mostly from the Western U.S. There was no location, school or college information, so I couldn't determine if I knew her parents. She was attractive and there were about 5 to 10 profile pictures in swim apparel which weren't tacky at all, but revealed an attractive young lady. Still, (a) she could be my daughter, (b) I couldn't see any linkage to my own friends from the past, so I declined the friend request.
My profile has some basic information such as schools and has a lot of travel pictures. My interests in music, movies, etc. is blocked off. Wall posts tend to be travel stuff, Memory Lane stuff, and some current events.
How the heck does someone you don't even know land on your profile? What is their objective? I didn't even find it flattering. I found it WEIRD.
Any thoughts or similar experiences?
Spambots. Some of those profiles are laced w/ viruses, so be careful what you click on.
I set my friend requests to 'friends of friends' only.
Oh, I declined. No doubt about that. I have to know the person. And, if I "vaguely" see a linkage to someone I know, I expect a message attached to it.
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