Facebook Friend Invitation.

[santaman2000]

This morning I received a "friend request" on Facebook from somebody in the UK. This invitation comes from somebody with no mutual FB friends listed and isn't somebody I recognize.

Anyway, I don't normally except such requests unless I either recognize the person or we have a few mutual friends. But before I reject it outright, I'd like to know if it's from one of y'all on here; that would be a request I'd happily except. So if it was indeed one of y'all, please pm me.

Thanks, Dan

 

[Mesquite]

Whenever I get a request from someone I don't know or haven't had dealings with I send them a message asking who are you?

If they come back with 'Oh, we've got mutual friends and I thought I'd add you as well' the request gets deleted

 

[santaman2000]

We think alike. I wanted to run it by here first just in case.

 

[cranmere]

Not me, if it's someone I don't know well I tend to send a message asking if they would friend me. Absolutely no offense taken if they don't.

 

[santaman2000]

Not me, if it's someone I don't know well I tend to send a message asking if they would friend me. Absolutely no offense taken if they don't.

How would that make a difference. No matter who initiates it, the access to your bio is the same.

 

[Blaidd]

If I don't know them I don't accept, on any of my FB accounts. I don't list personal details online. I'm a grumpy old git.

 

[British Red]

I'm a man.

I'm over forty.

Why would I have a Facebook account ?

 

[cranmere]

I consider it to be a matter of manners, and I can introduce myself that way.

 

[cranmere]

I'm a man.
I'm over forty.
Why would I have a Facebook account ?

I'm a woman, I'm nearly 60. Facebook is a fun way of keeping in touch with people I don't often see.

 

[John Fenna]

Facebook?
What is that?
I have friends and I have books ....

 

[santaman2000]

I'm a man.

I'm over forty.

Why would I have a Facebook account ?

To be honest, that;s exactly why I like it. I can reconnect with old friends and classmates I haven't seen in almost 40 years.

And FB no longer attracts many people UNDER 40. They've mostly moved on to twitter.

 

[santaman2000]

Thanks for the advice everybody. Rest assured, I have no intention of accepting the request unless I get more info first.

 

[British Red]

I'm a woman, I'm nearly 60. Facebook is a fun way of keeping in touch with people I don't often see.

If I care about people, I make time to see them.

If I don't care enough to see them....I have no interest in reading about them online.

I really don't understand the logic of "friending" someone I am not "friends" enough with to make time to see in person. My best buddy lives three counties away. We last had lunch at about 12:45 today.

I'm old fashioned like that.

 

[Haggis]

I'm a man, over 60, and I have a Facebook account. It is a place to keep in daily contact with old friends, distant friends, family, and contacts all over the world, but I'm always cautious of people which whom I have no connection wanting to be friended on Facebook. Very cautious indeed.

Also, with Facebook, I can keep up on my pitiful attempts at several foreign languages. Still though, I get new friend requests fairly often that I do not accept simply because I have no clue who they are.

 

[Blaidd]

I have friends/family in the US, Canada, Dubai, Philippines, Australia. Its a bit difficult to pop out and have dinner with them. FB is really just a big forum, I'm on a number of groups with shared interests, but FB (and computers in general) are just a tool, if it/they are not needed then there's no point in having them. There is no right or wrong.

 

[British Red]

I have friends/family in the US, Canada, Dubai, Philippines, Australia. Its a bit difficult to pop out and have dinner with them.

How hard is it to Skype them?

I agree - there is no right or wrong - but I do find Facebook "friends" to be a contradiction in terms.

 

[santaman2000]

How hard is it to Skype them?

I agree - there is no right or wrong - but I do find Facebook "friends" to be a contradiction in terms.

It's really little if any different from being a member here (I haven't met any of y'all personally and I probably never will) I can make a single post and all my friends will see it instead of having to write a dozen or so separately.

That said, I agree with you in that I don't just "friend" people randomly. Almost all my FB friends are people from actual personal contact (most are family) As for the very few that I have yet to meet in person, it's really not much different from the older practice of having a "pen pal" except that the communication medium is quicker.

 

[JonathanD]

I'm a man.

I'm over forty.

Why would I have a Facebook account ?

I'm with Red.

 

[vizsla]

Yep I'm with red, I had a acount years ago when it first came out but havnt used it for anything,
from what iv seen it's just gossip, people craving attention and hanging there dirty washing out!
but each to there own

 

[santaman2000]

Yep I'm with red, I had a acount years ago when it first came out but havnt used it for anything,
from what iv seen it's just gossip, people craving attention and hanging there dirty washing out!
but each to there own

There's certainly that.