Facebook Tips - Friends?
ByI have a few questions about Facebook and would really like some feedback from my wonderful readers who use Facebook. The first is about friends.
Do you friend everyone who sends you a request? If so, why? If not, why not?
I currently have around 15 friend requests sitting there from people I don’t know. I have never met them in real life and none of them have sent me an introduction. The only thing we seem to have in common is mutual friends. I’ve also had a few people send friend requests to me because I joined their business fan page. Again, I’ve never met them anywhere except by a friend recommending I become a fan of their business.
So, what do you do with your friends? Do you accept every request that comes through, accept only those people you have met in real life or online elsewhere? Or do you just ignore the requests.
Also, do you send requests to people who you share friends with or who join your fan page? If so, why? If not, why not?
I’m just curious to see what other people do. Please add a comment and let me know 
I look forward to hearing your comments.
5 Comments
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:52 am
Well, if someone emails me and I don’t know them, I’ll ask why they “requested” me and most times, delete them. If a friend of a friend contacts me with an introduction, I’ll add them, but not without one. I just take each one as it comes and whether I feel comfortable with it. I think as parents (and with a husband in a difficult job) we have to be careful - especially as I post photos.
I have friends I have never met, but we have connected through a parenting forum and I know them through their writings and a couple of friends I know through friends and we have a lot in common.
Most times if I join a fan page, I don’t expect the owner to add me as a friend - and would probably ignore them unless I have met them or dealt with them a few times. Does that help any?
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Thanks for your comments Katherine. It’s good to hear someone elses thoughts on this topic.
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:11 pm
No, I don’t. I have a fan page for business and my actual Facebook account is for people I know personally. I use it to keep up with friends and family, not for business.
I may not have met all my friends in real life, a lot of them I know from online. We still have a personal relationship and I’m interested enough in them to want to see what they’re doing, photo’s etc.
I don’t Friend all my fans. I have trouble keeping up with all my friends now, I’m not going to add people I don’t know.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Interesting post Melissa, its something I think about too. I have started recently ignoring a lot of requests - I don’t like people who use business names instead of real names, I don’t like people who use weird photos, I don’t like it when men add me. If I can see they are a legit lady who shares friends then i might but otherwise no. On my personal page I tend to have a lot of photos, information, etc that I don’t really want the world to see.
I don’t add a lot of friends myself, and definitely don’t add fans from my facebook business page.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Thanks Melinda & Monique. I’ve just ignored about a dozen requests! Most I’ve never heard of before.