Accept or Ignore?

[JerseyRich]

Do you accept everyone's friend request on Facebook or are you more selective as to who you befriend?

I get a few per week that I sit and think about as to whether I want this person knowing what I'm up to or if I really want to know what they're up to. It's mostly people from High School that I haven't really spoken to in a long time and I have no interest in being their "friend." These are people that if I saw them in a bar I probably would just acknowledge and move along.
I think a lot of people just see my name and say "Hey, I know that guy...let's be nosey and see what he's doing!"

I'd say a good 30%-40% of requests that I get, I ignore...repeatedly even.

[sailor]

i basically just check to see if i actually know the person. i got one that i had like ten friends in common with, but it was just someone i had no connection with shilling their book. you can change settings to allow differnt people different access to your shit, even if they are a "friend".

[Ritalin]

I ignore often. I also don't play all those "someone sent you a drink" nonsense applications.

[JerseyRich]

I ignore often. I also don't play all those "someone sent you a drink" nonsense applications.

Agreed.

I will poke back and forth...
But fuck you and your Mafia games!

[drjoek]

My children have Facebook

[ChrisTheCop]

I just gave JerseyRich and Sailor Poker Chips.

[JerseyRich]

My children have Facebook

Which is another issue.

My Dad recently joined Facebook and friend requested me instantly...

I ignored him about 3 times before I accepted.

Ugh.

[EliSnow]

I'm about 80/20% accept/ignore. There are definite "friends" I should have ignored, for example, friends of my 19 year old sister that I haven't said more than 10 words to in my life.

[JerseyRich]

I'm about 80/20% accept/ignore. There are definite "friends" I should have ignored, for example, friends of my 19 year old sister that I haven't said more than 10 words to in my life.

Useless without pics.

[sailor]

I ignore often. I also don't play all those "someone sent you a drink" nonsense applications.

i think he meant actual friend requests, not the silly things you get from some people after you add them as friends.

[topless_mike]

i dont do causes, or friend suggestions, or gay mafia games.
if i know you, fine. accept. if i dont, than ignore.

then again, little of me is on there and i really dont say/do much.

[Marc with a c]

fake friends are stupid.

[ChrisTheCop]

i think he meant actual friend requests, not the silly things you get from some people after you add them as friends, constantly making you wonder why you ever befriended them in the first place.

Embellished.

[~Katja~]

I occasionally ignore, but not all that often.
I am trying to get my mom to sign up cause right now she signs in as me when she checks uploaded pictures and videos...

[yojimbo7248]

i dont do causes, or friend suggestions, or gay mafia games.
if i know you, fine. accept. if i dont, than ignore.

then again, little of me is on there and i really dont say/do much.

Chris has created a gay mafia game? Johnny Cakes Pay Day?

[~Katja~]

fake friends are stupid.
you're stupid :dry:

[Marc with a c]

you're stupid :dry:

not.

[EliSnow]

Chris has created a gay mafia game? Johnny Cakes Pay Day?

Fag-eddaboutit.

[britneypablo]

<font color="deeppink"> i just made an entirely new facebook.....:wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:

[topless_mike]

Fag-eddaboutit.

sleep wit da fishes? nahh.
yoos is gunna sleep... in MY sleeping blanket.
agooosh.

[hammersavage]

you're stupid :dry:

watch it.


I accept almost everyone. Especially if they are a chick.

[Dougie Brootal]

i have nothing but fake friends.

[KnoxHarrington]

I pretty much accept everyone.

I'm just amused when it leads to me getting invited into "causes" that are totally opposed to my actual political beliefs, such as "Put Prayer Back In Our Schools!" and "Tell Obama This is a Christian Nation!" Uh, no and no.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I will accept another board member who I know either from meeting or from knowing here for a bit


as for non internet people, I will not accept everyone, only present friends and acquaintances and from the past only names of people I knew or hungout with in the past.. I wont accept a former High Schooler just because we graduated together or we were in the same class

[instrument]

on facebook you can define groups and what access you'd like each group to have.

i have lists for people from highschool or work, limiting what they can see or comment on on my page.

since myspace doesn't have those options i tend to ignore a lot more requests on there.

[Death Metal Moe]

I am EXTREMELY selective about who I accept on Facebook. I don't want to sift through pages of bullshit before getting to the updates of people I actually care to read about. I've declined some friend invites and ignore most of the stupid games and polls.

I almost always accept message board folk and most family members.

[JerseyRich]

on facebook you can define groups and what access you'd like each group to have.

i have lists for people from highschool or work, limiting what they can see or comment on on my page.

since myspace doesn't have those options i tend to ignore a lot more requests on there.


What's the point of that?

If you have a "friend" on facebook, why would you want to limit access? Either they're your friend, or they're not.

Which is why I use the ignore button liberally.

[~Katja~]

What's the point of that?

If you have a "friend" on facebook, why would you want to limit access? Either they're your friend, or they're not.

Which is why I use the ignore button liberally.

I use lists.
They come in handy when setting privacy on albums and such.
I have work friends on there that don't necessarily get access to party/ event albums... and I like using FB to host my pix on.

[instrument]

well when you work in management you can either A have two accounts, one public one private, or B what i do.

i chose B.

back when there was only myspace i did A and it was just annoying.

[instrument]

I am EXTREMELY selective about who I accept on Facebook. I don't want to sift through pages of bullshit before getting to the updates of people I actually care to read about. I've declined some friend invites and ignore most of the stupid games and polls.

I almost always accept message board folk and most family members.

you can also filter the wall posts as well, like my default wall is "family and friends" so i only see their posts, i have a group for employees/highschool/college as well, so if i want to see those groups i click on their group name on the left side and i can see what they have to say.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

also , who else has about 10 or 20 people who u know, but are too stubborn to make the friend request.... You should be there friend, but are waiting for them to request you out of pride

[SatCam]

I get maybe 1 friend request a month. If I know them I will probably accept them.

I absolutely refuse to be "friends" with any of my 5 siblings, or my mom.

[Aqualad]

A lot of people who I went to high school with I never spoke to, or don't remember for whatever reason. If their info says they graduated the same time as me, I'll accept even if I don't know them. I don't want to be one of those guys who pretends they never had a childhood.

[sailor]

<font color="deeppink"> i just made an entirely new facebook.....:wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:

you're already my friend twice, is there now a third one? i'm trying to collect them all!

[britneypablo]

you're already my friend twice, is there now a third one? i'm trying to collect them all!

<font color="deeppink"> no just the two....which means your one of the important ones if you got both.....

POKEMON!

[Aggie]

I'd ignore all of you.

[hammersavage]

I'd ignore all of you.

who says we'd ask you?

[JerseyRich]

who says we'd ask you?

http://maochan.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/oh-snap.jpg

[~Katja~]

I'd ignore all of you.
:(

[Aggie]

who says we'd ask you?

All your visits to my profile and albums. You can't deny you want more.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

can we agree myspace is dead............

[hammersavage]

All your visits to my profile and albums. You can't deny you want more.

Either can you. It goes both ways. Just like Rich.

[JerseyRich]

Either can you. It goes both ways. Just like Rich.

?

I go one way, big boy.

[NateCantDance]

What's the point of that?

If you have a "friend" on facebook, why would you want to limit access? Either they're your friend, or they're not.

Which is why I use the ignore button liberally.

Some people you see on a regular basis and have to maintain a cordial relationship with despite hating their guts.

[ToiletCrusher]

I ignore a lot of requests.

Most are people I'm no longer friends with or people I barely knew from high school.

[biggirl]

I typically accept most people. I miss a lot of high school friends who have moved away and never see, so we use FB to keep in touch.

I ignore people from school who I think are probably stalkers now and would kill me if I said something they didn't agree with.

I hate getting friend requests from teenagers because I don't want them seeing my crazy life or think they have something in common with me.

[topless_mike]

?

I go one way, big boy.

not what you said on our date friday...

:furious:

[Marc with a c]

i have nothing but fake friends.

what does the + mean?

[sailor]

What's the point of that?

If you have a "friend" on facebook, why would you want to limit access? Either they're your friend, or they're not.

Which is why I use the ignore button liberally.

you only have one type of friend? they're all exactly the same?

<font color="deeppink"> no just the two....which means your one of the important ones if you got both.....

POKEMON!

i was really confused by it at first. :)

[Fallon]

I deny some if I don't recognize them.

My Mom signed up a few weeks ago and befriended me. Totally changes how I post there now.

:flush:

[JustJon]

I ignore people if I have no clue who they are. I also hit ignore on certain family members, like when my dad found the iPhone Facebook app and decided he needed to try it.

And those gay mafia games make an insane amount of money. Of course, Mafialife isn't one of those insanely popular on Facebook...

[Dougie Brootal]

what does the + mean?

it means they have a bigger cock than you.

[EddieMoscone]

I have 2 facebook accounts. 1 for friends and family, 1 for co-workers/colleague/students. Can't have those world intermingling...in particular the students.

[PD]

I try and be selective. I use it mostly for people I haven't seen in a long time, family, and a few friends. If I accept your FB friendship I need to care about you in some fashion.

as for those games/invites/gifts- i can't be bothered.

[Donnie Iris]

Due to the fact that I'm not in middle school anymore, I don't use facebook.

[JerseyRich]

Due to the fact that I'm not in middle school anymore, I don't use facebook.

Ooooh! There's middle school kids on facebook?!

Where?!

[NateCantDance]

I have 2 facebook accounts. 1 for friends and family, 1 for co-workers/colleague/students. Can't have those world intermingling...in particular the students.

So....are you friends with yourself?

[Donnie Iris]

Ooooh! There's middle school kids on facebook?!

Where?!

Have a seat... No, no have a seat.

If I knew how to imbed images you would be staring at a picture of Chris Hanson. Actually, that's not even that funny so maybe it's better I'm not aware...

[JerseyRich]

Have a seat... No, no have a seat.

If I knew how to imbed images you would be staring at a picture of Chris Hanson. Actually, that's not even that funny so maybe it's better I'm not aware...

I have yet to come across any middle school kids on there.

Which is precisely the reason I dropped myspace and use facebook.




(jesus, did I set that up for someone to knock it out of the park)

[PD]

if you heard Ben Mezrich on O&A a few weeks ago, he was talking about his book- which talks about the founders of facebook among others.

It started out as Harvard, moved to Harvard & Yale, then college only, then HS & college and now older people are the fastest growing segment of facebook people.

[Aggie]

(jesus, did I set that up for someone to knock it out of the park)

People be slippin' lately.

[JerseyRich]

People be slippin' lately.

Wow. That family reunion changed you.

[Aggie]

Wow. That family reunion changed you.

Watchu talkin' bout, Rich?

[Death Metal Moe]

you can also filter the wall posts as well, like my default wall is "family and friends" so i only see their posts, i have a group for employees/highschool/college as well, so if i want to see those groups i click on their group name on the left side and i can see what they have to say.

I figured that out REAL fast. Certain people who's only contribution to Facebook were their fucking polls, quizzes and game scores got filtered out REAL fucking fast.

[Dan G]

I accept everyone, but I give them at least a month. If after a month whoever added me never comments on anything I post or never attempts to talk to me then they get deleted.

I ignore all causes, Mafia invitations, and silly virtual drinks, kisses, hugs, etc...

[WampusCrandle]

i only accept people that i know, and even then. i'm in the process of getting rid of many people. I only want 4 friends.

[Donnie Iris]

I have yet to come across any middle school kids on there.

Which is precisely the reason I dropped myspace and use facebook.




(jesus, did I set that up for someone to knock it out of the park)

Yeah, too easy.

I guess I just never understood the interest in these "social networking" tools. I've never even seen a Twitter page and really don't ever foresee any reason to do so.

And no, this is not Blowhard. Sadly, I wasn't even alive in the 70s....

[Gvac]

Sadly, I wasn't even alive in the 70s....

I'm so sorry.

[biggirl]

gosh..this thread jinxed me. I just got a friend request from someone that I do not want to accept...Thanks a lot Rich! I will ignore.

[lleeder]

guess I just never understood the interest in these "social networking" tools.

Then you must not like *insert name here*.

[jennysmurf]

I used to have a rule that I had to have actually met the person who wants to befriend me. But now I have a few people from here on my facebook. Probably a bad idea, but I like to live on the edge.

[hammersavage]

I used to have a rule that I had to have actually met the person who wants to befriend me. But now I have a few people from here on my facebook. Probably a bad idea, but I like to live on the edge.

accepting me was a TERRIBLE idea

[jennysmurf]

accepting me was a TERRIBLE idea

So far, it has brought me nothing but happiness. And herpes.

[hammersavage]

So far, it has brought me nothing but happiness. And herpes.

I just wanted to hurt epo. you were collateral damage

[epo]

So far, it has brought me nothing but happiness. And herpes.

WHAT?

[jennysmurf]

WHAT?

Oh.......Hi, Honey. *ahem* Didn't see you there.

[biggirl]

Oh.......Hi, Honey. *ahem* Didn't see you there.

Yeah...I am here too, w/o husband. Yay!!!!

[sailor]

Due to the fact that I'm not in middle school anymore, I don't use facebook.

Sadly, I wasn't even alive in the 70s....

you sure you're not still in middle school?

[Donnie Iris]

I'm so sorry.

Yeah. I just try to remember ignorance is bliss when I blame my parents for the timing of my conception.

[Donnie Iris]

you sure you're not still in middle school?

Yeah, I'm sure. Was that an attempted burn? I don't really follow.

[sr71blackbird]

I have yet to get into this whole Facebook thing. Its all I hear about, so I do not like things that are that popular. My sister keeps bugging me about it, how all the people from grade school ask about me and stuff. If I wanted to know these people, I never would have lost touch. I got into myspace when it came out, and then lost interest. This kind of shit doesnt hold my attention, but thats me. If it is something you like, thats fine, I never say bad stuff about things people get into.

[Donnie Iris]

I have yet to get into this whole Facebook thing. Its all I hear about, so I do not like things that are that popular. My sister keeps bugging me about it, how all the people from grade school ask about me and stuff. If I wanted to know these people, I never would have lost touch. I got into myspace when it came out, and then lost interest. This kind of shit doesnt hold my attention, but thats me. If it is something you like, thats fine, I never say bad stuff about things people get into.

Amen

[PapaBear]

I actually KNOW almost every person on my Facebook. The only ones I don't are a few RF.net people.

[jennysmurf]

I actually KNOW almost every person on my Facebook. The only ones I don't are a few RF.net people.

Same for me. Shame you live all the way in Vagina.

[PapaBear]

Same for me. Shame you live all the way in Vagina.
I finally convinced her to stop calling me Schmooey!

[jennysmurf]

I finally convinced her to stop calling me Schmooey!

Good for you! How'd you do it?

[PapaBear]

Good for you! How'd you do it?
I came out and told her that I HATED it.

[jennysmurf]

I came out and told her that I HATED it.

Honesty is the best policy. :happy: I didn't mean to cause you such trauma, but if it brings you two closer then it was worth it.:wink:

[STC-Dub]

I have yet to ignore anyone.