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Topic: facebook etiquette: friends, anyone?
| Author | Message |
| Thabit | Posted – 12/6/2007 3:23:31 AM | show profile I'm not a heavy user of sites like linked in and facebook, but for the second time this week someone I barely know (e.g. one or two exchanges of emails) has asked to be my "friend." Again, it's not someone I've met or know at all & have no real reason to be publicly joined to the person, which seems to imply that I trust or somehow "endorse" the person, though maybe that's just me being a newbie.. Ignore the request? Turn them down? Any one have similar experiences? |
| writesonwater | Posted – 12/6/2007 4:29:18 AM | show profile Keeping in mind that everyone knows your "friends" aren't necessarily your FRIENDS .... I don't mind requests from people I've exchanged an email or two with. I don't pay any attention to requests from those I've NEVER communicatied with -- friends of "friends." |
| jr_designer | Posted – 12/6/2007 10:56:45 AM | show profile I agree with writesonwater on this one. I'll usually accept the one or two e-mail "friends" but if I don't talk to them again for a few months, I'll go ahead and delete them at that time. If people are quick to add me as a "friend" after only a few e-mails, I assume they do the same with everyone and won't even notice when I remove them later. |
| Thabit | Posted – 12/10/2007 7:14:11 AM | show profile tx for the insight, both of you...It's always funny with these things to get a sense of what they're really about if you don't use them much |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 12/10/2007 11:26:02 AM | show profile Also, for Facebook and LinkedIn, remember that there is an option to sync your e-mail's address book to invite people. If you click the wrong button, the user can invite everyone in his/her address book accidentally without seeing the option to select specific people from the address book. I did this once with Facebook and felt damn stupid. (And yes, I'm on Facebook because my BFF was complaining she had no friends...ugh...now I keep getting poked every day and people write on my "wall," and I don't even know what an effing wall is!) Bleh... |
| Canadiana | Posted – 12/10/2007 12:37:12 PM | show profile I love Facebook for socializing, meeting up with old friends and relatives and have even landed a few writing assignments through it. And, yes, being "friends" with someone isn't as big a deal as I originally thought. You can easily "un-friend" them (my word) and they probably won't even notice. |
| Righter | Posted – 12/10/2007 3:23:03 PM | show profile I love facebook too, but it drives me crazy when some friends poke me or vampire bite me or ask me to take a mood quiz or rate them on their page or whatever it is they're using up valuable time to do. Ever since they let users create their own applications it's been like filtering spam all over again! |
| bettyxyz | Posted – 12/10/2007 5:09:05 PM | show profile Thank goodness I'm not the only one who feels that way! I joined facebook only as a way to get some photos for a group tour and then a few weeks later had the 10-year reunion. uggggggh. Two days later, they they are: friend requests from people I hadn't spoken with in 10 years, and with some, for good reason! Grudgingly I accepted them as "friend" and now feel guilty when I don't give an e-drink or "throw a snowball" at someone. Don't forget to explore the privacy settings. You can make yourself unsearchable to people! As a joke I sometimes want to install every stupid application created on my page, like What type of German philospher are you most like, The Office quotes, vampires, decorate my tree, etc. |
