facebook question

You know, there's a reason I didn't join it for forever.

Then a bunch of my friends posted pics from a recent trip we went on together there and that seemed my only way to see the pics - to open an account. So I did.

And now someone I barely knew from high school found me. And I thought it rude to decline the friend request.

But now I'm getting requests from all kinds of people I barely knew in high school and have no intention of getting to know now.

Is it utterly rude to decline them all?

i have facebook with only 1 friend, i don't use it as much as i use orkut & myspace.

CarrieMpls said:

You know, there's a reason I didn't join it for forever.

Then a bunch of my friends posted pics from a recent trip we went on together there and that seemed my only way to see the pics - to open an account. So I did.

And now someone I barely knew from high school found me. And I thought it rude to decline the friend request.

But now I'm getting requests from all kinds of people I barely knew in high school and have no intention of getting to know now.

Is it utterly rude to decline them all?

I don't think its rude. And if you don't want to be found so easily , you can adjust your privacy settings and change your search visibility

FauxJokie

No, it's not rude.....but somehow I feel honored that you've requested me to be your friend!!!
[Edited 9/3/08 16:08pm]

You know what they say about arguing on the internet… It’s a lot like running a race in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.

i don't think it's rude. on the other hand, i've had the same thing happen. i just accept the request and they usually don't bug me afterwards. if they do, i can delete them from my list - they don't get a notification when i delete them, and by the time they find out what i did, they probably understand that it's not a great idea to send me another request.

but nobody's really bothered me so far and i've yet to have to resort to that.

Anxiety said:

You know what they say about arguing on the internet… It’s a lot like running a race in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.

Someone from work keeps trying to add me as there friend, and I always decline.

August 6th, 2008- My 25th Wedding Anniversary

i dont think so.
i just decline people and hope they think, I think that they are some weirdo.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

You're sharing all kinds of info about yourself on there.

I've declined/ignored/blocked more than a few requests.

horatio said:

lol that's how they get us hold-outs! the damn pictures!
i felt weird not accepting every tom dick and harry but then
friends told me that you could accept and then remove later. they
would be none the wiser unless they totally scoured all their 243
names on their friends list. in the mean time when you accept them
you get to look at their photos and see who aged well and who didn't

Hell, I won't bother you.

Cinnie said:

Anxiety said:

its not rude to decline, especailly people you'll never see

thekidsgirl said:

its not rude to decline, especailly people you'll never see

I too recently opened a facebook account just to see what all the hype was about and I'm suitably unimpressed... All the people that I've seen or met there are like sheeple...

I dunno maybe I'm just buckin' the norm...

Cinnie said:

Hell, I won't bother you.

RenHoek said:

RenHoek said:

Anxiety said:

CarrieMpls said:

horatio said:

RenHoek said:

I too recently opened a facebook account just to see what all the hype was about and I'm suitably unimpressed... All the people that I've seen or met there are like sheeple...

I dunno maybe I'm just buckin' the norm...

so original

Cinnie said:

I added a whole bunch of people I went to school with, but very rarely interact with them. They're just a picture in my friend list.

I'm on Facebook more at the moment though.

NoodleSoup said:

I added a whole bunch of people I went to school with, but very rarely interact with them. They're just a picture in my friend list.

I'm on Facebook more at the moment though.

You know what they say about arguing on the internet… It’s a lot like running a race in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.

Some people don't want to put all of their information on Facebook. Some people don't want people tracking them down.

One of my friends made a fake profile name, and gave people he knew in real life the fake name. That way he could still lurk and communicate if he wanted to, but didn't have to announce everything. It was a bit strange, but he's a freethinker like RenHoek.