[CoachKandSportsguy]

Just rejected a friend request from a name which has never posted a single message.

What does a friend request get a member anyway?

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Just rejected a friend request from a name which has never posted a single message.

What does a friend request get a member anyway?

On Social Media networks (FB, Twitter, etc), it gets them access to whatever personal information you share with friends including the list of your friends. With the list of your friends they can send out even more friend requests and build an even larger network.

On the passive side, they can watch what you and your friends post about themselves: places they are visiting, vacation schedules, responses to polls, responses to stupid and meaningless questions that sometimes turn up as security questions, etc.

On the active side, they can post something that will be seen and possibly shared by your friends. Want to push a piece of disinformation? Put it in a meme that gets seen by dozens, shared by a few, and then seen by hundreds more.

There might be a financial aspect too. If businesses were willing to give me half a cent for every time someone looked at or clicked on an add then it would benefit me to have a large network of people who saw my posts. I don't know if this is an incentive but from some of the posts I see on FB I can believe that it is.

[Two Bills]

One of my grand daughters crowd has over 3000 friends on Facebook.
Think it is an ego or status thing.
I have a Facebook account I use just to see what our kids are up too.
My only Facebook friend is my dog.
I had to starve him for a week, and threaten him with the Vet to get him to ask.

Billy No-mates.

[dewilson58]

On ToTV???


Assuming yes......................ZIP.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

On ToTV???


Assuming yes......................ZIP.

There are friend requests on ToTV? I had no idea.

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

One of my grand daughters crowd has over 3000 friends on Facebook.
Think it is an ego or status thing.
I have a Facebook account I use just to see what our kids are up too.
My only Facebook friend is my dog.
I had to starve him for a week, and threaten him with the Vet to get him to ask.

Billy No-mates.

My Facebook account is completely blank. My page on this forum is blank. People who know me and want to share will post something and I will look at it then delete. I cant understand why people will post personal information in the hopes of becoming famous. Or want you to share your information with a herd of online "friends." IMHO: you have a better chance of being a victim of crime.

I have zero online friends and am proud of it. The friends I do have, I can see and touch. Never going to have it any other way.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

There are friend requests on ToTV? I had no idea.

Ok, everyone send Billy a request.

[LuvNH]

Some of the old timers who have been in TV for about 20 yrs might remember it was all the rage to get loads of "friends". When I started to post I got requests and turned them all down. I have friends, don't need more especially from someone I don't personally know.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

There are very gullible people on the internet. There are also predators on the internet. If you tend toward the naive or gullible, then you are the perfect prey for predators. Never accept a friend request from someone you either don't know, or haven't interacted with for awhile in front of others (such as on an internet forum rather than private message). I have tons of followers on Twitter but I mute any who try to private message me there.

[CarrieOn]

I never accept if I do not know them

[Gunny2403]

A stalker

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Just rejected a friend request from a name which has never posted a single message.

What does a friend request get a member anyway?

I had no clue one could even do that on this site?

[deborahcme]

Here is my "go to" for friend requests. Do I know you now? Do I want to know you? Imagine if someone just walked up to you and said "wanna be friends?" You'd think those same thoughts, but of course, in person there's an opportunity to better answer them. Earlier poster said it all; those who collect "friends" may want to become influencers or just have the collecting spirit. If you are talking FB, you can "unfriend" someone without it being a public event (unlike in real life!). Not sure about other platforms, but as they all compete with each other, it's probably an option there as well.

[Windguy]

I won’t “friend” anyone that I don’t trust enough to let them spend the night alone in my house. I don’t want to risk burglary if I post pictures while I’m on a trip.

[DonnaNi4os]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Just rejected a friend request from a name which has never posted a single message.

What does a friend request get a member anyway?

What does it get you? On the positive sides you get in touch with people you haven’t seen in many years. Personally I enjoy that. However, it can be very dangerous. I’ve gotten messages that say they have read my messages and, “even though you don’t know me, I find your messages interesting and I’d like to get to know you better”!!!! These are usually from men. In a case like that I block them by clicking on their name, hitting the 3 dots at the top right and hitting BLOCK. We must be vigilant to protect ourselves. It can be very dangerous in cyberspace.