Ever reject a friend request on Facebook?

Fighting Hellfish

I ddin't sign up to "reconnect" with people from high school who I haven't talked to in 16 years. Esp. people I didn't even know or talk to in HS. If i didn't talk to you in in 1992, I don't have time to talk to you know. If I made it 16 years without talking to someone, I'm okay with not having them "in my life". But i feel like I have to accept a request. Seems kinda dicky to reject someone.

I also did not sign up for this to get hit by snowballs, play duck duck goose, have beers passed to me, to sign up for causes (stop animal cruelty, support AIDS research) These are all good causes, but people aren't going to stop beating their dogs just because the dopes on Facebook signed some petition

SVRDhand13

If I once knew the person I don't reject them. I've only been out of high school for 4 years so its not all that crazy for someone to contact me. But I reject people I don't know all the time.

urbanhippie

I reject requests from anyone I wouldn't want to talk to in real life... I don't mind signing up for causes if I support them, but some of the groups I get asked to join do seem kinda pointless.

mickeyrat

I'm not on any of those sites. But I'm curious , WHY did you sign up?


And I agree with you.we didn't talk then ,why spoil a good thing?

acoustic guy

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

I ddin't sign up to "reconnect" with people from high school who I haven't talked to in 16 years. Esp. people I didn't even know or talk to in HS. If i didn't talk to you in in 1992, I don't have time to talk to you know. If I made it 16 years without talking to someone, I'm okay with not having them "in my life". But i feel like I have to accept a request. Seems kinda dicky to reject someone.

I also did not sign up for this to get hit by snowballs, play duck duck goose, have beers passed to me, to sign up for causes (stop animal cruelty, support AIDS research) These are all good causes, but people aren't going to stop beating their dogs just because the dopes on Facebook signed some petition

LOL Funny thread, (Oh, So cool that you were in the PJ magazine bro)
I uaually accept anyone who I was friends with a while back . A few people, I asked how they knew me before I said yes or no.
And I TOTALLY agree abot the snowball bullshit! I NEVER ever accept that goofy shit. lol
I do like Facebook though, I have to admit.

Fighting Hellfish

mickeyrat wrote:

I'm not on any of those sites. But I'm curious , WHY did you sign up?


And I agree with you.we didn't talk then ,why spoil a good thing?

good question. i guess beacause my wife did, and most of my nieces and nephews are on there. and there are a few people I wouldn't mind finding and chatting with. I did find one pretty good friend from HS and talked to him one night. I wasn't expecting some of the silliness

PJ_Saluki

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

...I also did not sign up for this to get hit by snowballs, play duck duck goose, have beers passed to me...

What the hell is the point of that stuff? I asked a buddy who sent me a drink request and he didn't even know.

Fighting Hellfish

acoustic guy wrote:

LOL Funny thread, (Oh, So cool that you were in the PJ magazine bro)
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thanks. That was like the highlight of my year. (Okay, my 2nd son being born came in at # 1, but this was pretty close)

Julien

I just rejected someone's invitation and this is not the first time.
I don't want to have within my friends people taht I've never seen, met or known.. I looked at the guy's profile just to check if I really don't know him and I see he has 712 "friends"... stupid!

Rygar

Julien wrote:

I just rejected someone's invitation and this is not the first time.
I don't want to have within my friends people taht I've never seen, met or known.. I looked at the guy's profile just to check if I really don't know him and I see he has 712 "friends"... stupid!

I had some fellow send me friend requests once a week for a month or two...still don't know who he is.

Jeremy1012

Yes, I get added by people I used to go to school with who are utter fucking scum.

So I tend to reject those, naturally.

South of Seattle

If I quasi know you from the board, I'll send one and or accept it. But yeah, I don't do the games and causes. That's just more spam and unwanted notification alerts in my book.

It's funny how Facebook turns into a high school reunion though. I mean almost 80 of the people I hung out w/ in high school and people I met in my 20's are on there. Pretty crazy really.

Julien

Rygar wrote:

I had some fellow send me friend requests once a week for a month or two...still don't know who he is.

yes, that's funny. Or weird. Or stupid... I rejected a guy a few times a few months ago. The third or fourth time he asked me as a friend I realised it was a guy I knew well at University...

Left Porch

I've rejected a few "slumpbusters" on facebook, but that's it.

rival.

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

I also did not sign up for this to get hit by snowballs, play duck duck goose, have beers passed to me, to sign up for causes (stop animal cruelty, support AIDS research) These are all good causes, but people aren't going to stop beating their dogs just because the dopes on Facebook signed some petition

unfortunatly for me, my two 50 year old aunts discovered facebook and all they send me is that crap. stickers, flair, snowballs, pillow fights, drinks, plants, causes... it just doesn't end.

JordyWordy

If i wouldnt talk to them in real life, then they sure as shit aint getting connected with me so they can look at some details & photos.

No sir, they can just feck off. DECLINE

TrixieCat

I have deleted people that got on my nerves or just plain started acting like a fool. Whether it was someone from here or someone from my "real" life...I have no problem dropping the ax on someone.
I got rid of one person as they were from here, went on a different board and was trying to start shit, or fuel flames about something that was going on here.
I had nothing to do with it. I kept my nose clean on that one.
But the person that was being talked about is/was someone I consider/ed a friend. She has since disappeared mysteriously from here and I hope it is because she is happy and healthy.
Some people are just too mean to be one of my Facebook friends.

pretext

I've rejected or "ignored" a few folks. I don't feel the need to accumulate so-called friends who didn't know me when they "knew" me in high school. On the other hand, I have reconnected with a few folks I lost track of over the years. And it's an easy way to keep up with actual friends - though I do think it gives an illusion of contact that can take the place of real interaction.

pjfan31

Just the other day, I got a request from some girl who was at my high school for a couple of terms. I can honestly say I never talked to her, didn't say hi or anything. And she requests to be my friend?? I have nothing against her but I find it a little odd you call someone a 'friend' with whom you are not.

Also I have a couple of people who are 'friends' and we walk past each other at the shops and don't acknowledge each other.

It is just a stupid competition to see how many friends you can get.

PissBottleMan

One of the VP's of the company sent a friend request that I didn't accept. Why would I want him to know how much time I waste on there at work.

PBM

MattCameronKicksButt

TrixieCat wrote:

I have deleted people that got on my nerves or just plain started acting like a fool. Whether it was someone from here or someone from my "real" life...I have no problem dropping the ax on someone.
I got rid of one person as they were from here, went on a different board and was trying to start shit, or fuel flames about something that was going on here.
I had nothing to do with it. I kept my nose clean on that one.
But the person that was being talked about is/was someone I consider/ed a friend. She has since disappeared mysteriously from here and I hope it is because she is happy and healthy.
Some people are just too mean to be one of my Facebook friends.

? Not me I hope! That sounds remarkably familiar. ?

I'm pretty lucky. I've only had a few people that I'm indifferent to, contact me. School people that I had nothing to do with but neither liked or disliked - Just didn't get why they contacted me because we've not spoken since we 'reunited'. I don't like to be rude and none of them have ever done anything to me, so... *shrugs*

vedder_soup

don't deny it if you don't want to add it, leave it sitting there and they cannot re-request you as it says it is still pending.
i like it now how you can block the applications, so i get 1 request for it, and block it!

allornone

PissBottleMan wrote:

One of the VP's of the company sent a friend request that I didn't accept. Why would I want him to know how much time I waste on there at work.

PBM

That is hilarious! You probably got that friend request just for that reason.

allornone

Has anyone deleted a friend because they just kept posting annoying things?

There was one person that I used to be good friends with back in high school, but I think he's trying to win the "most annoying Facebook friend ever" award. His status would change every 5 minutes. He would create an event for his lunch at Subway so others would know where to find him if they wanted to eat lunch with him. If he read an article online that day, he'd post a link to it with his own comment and opinion. He made several comments on his own photos. I just couldn't take it anymore.

xavier mcdaniel

allornone wrote:

Has anyone deleted a friend because they just kept posting annoying things?

There was one person that I used to be good friends with back in high school, but I think he's trying to win the "most annoying Facebook friend ever" award. His status would change every 5 minutes. He would create an event for his lunch at Subway so others would know where to find him if they wanted to eat lunch with him. If he read an article online that day, he'd post a link to it with his own comment and opinion. He made several comments on his own photos. I just couldn't take it anymore.

that sounds like something that someone would do on twitter. I've never used it but I was at a basketball game recently where the person next to me kept updating her twitter page with the events in the game as opposed to watching the game.