facebook asks new question in friend request?

[bluedoggiant]

So two friends have added me in the past two days.

they are both new to facebook.

for the first time ever, when i clicked to accept their request, from both of them, it asked "Do you know [name here] personally?"

below saying that your response will not be seen by your friend (something like that)

I said yes for both of them. But what if I said no? Does anyone have any idea why facebook is doing this? I haven't seen this reported on blogs anywhere, nor on Facebook's own blog

 

[fireshot91]

I noticed that to, didn't think anything about it.

 

[joepunk]

I've never answered those questions. Always left them blank.

 

[notjustjay]

More information and statistics to collect about you and your life? Measuring social network trends? ("On average, among users aged 13-25, 30% of their friends list consists of people they don't even know personally, blah blah blah...")

As a rule if I don't know someone personally, I ignore their friend request.

 

[Mr.B-UK]

I've noticed this too, it's just for statistics.

I ignore anybody I don't know/Dislike

 

[0098386]

I pimp myself as a games designer so I get requests from people who just enjoy playing what I produce. Some bits are family-only though like family photo albums, just as others are non-family only.
It's all a tangled web for me.

 

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Haven't they always asked this question? :confuzzled:

 

[heehee]

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Haven't they always asked this question? :confuzzled:

That's what I thought, they always asked this... if that's what you are taking about.

 

[EV0LUTION]

I'm sure it helps them network friends and keep the "people you know" thing finding more random people.

 

[Watabou]

Yeah I thought they always asked that for an unknown reason.

Oh and I don't ignore or accept any people I don't know. By doing that, it will ensure that they don't bother me again by sending friend requests right when I ignore them. I found that works best.

 

[iJohnHenry]

That is getting w-a-y beyond ridiculous.

Do they want a "dossier" on everyone one in the World??

I'm sure with the super-compters and storage they have now, it is possible.

 

[bluedoggiant]

That's what I thought, they always asked this... if that's what you are taking about.

no no

not the box that asks you

"HOW YOU KNOW THE PERSON"

this is VERY NEW

its a box that asks if "DO YOU KNOW [person name here] PERSONALLY?"

you will get two buttons "YES" or "NO"

this isnt the "did you goto school together?" blah blah blah

this isnt recorded any where, and is not change-able. thats why im interested, if its not recorded anywhere, and isn't change-able...why even ask?