Questions about FB friend request

You can look at a list of your friends, if you have sent them a request and they have not yet accepted it it shows up as "Friend Request Sent."

 

So, you talked to them for a few minutes, don't know their name, but you consider them your FRIENDS ?

LOL.

-t

 

It's Facebook acting stupid. There are some ways to try avoiding the problem, but I also came up with a plan after numerous account suspensions and threats of "deletion" (meaning you can't use it but Facebook sucks all of your info for potentially-nefarious purposes). I decided to take the offer and quit trying.

Send me "suggested friends" and then blame me for clicking on the Add Me link that Facebook provided? Don't like it when I want to talk to new people? Don't like it when I try to talk to family members? Hey, if these people really don't want Friend Requests, they can put a Do Not Disturb sign up by disabling Friend Requests, but since they advertise the Add Friend button, it should be okay. Facebook now denies the sending of a comment with a Friend Request, and blocks messages by sending many into the Other folder, so it's hard to even communicate why I'm sending a Friend Request. And since when is a Friend Request some sort of weird activity instead of a subscription to a person's page? Still don't like it? Okay, since Facebook makes money from user interactions, how about I stop sending Friend Requests? That did it, and I haven't heard a stupid complaint since then. Of course I still accept subscriptions in the form of Friend Requests, but I don't use Facebook to find new people anymore, nor will I advertise the service. Twitter is much easier, as is Google+ and various other services.

Facebook is still okay for what it was originally intended for, but I certainly won't rely on it for anything beyond its original purpose of academic collaboration.