Need for FB help,please

[Deleted]

Got a friend request from someone I absolutely, positively don't know and based on a peak at his FB public profile (very slim), don't want to.  I see the confirm/reject option.  What happens if I reject?  Can he see I have rejected him?  I would just ignore but his request just sort of stays there.  Seems weird, I don't have a good vibe about this.  I would rather be safe than sorry.  

Thanks, my trusted peeps!

[cael]

I think when you click 'delete' or 'ignore' or whatever, pretty sure they aren't notified. They could see you aren't friends with them, but I'm not sure they can see what you clicked. If you don't know the guy, who cares anyway! (you can always block too)

[dannylion]

He won't be notified.

ETA: I occasionally get requests from what appear to be random strangers, but I think they are probably friends of FB friends who are just trying to increase their "friends" total.  It does feel weird to get a request from a stranger, but it's likely harmless. I just reject the request and have never had an issue.   

[cael]

I usually am requested by people I have met recently IRL, or friends of friends. Depending on the circle, sometimes i'll add friends of friends - a lot of people in a lot of fandom circles I know are all just friends online and don't have much interaction, besides meeting at conventions sometimes. I'd actually friend those people (who usually don't live anywhere near my area) over randos from my town or somewhere.

[andi9899]

Speaking of FB. Is there a way to set it up so that people can only see what I post and not what my friends do? I don't want one of my disturbed family members putting something out there and someone looking at it for professional reasons to be able to see it.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

I just don't accept requests. They aren't notified.

[Lizard Queen]

I use my tablet or phone most of the time, so i have accidentally sent a friend request on more than one occasion, just by trying to scroll the screen. No need to overthink it, just ignore.

[spartan7886]

I get a lot of random friend requests from men with no mutual friends. I also get them from Nigerian employees of my multinational that I have never met, although that's really just a subset of men with no mutual friends. 

If you ignore the request, they cannot ask you again. If you reject, they get no notification unless they happen to see that the "send friend request" button is available again.

I haven't looked for it in a while, but I believe there is or was a setting to only allow friend requests from friends of friends.

[toomuchreality]

Ugh.  A few days ago, I thought I was doing one thing (on FB), but it turned out I was doing something else. Just before I hit enter, I realized (part) of my mistake. So I clicked on the X instead, to close it without doing the wrong thing. But no-o-o... It sent it through. Ugh.

Not only did I send a friend request, to someone I don't know, I sent a suggestion for some other people to be friends with them!
Ay-yi-yi!  I immediately sent a message of explanation and apology. Luckily they were nice about it. I was SO embarrassed!






FWIW: I don't accept random friend requests either. Just not worth it.



Good luck with your decision!