Unwanted friends

If it's not someone I see in my real life often, and I really don't like them, then I will just deny it. They may get the hint. If I see them a lot and don't want to hear them complain about it, I will just approve them.

I'm not on Facebook or those other cyber-community sites. But I guess Friend status allows someone greater access to your pages, right? In that case, I think you should politely refuse. It's trickier if it's someone you know in real life that, rather than a stranger, that for whatever reason you don't want to see your more privately held content. Managing that kind of situation is not unique to the cyber-world, right? Anyway, I viewed your MyLot page after your response to another discussion (about author signings). I like your discussion topics, avatar and that you're from Norway (I love Magnet and Royskopp). So I'm sending a Friend request. Free free to deny it. :)

I say just don't accept the friend request. If you really don't want sombody to be on your friends list then you just don't. I don't think it would hurt that much for that person to be denyed. Just let them know you didn't want them there but be nice about it. They probably also deny people they don't want so don't feel bad for denying them.

The good thing about facebook is it's usually only people you know who try to add you. If they know you don't like them then they will understand why you haven't added them, otherwise just accept the invite it will do no harm. Myspace is more annoying as random people try to add me but I don't accept their invites, there's no point.

Avoid being passive aggressive, and have no qualms about denying a friend request or deleting someone you realize you don't know or communicate with enough to keep. Be honest with your feelings toward other people - because why would you want people you dislike to think otherwise? If you don't like them, they are not your friends and you have no obligation of any sort to add them.

I felt like that at first too, but then I realized that it's not like Facebook sends a message to the person saying they've been denied or anything. If you see them in person or something and they ask you about it, just say you never got the invite. Then of course, I'd guess you'd have to add them lol. What you could do though, is block them from seeing your profile in the first place under security settings. Maybe that'd work.

I've not been on facebook very long but I've only added my real life friends on there as I share a lot of photos from nights out and birthdays and the like and I don't want complete strangers having access to those photos. So far no one's requested me as a friend that I don't know so it's ok but if someone I don't know asks me I will have not hesitate to deny them :)

u shudnt be a coward in these kind of stuff the best thing to do in these kind of situations is to deny infront then to carry on these kind of situation coz u wont know now but in future this can creat a really big problem both for u and ur uninvited friend so its better to deny earlier then to wait for any sighn frm above!!