Do you add strangers?

I have... since I don't have many friends to start with. I became a fan of this writer's Facebook page and started commenting to items there and as a result I've become friends with close to a dozen different people from around the country that I would never have met otherwise. Call it being naive, but I don't see the problem with "strangers" online. They're just people like we are, and probably just as lonely. We come here, online, probably because we don't have anything better to do "out there" in the real world. At least I do anyway. Yes, there are predators, freaks and perverts out there, but what's the worst they can do to you other than say something nasty on your home page? Then you delete them. I like to think (and hope too) that I'm a decent judge of character. Again, call it being naive. I've met some really nice people online over the years. Some have become my best friends (well, one). But I've still met some nice people. Yeah, I've gotten hurt, but while I'm don't file it away as one of life's experiences - and yes, I'd have rather not gotten hurt that way - the hurt may end up being worth it in the long run. In other words, that story isn't finished being written yet. So no, I don't have a problem adding strangers to my friends list in FB.

hm ,what about your friends in mylot? is them starnger for you too?

If I didn't add strangers, i'd never meet anyone new. I add people who seem like they might be interesting, and get to know them through their content on the website. If they do anything that I find weird of creepy, and I feel uncomfortable about them, I will delete them from my network.

I have been member of lots of different sites and it really make me uncomformtable to add starngers, but I wonder y they add me in the first place. For instance on facebook many males added me and then they sent me some messages as if they know me for quite some time. Pople on my facebook or other sites are the ones from my work place, college university etc. Starngers do increase the list but whats the point?

I only participate on Facebook, but I know everyone that is my friend on there. I have never added a stranger because I like to be cautious about what people see and information like that. You can never be too cautious when it comes to adding people on social networking sites, so I try to steer clear of that. Now, I'm not saying that meeting people online is a bad thing, because I know many of my friends meet people that way. I just prefer not to add strangers. Besides, I don't have the time to sift through the countless profiles that are available.

No, I don’t add strangers at Facebook. Actually I even don’t have too much friends on it. I only share my facebook profile to select friends and relatives. Besides, I have more time here at Mylot than on Facebook.

I too am also a member of a couple of social networking site. At first, I mostly try to maintain friends whom I really do know, either actually or online but, these days, even when strangers would add me up, I'd just accept and let it be like. I didn't add them because I wanted to increase my list of friends, I just did with no particular reason. I can even say that, even when I add them, we don't really interact with each other so, they are just listed but, frankly, still strangers to each other. Only when we do interact with each other, get to know one another, I guess being friends would start out right there..

I only add strangers because of gaming purposes. Like I want to add them up to increase the number of members I have, so that's why. Other than that, some are other online friends; quite a few from mylot too.

Hi, Dolce! I like Facebook once, but not anymore because sometimes the recent updates are jumbled up with the older ones. So, it's quite confusing and sometimes it's just slow in loading. Anyway, I seldom add strangers as well. I may add an acquaintance or a friend of my friend or family members, though. I remember I do add a couple of them, but that's it. I never thought of adding these people just to add my friends list. I don't think the list is that important(?) It's great to get connected with other people and new friends, but sometimes we have to be very careful of their real intentions in adding us. There are cases where some users find out they have two accounts, the one was a fake one probably created by somebody who's in their friend list and extract their personal information as well as photos.

Yes. Because I want to meet a lot of new friends that's why I also add strangers in my list. It doesn't matter if I know them or not I just want to be their friend. Another reason is sometimes, there are people adding me as their friend and I don't know them but they do know me. Another, my friends are changing their names in their account or sometimes their pictures. So That's why I add strangers in my account expecting that I know them personally.

In the case of Facebook and Friendster, I do not add strangers or those whom I just slightly know. I just feel that I don't want to do that. I personally think that they are sites which are too personal and lots can happen there. This reminds me of a friend who accepted a friend's friend as my friend's friend, hahahaha, are u following me? My friend A, accepted B who was C's friend. C was A's friend. Based on what my friend A told me, B did something bad to her that cost her her job. So there, that is just one of the dangers you are exposed to when you don't know the people you accept as friends in these social networking sites. It is different at mylot though.

I only invite friends and colleagues in facebook but i also accept request from people that i don't know. I'm not really good at remembering names, that's why i just accept their invitation especially if we have something on common. Sometimes there are acquaintances that you have forgotten but hey have not so i find it unfair if i ignore their request. But i don't request friends that much because there were invites that i sent only to end up being ignored and i though they were my friends. Besides, I'm too busy earning in mylot to spend time on facebook nowadays Cheers!

hello dolce.. personally i add strangers.. some of them i just get acquainted with and just play with them add them to my facebook games.. example someone from poker added me coz we played together.. so i accepted him.. and now we play in the same room whenever we're online.. so i guess its not so bad.. since facebook is a socializing site so we should also socialize.. whats the point if the ones your adding are already the ones you knew? no offense meant mam.. but i think if your purpose of facebook is to communicate with your loved ones away from you then i think you wouldnt add strangers.. have a nice day..

I am not comfortable adding strangers also, I am not a facebook member but all my friends are encouraging me to create an account, I am so lazy this time. I have my friendster but I am planning to delete it!

No i dont add strangers to my friends list. I dont really care how many friends I do or do not have on facebook really as long as the few i do have are those that are important to me. For me facebook is a way of keeping in touch with friends and family i dont see everyday, so i have no need to add strangers, others may use facebook for others reasons which require them to add strangers its all relative really i guess lol

No I do not. I think it is kind of classy to have few friends! I mean, I guess some people see it as cool to add a lot of friends, because it LOOKS like they have a lot of friends, but they are just strangers. I mean, that's just pathetic!

I don't. I only have few friends on my Facebook account. And like you, they are my relatives, co workers, friends and schoolmates. I don't add more to it as I know It doesn't matter I just leave those friend request from strangers who have added me.

On facebook I only add people I know. On twitter and myspace my accounts are more casual, and I add almost anyone.

yes... i add...althoudh they are foreigners... because if we accept it as friends... how we can recognize them...