Anyone noticed the new people that have popped up?
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
July 26, 2011 3:47pm CST
This morning i noticed i had 2 freinds requests. one was from a gal that had made 8 discussions. answered none. another was from someone that had no discussions, only 1 friend and when i went to see the friends profile, the friend had about 20 so friends with no discussions or anything, just like they were ALL brand new. have you ever seen this before? what do you think would be the cause? like a school or something? it makes no sense to me so i just denied friends to both parties.
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24 responses
@vikramsingh796 (322)
• India
27 Jul 11
Yes it has been with me many time.when i saw friend request with a very new member who is very low in point or someone who has no point.bt i have nevdr deny anybody yet bcoz i think they are new and here was some time when i was also new.and still new.so helping other is not bad.we can help them to be much active here.our experience can help them to earn more money from here.so i accept them all.
@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Jul 11
Hi, that is the nicest thing you can ever do to a newbie. I have a tendency of requesting friendship even before reading terms of service in any social networking site, I did the same here and fortunately it was accepted. I value a first friend more than the site I join. Personally, I never deny someone who ask for friendship- even a spammer is invited but only to some degree that my law of spamming applies.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
27 Jul 11
I always received a few friend requests every week. But, i do checked out first their profiles before i approve them. I tried to make sure that they are active, at least with answer to 1 discussion or even create 1 discussion. I prefer not to approve those friend request, who don't start nor answer any discussion. I tried to avoid getting spam message in my inbox anymore. So far so good, my recently approved friend requests all are doing fine.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 11
yes, thats what im saying. just what i do to. its a good policy. if they are going to be active and helpful and participate right, they will make a few discussions but respond to more. one gal had 8 discussions, responded to 1. who wants that?
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
26 Jul 11
Hi bunnybon,
What makes me wonder is how the heck do they find you? I've had quite a few over the past few months and denied them all. They don't start discussions, and they don't answer discussions. Very confusing to me.
And quite a few are pushing for you to sign up for some work at home scam. No thank you, I'll pass, because I know I'll get spammed and they'll get deleted immediately.
Yes, they do make you suspicious, so I just let it go.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
27 Jul 11
Hi Kashmeresmycat yes I had two whom I refused and they came back and had one discussion and one response.I was nice and accepted them and I will be damned. I was spammed for work at home schemes,
data processing at forty dollars entrance and you name it they wanted to let me " in on the ground floor" well I told them they had abused the privilege of being accepted by trying to spam me so I am deleting you at once. I do not accept as friend anyone who is just collecting people for referrals as I refuse
to be used like that. I have plenty of wonderful friends who
do not spam me at all.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 11
thats why i always look to see if they have made any discussions or answered any thats not just about making more money.
@jugsjugs (12967)
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26 Jul 11
I have had the same thing, but i have had a lot more than 2 people try to add me.I have in the past added a few people that have not had any discussions started that then did sent me loads of links that i did not ask for or what i wanted.I tend now really not to add peoploe, as i have loads of friends on here and these are people that do not send me any links.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 11
i know. thats why now, i just dont accept anyone unless they look legit. just dont need the hassle of looking them up to delete from friends again.
@fannitia (2167)
• Bulgaria
26 Jul 11
Maybe they are just mixed-up and still learn how to do things here. Maybe they'll become good myLotters or not at all - you can't tell now. Everybody starts as a newbie. there is no need to suspect that he he will create problems :))
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 11
thats true Hatley. if they wanted to participate they would have some posts of discussions, plus answer some. fannita, i have approved some that had 1 discussion NOT about making money and are participating in others discussions. when they are new. at least i know they want to participate then.
@margeryann (1845)
• United States
26 Jul 11
That would be odd. Hopefully it isn't cheaters to where a person is a mylot member gets lots of email addresses and refers themselves in different names so they can get more referral money or friends to join and tell them to just join you don't have to do anything.You will just help me out. I'm not sure how the referral program is on here though on what the referral has to do before you get the money.
I used to see things like that on sidetick that I thought was odd. Someone having more money in their account then anyone since sidetick would post who had the most points for the month so far. I would look at all of them and some of them just joined that day, didn't do anything and didn't have any friends to have more points from referrals either so I knew they were doing something to make more points but couldn't figure it out. It didn't make since. This is a good idea for a discussion.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 11
thanks. i was just curious about if anyone else had been ask this knid of weird friends request. i really cant figure how they'd make extra unless someone posted from each of those other profiles? i think you've figured out what they may be up to.
@margeryann (1845)
• United States
26 Aug 11
Thank you for the best response.It makes you wonder! I bet that was freaky!
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
28 Jul 11
I have been seriously thinking about going in and cleaning out some of my friends. There are people on my friends list that haven't even logged on in over a year! What do you think I should do about those?
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
30 Jul 11
not sure. it depends on if they used to be quite active. some dont come here for a long while then come back. i dont mind those. i get rid of or dont except ones that hardly have any activity ever.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Aug 11
Well dang, just think of all those spam PMs that you aren't going to get now, and all those great income opportunities you are going to lose out on!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
26 Aug 11
yes i know. ive only gotten 2 pms about income opportunities from friends on here that were really good. and those i asked for. really wish a newbie would hook me up with something good for making it.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
26 Jul 11
I would have been leary of them to. Don't get many requests anymore & don't always except them when i do.Have a good one.
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
27 Jul 11
I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. If I get a request from some one who has no activity, I usually let the request sit for a month or so. In that time, if they've started participating, then I accept them. Those that don't particiapte either 1.) decided that the Lot wasn't their cup of tea, or 2.) were just collecting names for spamming purposes. Those I delete.
In your case, Bunny, maybe you've touched the hearts of some newbies, who've had similar experiences to what you're going through right now. Empathy can be a good motivator, even if you haven't figured out what to say yet.
@celticeagle (166912)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jul 11
I have been accepting them but if I haven't seen anything of them in a while when I go thru and sort I will get rid of them. And if their posts aren't ones I am interested in then I usually delete them.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 11
i know, i used to do that just give them the benefit of the doubt. then id get tiered of having to go delete their pms and then them. so i just wait like you now. love ya', dear friend.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
27 Jul 11
Hi Bunny!
No, I don't get those invitation. If I ever get those I will checked them first and surely will reject both of them. I have seen the same problem before and anyone send me friends requests without make post any comment will totally rejected by me. I am not welcomed those who are here to take advantage from others.
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@Robswife2006 (1208)
• United States
26 Jul 11
Well I myself am still kind of new around here, but I would have done the same thing you did. I am careful of what friend requests I accept. If I see they don't start or reply to too many discussions then I don't accept their friendship request. I only add people who I see take an active part on MyLot.
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@whispers168 (768)
• United States
26 Jul 11
I have seen a few around this site just like you just said.I just go with the flow and do my own thing.I'm still kinda new and learning my self.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 11
welcome here girl. well ive been here long enough to figure who to trust and who not. so, i just had never seen some quite this strange, with bunches of friends and none of them had any discussions or responses either. its just really weird to see a whole page like that.
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
14 Aug 11
hi bunnybon another reason may well be someone came back with a different user name for what ever reason.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Aug 11
never thought of that. but why would one have no discussions, no responses, and their 7 or 8 friends have no numbers? doesnt make sense does it?
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
19 Aug 11
right bunnybon, just got home for the weekend today. How are you doing my dear?
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
28 Jul 11
Personally I am being quite selective with who I allow as friends on here as well.
It seems sometimes that when you allow people to be your friends that never are going to be really active in here, a lot of times this is a waste of acceptance as most of the time they are the ones who SPAM you, etc. I often wonder what some people are expecting this site to be? Like Facebook, or somewhere you can just collect friends and thinking the money will just be there without taking time to do what it takes to earn here? Sometimes I think they will never learn.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
30 Jul 11
me to. thats exactly how i think. its just silly the way some think like that. you know.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
30 Jul 11
well its fine as long as they dont start spamming you. which is annoying.
@gdesjardin (1918)
• United States
1 Aug 11
I have gotten some friend requests like that to, and next thing I know I get messages requesting that I sign up for their site, or how I can make lots of $$ online. I try to help out the newbies, but yet, you have to be leary to. I now wait to see what type of discussions they start, or what type of discussions they answer.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Aug 11
thats how i used to be. approved everyone till i noticed it wasnt a good thing. now i wait.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
26 Aug 11
I think I am a month late to this discusion, but new people popping up is a regular occurence here in myLot. I am aware that some of the people that send out friend-requests have other motives, so that when you look at their profile, there is nothing much for discussions, much less participation. So, for me, I don't accept friendships right away. I let them simmer in my 'friends' tab for a while until I meet them up in discussions.
Currently I have (98) pending.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
26 Aug 11
ive never had over 2 at a time pending now thats funny and interesting for sure. doesnt matter about the late part. heck, ive answered ones , discussions that is, 3 yrs old.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
27 Jul 11
I have not done any perusal on my friend's request but right now i have 20 pending requests and not until they've reached 50 posts i'm not gonna accept them.
Don't have any idea why people just keep adding friends when they don't participate at all. Maybe they've confused mylot as facebook?
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
29 Jul 11
thats true and so silly and useless when people just make friends on social sites just to see how many they can get . even when its ones that dont participate in anything.
@monasharma (967)
• India
27 Jul 11
Ya,I also have these types of friends.I do not know why they join mylot then...Its better them to join social networking sites....
I am having lots of friend requests and I chose only good and useful friends...Who do the nice discussions coz I am here to get new things..
Thanx......
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
29 Jul 11
yes thats another thing. why do people waste time on the other social sites when no one even talks with them? its better here,