Do you Add your enemies on Facebook to Spy on them? or Ignore?

Philippines
April 13, 2012 9:08pm CST
I hate to see faces of people I hate showing up on "People You May Know" on my Facebook wall. But, sometimes, I get the urge to press "Add Friend", so I'd know what's going on and I could spy on them. However, I realized I'm the one at a loss if I do so. I'd just be pissed off everyday as I see updates from them showing up on my page. So, I'd rather block them off. What would you do?
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@abby1221 (71)
14 Apr 12
It's no good having people in your life that in any way make you feel bad or have negative thoughts. Why spy on someone that you say you hate? It'll only hurt you in the long run because negative thoughts and feelings attract negative events in our daily lives. I know it sounds like mumbo jumbo lol but it's true. Just live a happy, positive life, and if anything or anyone is making it a negative place to be, then get them out of your life and your line of vision. Good luck!
@Suebee (2013)
• Canada
6 May 12
No it doesn't sound like mumbo jumbo to me. It makes perfect sense and I totally agree!
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
14 Apr 12
I rarely send a friend request, let alone to people I hate (never)... and if I know someone, I'm going to "friend them" back... when fb had languages (now it writes everything in English), in my language it wasn't even called friend, by acquaintance-and I was like, I do know them... (well, I have some kids from my ex-high school whom I've seen twice on my list from back then :D).
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@yel812 (174)
6 May 12
Well, if you can make a move and have your revenge now then spying them is good, but if you don't have the capability to take revenge on them, then just forget it, you can just block them xD xoxo~
• United States
14 Apr 12
i dont really know since i don't hate any one and that i know off no one hates me, im just a chill guy who just minds my own business n try not to judge people
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16 Apr 12
I would not want to ruin my mood seeing faces and names of people I actually have no friendly relations with every time I open my facebook account. So no, I don't add them nor accept their friend requests. I had this ex-friend who tried to add me on facebook -i guess she thought I have forgotten her treacherous deeds a few years back - I was tempted to accept the invitation just to spy on her. But I just chose to ignore her, I realized I didn't wanna suffer looking at her face everyday. After all, suffering is optional.
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Oct 15
I have no desire to know about the antics of people I dislike. And I don't dislike very many people. I would just move along and not pay attention.
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
15 Apr 12
i do not add people i do not really like on facebook... so i guess this also includes (especially my enemies) and as much as i would want to know every thing they do just to prepare myself as to the "battle" i think i would just prefer myself to not see these people i have so much hate for (if there are any)
• Philippines
14 Apr 12
I don't have an enemy, but there are some people that I'm insecure with. The more I look at them, the more I feel so insecure. I don't add those people that will make my day ruin. So what I did is that I just don't add them.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
14 Apr 12
I don't see fb as my personal profile am also not sharing much private info on the wall or elsewhere. Once started with it to play games so added these game-friends. I think if people annoy me I would simply delete them since it's my profile afterall. No need to stay friends with everybody. Fb should be for fun, add something to your life not make you feel worse.
@almond24 (1248)
• Hungary
14 Apr 12
I don't have enemies, though I have people that I avoid. I don't send requests to people I don't want to get in touch with, but I sometimes accept them, but don't really spy one anyone. I'm careful about the things I share on facebook, actually I hardly ever share anything personal there.
@leighz (456)
14 Apr 12
This post reminds me of a friend who keeps on making a fuzz, on who added her on facebook, and how she gets so paranoid because it might be her boyfriend's wife or someone who is related to him or his wife. It's really irritating, this problem is easily soved by common sense. If you don't know the person or if you're not friends with them then don't add them up, because you'll be sharing your information with them and they also have their own agenda.
@leighz (456)
14 Apr 12
This post reminded me of a friend who always voluntarily shares who added her and how she gets so paranoid because she doesn't know the person, and that it may be one of those who wants to view her
• Philippines
14 Apr 12
I don't add people that I don't like. But if they are the one who requested, sometimes I accept the invitation, sometimes not. Yeah...sometimes I did spy to the gf of the ex-bf so that's why I add her as friend.
• Philippines
14 Apr 12
For me, I don't have enemies at all but I have these people whom I don't like and I think one of the best way wherein you can avoid any frustrations, fights, envy or whatsoever is just to IGNORE them, and make them make the first move. If they add you up then it's up to you to confirm.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
14 Apr 12
Thankfully I have no enemies.So, I have nothing to say.However, if as you have pointed out, if some undesirable unknown person pops in, it is very much in bad taste.I guess we have to be careful accepting requests.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
14 Apr 12
There is a girl that is a frenemy. Well she's not a friend anymore so I guess just an enemy. I deleted her because she insulted an acquaintance of mine and she just was noticeably immature. Then I blocked her, she didn't know that I had done so. She got a new account recently and I've not friended her though she's tried. I've thought of blocking her.
@FrugalMommy (1438)
• United States
14 Apr 12
I don't really pay much attention to Facebook's suggestions. I rarely know the people who show up as "People I May Know." I had a fairly funny thing happen today, though. Facebook suggested that I add the young lady who rear-ended me in November as a friend. Oh, my. That girl's impatience caused about $1,000 in damage to my car, and I'm still getting medical treatment for the injuries I got in that crash. I've been so grumpy lately that I don't dare add her as a Facebook friend... I probably wouldn't think twice about giving her a piece of my mind!
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
14 Apr 12
I ignore because of the other way around: they can spy on me. I think social network is a dangerous thing about our information. We can try to hold back as much as we want but one or two things are outhere, it's amazing how fast we came in the sharing information bussiness.
• Philippines
14 Apr 12
Nope. In my opinion, why would I add someone I hate? It would be the same as eating the food that you just vomited (I'm sorry for the term but that's what I think it is). I don't have enemies though but if I do have one, I would never do that. It would just piss me off everyday I think. I would ignore or even block that person. I don't care what they do with their lives so I would never spy on them lol.
14 Apr 12
I don't add my enemies. It would make it more complicated. The less I know about them, the less I will be able to say something bad about them. Also, the lesser the probability of them ruining my day. I advocate a peaceful life.