Pending Friend's Request

@elisata (568)
Netherlands
March 28, 2007 11:56am CST
If you get a request to become friends with a mylotter, and you check their profile, and you are not very enthusiastic, what do you do? Deny the request (Okay), but is that all you do, or do you have to explain anything to this person with the request? You see, sometimes people ask me to be a ML friend, but their interests are not at all mine... or I find their answers to discussions not exactly of great quality, nor the discussions they started themselves... Sometimes a ML'er has only entered 3 posts, so you can't figure out yet who he/she is... I am not after a quantity of friends, but after quality of friends... But just hitting the "deny" button seems so harsh... Any suggestions???
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16 responses
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
29 Mar 07
I usually let them sit there in pending for a while, sometimes over a week, I watch what questions they answer, I look at their questions. I had someone who has been a member for 4 months, and had responded to 1 question and started 3 discussion - and I had no idea what those discussions were about, after 2 weeks, I notices no changes. I denied them. I prefer quality over quantity.
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• Pakistan
29 Mar 07
hello if you dont mind please be my friend please i want to be a friend of yours :)
@creationhub (3066)
• Malaysia
29 Mar 07
I have this habit of accepting every friend whether they do view or respond to my discussions or not. But, from time to time, I will vet through the friends page and read their discussions and respond whenever possible. I like the idea of having ideal friends but find that it is hard for me to be choosy. True that quality is more important than quantity. Besides, I have no heart to hit the deny button. Some pending friends want to be your friend because they have intentions to introduce their programs to you. I do not think it is any wrong at all. Let's look at things positively from this aspect. Some genuinely wanted global friends and I fall into this category. Maybe I will never know who these friends really are, but communicated through the cyberspace is fun.
• United States
28 Mar 07
Do what you are doing. I check their profile. We need to be able to be on the same wave length. English and interests. If not, bye to them.
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@kareng (62072)
• United States
28 Mar 07
I always check the profile. I feel bad about denying but sometimes you have too. I have one now that has signed on and done nothing to contribute to the site. I won't be approving that person. Just keep doing what you are doing, it sounds reasonable to me.
• Pakistan
29 Mar 07
hey friend do you know that is site is good for paying money u got the money or not ?
• United States
28 Mar 07
I've faced the same situation. I would get a friend request and think "Oh great, a new friend" and then I would find myself confused as to why I was getting a flood of friend requests from people who I had no similarities with, who didn't answer in response to my discussions, and I had not to theirs. People who had over hundred of friends...and that's great for some people, but not for me. Instead of just denying friend requests I have sent the individuals a message asking why they sent me a friend request or asking a question about themselves, but unfortunately I never get a response. I think people do it out of strategy...the more friends you have, the greater likelihood that someone will respond to your discussions. Make sense? I think you should do what you think is best and not feel bad whatever your decision may be. Good luck with it all and happy postings!
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@anne_143god (5387)
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
I just ignore some friends request it depends on my mood to accept new friends and sometimes I just ignore those some friends request or just dont allow them to be my friends for sometimes I thought I already have alot of friends here on Mylot.
• United States
29 Mar 07
It does seem harsh but I have done it before and everytime before I do I feel horrible, I feel like I owe them an explanation to why I don't want them on my friend's list. I have been spammed so much lately by people on here, some new mylotters and some older established ones that I find myself very skeptical of most that are requesting my friendship.
@Mitraa (3184)
• India
29 Mar 07
Yes, to accept good quality, one has to do the work of rejection of below choice standards always and in every field. This is the basis of Q.C.(Quality Control)! So also in choosing friends of myLot. Like accepting good quality, rejecting poor quality is a continuous process in everybody's day to day life and that is natural. Thanks.
@shila07 (514)
• Bhutan
29 Mar 07
I never deny the friends request and i dont see their profile while they have requested me to be their friend. I really dont like to deny any friend request because i dont like hurting them ( mylot friends. It doensont matter we explain them or not but the things matters is friendship only.
• United States
29 Mar 07
I am still fairly new to MyLot and I had to deny someone recently. I looked at his profile and we had nothing in common and when I looked at his posts I found them un-interesting. I really don't want to be on MyLot responding to my "friends'" posts and it become a chore. I want to respond to posts that I actually will have an opinion about or find that topic interesting to talk about. I didn't send this person a message or anything, I didn't feel it was necessary.
@ackars (1942)
• India
29 Mar 07
I usually dont deny anyone as I think friends are required here to help you a lot..But the sad thing I have noticed here is that even if you are posting too many responses for your friends discussions,they are not doing the same to you...I ve put too many responses to many friends who still has to put one for my discussion...May be because they all have too many friends to look in to...
@aissha (2036)
• India
29 Mar 07
i hv never denied a friend request ,though i was denied by one.still no bad blood ,even a person has no post but he/she is trying and u need friends whether in life or mylot ,i take it as ahelping hand ,of later i don't like the discussion or the ... i don't reply or reciprocate.
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
In my case, I don't deny all of those who are requesting. Because the number os post is not the measure whether he will be a good friend. after them being in the list, It uyp to me now whose post is with quality. In other words, I just chose the kind of topic which to me is interesting and with quality. But I do welcome all those who made the reqeust. Their offer to be included in my list is much to be appreciated.
@072006 (1276)
• India
28 Mar 07
Hi There!!!, well i never deny anyone's freind requet even if i dont feel so like adding, as i just dont wanna be rude to anyone, keep posting quality posts keep uploading photos which will boost your earning, have a best luck there, and happy earnings!!!
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
i am a kind of person who wouldn't mind if you're good or bad, pretty or not, normal or abnormal, as long as you are a registered member of mylot. we don't know each other, anyway, physically. if anyone here sends me requests to be his friend, i wouldn't mind at all his profile, as long as he/she is a mylotter, well and good to be here. i treat everybody here as my friends.