Friend requests

Why are people able to simply add someone as a friend? Should it not be a mutual thing? How come a request isn't sent and the person receiving the request doesn't have the option of accepting or declining the request? Common sense...

On your profile you click “Edit My Profile”, when that page loads you click “Friend Management”, and then you click the “Let me decide who gets added as a friend and who isn't a friend” radio button when that page loads; you'll then have the ability to accept or decline in the e-mail that FunAdvice sends you.

I totally agree but its not like myspace and if you dont like that one person then ignore that person.

You are sent a message to your e-mail if someone added you, if you don't want them as a friend then simply delete them. Its common sense...

I shouldn't have to delete them... I'd rather have the option of accepting or declining so I can keep track of who is added as my friend. Not everybody depends soley on their e-mails (I don't... most of my inbox is spam anyway)... I'd prefer to have something make me aware that OH you have a friend request or Hmm seems as though so-and-so wants to be your friend when I sign onto this forum. Instead of signing on, realizing I have 5 new friends and not knowing who they are because the majority of my friends simply added me as well and that's that...

Thank you Odal... you're not an advisor and you gave me help on something that allows me to make that option available (Instead of giving me lazy advice and giving me a 'tude). Perhaps they should make you one. Thanks again!

Hi,

You should be able to go to your profile and click on Friend Management. Then select the option to let you decide who is added as a friend. This makes the auto-add feature turned off.

Regards,

Dara (aka editor)