World, Writing, Wealth discussion

Do you take interest in people offering friendship on GR or social networks in general? Check their profiles? Respond or ignore?

It depends. On GR I almost always accept without any investigation. On FB and Twitter i carefully consider who, exactly, is extending the request. On FB I look for mutual friends and on Twitter I read their profiles. It seems useless to friend or follow just for the sake of doing so.

Yup, Yup, and Yup. : )

I agree with Tara except I limit the amount of friend requests I accept even from people I know. Some people have 300 or more friends. That would crowd my Facebook page. Also, some of my friends content I've had to limit because they post 100's of things per day.

Joanne wrote: "I agree with Tara except I limit the amount of friend requests I accept even from people I know. Some people have 300 or more friends. That would crowd my Facebook page. Also, some of my friends co..."

You are so spot on lately with your posts lol. I have some friends who can't function unless the world knows every thought, every action in their day. Ugh.

On Goodreads, I accept everyone

On Twitter, I accept everyone as long as they have a profile picture, the profile is in English, they've posted at least 1 tweet and they are not obviously pornstars or trying to sell twitter followers

My Facebook personal page is hidden, so I don't get a lot of friend requests. I rarely accept those who find me unless it is someone I have spoken to in real life and recently. I use Facebook to chat with people, so people that I am unlikely to have regular conversations with have no place there.

My Facebook author page is a page that people just click like to, no need to accept requests.

On goodreads I am happy to accept every request. On facebook I have learned (the hard way) to screen people before accepting requests :).

Marie Silk wrote: "On goodreads I am happy to accept every request. On facebook I have learned (the hard way) to screen people before accepting requests :)."

You mean you *don't* want those African marrage proposals?

I'll friend anyone on GRs and on Fanfiction and on WattPad. But not everyone on tumblr. I rarely accept friends on tumblr. I have one or two CLEAN content followers. I WILL NOT accept dirty content followers.

Haha yes the creeper messages, getting spammed with MLM products, and getting added to a dozen groups against my will :).

While accepting requests on goodreads, do you check at least who's the dude or just press 'approve'?-:)

Nik wrote: "While accepting requests on goodreads, do you check at least who's the dude or just press 'approve'?-:)"

I just press approve

I approve because I have added my name to a lot of forum topics for "add me as a goodreads friend" :)

I press approve

And what about you?

I screen everyone. I have had several requests through GR that looked legit, but had a link to 'their website' in their profile which went to a porn site. I constantly get FB requests from gorgeous women or men in sexy poses and they have no friends, no pictures other than the profile shot, no history or anything other than a blurb saying they are single and a link to "their other" page. Call me old fashioned, but I exercise a little caution before I accept strangers into my social media world.

If someone sends me a friend request, they have to answer the question, "What do we have in common?" That tells me a lot. Then I look at their profile and decide whether they're really interested in being a friend or just promoting their work. When I accept a request, I always send a message thanking them and commenting on what we have in common. Being friends here has meaning for me.

How "friendly" are you on social networks?

I always accept Friend requests here on GR. So far, no bad experiences.

FB - I’m wary, even if we have mutual friends. I have to look 1. To make sure you’re not a bot, and 2. To make sure you’re not publishing offensive posts/comments.
My use for FB is to mainly keep up with friends & family.

Too many creepers want to hit on you, send you disgusting pics. I do not hesitate to un friend & block those.

Twitter - I don’t follow anyone not following me on my personal account.
Same rules though: If you’re a bot or offensive - unfollow & block.

My main use for Twitter is finding interesting articles and news alerts.

I recently had a guy want to friend me on GR. We exchanged a couple of messages, and then he wanted my email address. I looked at his activity, and he was friending females here at the rate of 4 a day. Pretty skeevy. Plus, he couldn't write a complete sentence. I unfriended and blocked him. That was a first for me on this site.

The fact that I have 130 followers on Goodreads, but only 38 friends, testifies to how carefully I scrutinize a friendship request.

Before deciding whether to accept, reject, or block a request I first check the member's profile. One designated as Private or with no biographical information at all is immediately rejected. If the requestor's discussion posts tend to be petty, insulting, or too aggressive, the request is rejected.

I value the posts of the 38 members whose Friend requests I have accepted; even those with whose personal opinions I may not often agree. What a dull, boring world this would be if everyone agreed about everything everytime.

In GR, 1st, I check to see if they actually have a profile and books; 2nd, I compare books, and 3rd, I look at groups and posts. If they are someone I have been sharing comments with on threads for a bit, I just accept.

In FB, if I don't know them I check their page and generally find they are just fishing for whatever reason. If I do know them, I may or may not accept a friend request. People I knew in high school that barely talked to me now want to be my friend 45 to 50 years later? My page is open in regards to anyone can read and comment on my posts, so they can easily keep up with my life. However, I don't keep up with my life in FB.

I do sometimes post on travel advisor. Aside from that, I don't do any other social media (to my knowledge and awareness). I think I have a twitter account, but I don't remember, which pretty much describes any similar sites and groups.