Everyone deserves a chance to burn their bridges, so I add people so I can remove them later to let them know they did not meet expectations. Stress goes right out the door when you quit fretting about how much you might hurt the feelings of someone you were going to ignore in the first place.
Last edited by Madonna; 07-14-2011 at 10:06 PM.
I don't really go out of my way to ignore people. If I don't want to talk to them or add them, I don't. I don't have many people I want avoid anyway.
Same. I prune FB very consistently!Originally Posted by rubah
I tend to avoid people who I don't know and have never seen or interacted with before in my life. Some how these people find my Facebook even if we don't have any mutual friends. It's not that easy to find me unless you are friends of friends I have. But chyeah, an old man creeper tried to friend me and then some random dude who was like, "I WANNA KNOW YOU." Very creepy. Also lesbians. They do that too. I will add anyone I've actually spoken to recently or at least sends me a message saying where they know me from because I sometimes don't recognize names. If I feel that they're doing it for creepy reasons I will probably deny the request or just leave it pending.
Yeah I've noticed that happens a lot on facebook. I'll accept invites of people I've met at least once (even if I never talk to them again) but I really don't get why there are those who try to add people they've never met either online or offline. I never decline their invites or block them; I just don't "accept" them hahaha. So now I've got a ton of pending invites because I'm 99.9% sure I've never met them in my life (but then there's that slight chance that I met them and forgot because my memory is just that bad...)
If it's family I'm not fond of or someone I'm obligated to not offend, I'll add them and click the "hide all posts by x" option. If it's someone I don't want to be in contact with whatsoever I will ignore the request. If someone is being openly bitchy I'll block.
In the special case where I don't want somebody on facebook but they will make trouble if I don't add them, I add them, hide their posts, and change all of my privacy options to "Friends; Except for x." I dont have to see their tit, and they can't bitch about mine.
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Not that I ever have to see their tit. Dumb censor. ;_;
Shortly after posting in this thread someone I vaguely recognized sent me a friend invite. I sent her a message back saying that she looked familiar and if we had met before. We have no mutual friends, but she is in an area I recognize and has one friend I know, so I asked if where we met. She said ask my dad. I called my dad up and was like, "who is this person?" and he said it's my babysitter from when I was like 2-5. WOW. Suddenly old memories coming back.
Ehhh...if I was some kid's babysitter...I don't know if I'd go adding the kid years and years later especially if they didn't remember me.
As for people that I don't want to see all my posts/pictures/etc...I have one specific for family members, and the other default one for "Limited Profile" where I put family friends from back home or whoever else I feel like I may need to censor myself with, etc.
There is just something so satisfying about denying friend requests and blocking people.
Facebook is Facebook. If people get upset over not being listed as a "Friend" on a social networking site, they're taking it all too seriously. Has anyone seen that South Park episode which ripped into Facebook? I loved that quote near the end...
Randy: Hey Stan, my computer says we're not friends anymore.
Stan: My Facebook profile went rogue, Dad. Had to go into the circuitry and do battle with it. I sent all my friends somewhere else.
Randy: Okay. So... we're not friends then?
Stan: smurf off, Dad.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
oh god this.
Unwanteds is why I have a G+ circle called "Jimmy Hats."
There's no-one in it yet, but there will be.
I haven't even made any new Circles on G+ yet, I'm just using the default ones. And honestly I had no idea you could make groups on Facebook, so I haven't done that over there, either. xD
I just make a list of people who annoy me on fb and chat with me CONSTANTLY and go offline on it for most of the time. But usually there aren't too many people I want to avoid. If someone pisses me off or annoys me I'll let them know. >:3
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I love this picture of "21 Google+ Circles You Can Actually Use" lol...258 in the "Dead to me" circle
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