Facebook

[Caran]

I have always said I don't do Facebook. But there was a £5 off coupon for Lidl that could only be printed via Facebook, so I had to do it. I had an email from FB saying I had five friends waiting, three of them I knew, the other two I have never heard of. Can someone enlighten me as to how two complete strangers "know" me. I haven't replied to it as I don't want to but a just intrigued.

[maggiebee]

Could be they are friends of friends?

[Caran]

I don't know how this thing works, why would friends of friends want me to like them?

[tamborine]

Unknowns are friends of your friends who have recently posted them

[tamborine]

thats how FB expands its populace

[Caran]

I know I'm an old dinosaur but it seems really odd to me, I certainly don't want unknown people trying to contact me.

[andres]

I'm not on facebook but sometimes do Skype. I keep getting these annoying messages saying that people, unknown to me, want to be 'my friend'. I just delete the messages .

[ferlew]

Me either, it's so wrong on so many levels. IMHO.

[tamborine]

they cant contact unless you friend them - just ignore.

[Caran]

My OH does Skype because he is deaf and he finds it helps a lot, I don't use it. I find it very off putting to see someone on a screen when I am talking to them, also you can't tell little white lies as easy to get off the phone!

[Caran]

I have no intentions on taking FB any further, I only wanted my £5 off voucher.

[annieigma]

They are friends of friends of friends. I get loads of" do you know" etc, and i look and i don't, because they are friends of my friends on facebook. One evening, half pickled on good old merlot, i said "yes, i know these people" Most replied they didn't know me and facebook suspeneded me for a week for saying I knew them when i didn't!. cant win.

[DJHawkes]

ooo you baddie! lol

[sherrardk]

Maybe they are people who are looking for someone else who happens to have the same name as you? I sometimes get people asking to be 'friends' who I don't know or can't remember, I just send them a message asking how they know me. Genuine people give genuine answers. (One bloke was really weird, all of his 'friends' had the same first name that I use (which isn't my actual name) and is quite unusual, he seemed to be collecting people with the same name.)

[boxtops]

just ignore them, caran - I only accept friends requests from people whose comments I actually WANT to see.

[bibblebub]

if you are not going to use FB any more then remove yourself as a user otherwise they'll keep sending you emails trying to get you back onto the site

[pusskin]

In simple words --how do you block some one?

I tried it y/day and became a cropper. Totally messed things up lol

[Caran]

Headwreck never thought of that, just didn't realise how "dangerous" it was!!