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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:45 PM
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MySpacers: Ever get friend requests from people you don't know?
I don't mean those that are obvious spam or "friendies," but from people who might be DUers but you don't recognize their name or photos?

I'm never quite sure how to handle this. :shrug:
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:46 PM
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1. All the time.
I get them from non-DUers too. I usually just add them and then delete them later if I feel the need. :D
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:53 PM
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7. Yeah, that'd work
I just wish people would include a message, like "I'm ___________ at DU," if their MySpace name isn't their DU name.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:53 PM
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8. That's a good idea.
I think we need to add it to the DU Rules. :P
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:46 PM
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2. all the time
i check out their groups. generally the du'ers are on the du myspace group
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:46 PM
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3. Nope.
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:49 PM
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4. Constantly.
If the profile looks reasonably cool, I add. I can always delete later.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:50 PM
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5. Fairly often.
I send a message to them welcoming then and asking who they are here at DU. :)
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:52 PM
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6. I've been getting a lot of spam lately.
Every time I click on their profile, it says "adult material," so I assume it's a porn spam profile.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:54 PM
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9. I've been getting a lot of messages
from This Profile No Longer Exists.



That dude gets around. :7
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:55 PM
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10. I think he's related to Deleted Message and Locking.
:rofl: :hi:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:56 PM
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11. He messaged... poorly.
:rofl:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:02 PM
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13. Messages from beyond!
Beneath the granite chiclet.

:scared:
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 05:24 PM
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22. Maybe it's Anna Nicole
:shrug:
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 03:59 PM
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12. I once got a friend request from a nephew and didn't recognize
who it was. Luckily my brother came by my place while I was on line and recognized his page. I put in the about me section I don’t approve friend requests that don’t come with a message so situations like that won't happen but nobody seems to read the page first.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:03 PM
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14. Sure, all the time. I visit their MySpace site first...
and if they look halfway normal, I add'em.
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 05:25 PM
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23. I get them too
If they look like pervs or are going to spam me with unwanted bulletins I deny them.
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:06 PM
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15. I changed my settings
To where if someone wants to add me, they have to either know my email address or my last name.

So if anyone who doesn't know those things has to send me a message. I haven't gotten around to changing the settings back to normal yet, but I may just keep 'em that way. Dunno yet.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:16 PM
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17. Didn't know you could do that
But it's not like I get bombarded with friend requests. :(
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:23 PM
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19. I don't either.
I only did it because of that night a bunch of shit I posted was posted on the site which cannot be named and at the point of time my myspace address was in my profile so I changed a ton of my settings that night.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:40 PM
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20. Ah
A pre-emptive re-setting. :thumbsup:
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:14 PM
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16. When in doubt; deny
Recently, I had a wave of friend requests. Most were thinly disguised porno spams. They all seem to have in specifics very little about themselves: Female, I don't like kids and something else. A couple looked normal, but I noticed the specifics were the same. So I wondered if they were judas friend requests so I'd approve the rest.

I don't know why they picked on me. Unless my ugly mug was featured on the front page.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:23 PM
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18. I get random friend requests all the time...
most are from starving artist musicians who want exposure for their band and I have no problem adding those people. I also get random regular people too, assuming it isn't a spam profile, I'll add them. Some may be DUers and others probably found me through various groups I'm in.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 04:41 PM
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21. Yes....change your password
people hack into your account all the time
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 06:49 PM
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24. Yes...
I look at their site and their friends list. If they have someone familiar from here, I add them. If I don't, I just don't add them.
Duckie
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 07:58 PM
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25. Mostly bands from Great Britain and Australia.
Have no idea why.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 09:48 PM
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28. That's hard to believe
:shrug:
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 08:06 PM
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26. I get them occasionally...most are
from profiles that are eventually deleted. If I don't know the person I don't do anything and I ignore the request.

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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 09:29 PM
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27. Yes I do. Please, if you are a DUer, let me know your myspace name so I'll know who you are!
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carly denise pt deux Donating Member (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 10:02 PM
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29. yeah.......TOM who the *&^% is TOM??!!!
He was my first friend, but he seems to be everyone's first friend
Carly
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:10 AM
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30. i get a half-dozen a week, usually...
a lot of them are 'profile no longer exists' by the time i get around to logging in, but occasionally it's a real, live person!

90% of my f-list consists of people i either know in 'real life' (current/former co-workers, friends from WVU, people i went to high school with, etc...)... the rest are people that i've known online for a while.

anyone wanting to add me can look up "thorne1966"
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:12 AM
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31. I do and I ask them who they are.
A few times I've been surprised to find that people have searched by town and found me because I'm close to them. I guess there's no harm in adding them, until there's harm at which point you can easily "unfriend" them.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:15 AM
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33. "unfriend" them?
:cry:



















:rofl:


:hi:
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:15 AM
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34. Now, would I do that to you?
I DON'T THINK SO!
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:19 AM
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37. Nooooooooo!
I DON'T THINK SO EITHER!

:rofl:

:hug:
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:24 AM
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38. Not unless you question my judgement,
or ask me to perform favors beyond my capability, or reject my advice, or kiss me and then leave... I will never forsake you! :rofl:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:35 AM
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40. *snort*
your capabilities (for favors)

reject your advice

kiss you then leave

never forsake me

oh, and question your judgment

damn...

don't ask for much do you

:shrug:


:rofl:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:14 AM
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32. Sometimes...
got one today as a matter of fact

just someone said they found me "interesting"

:shrug:

so, she's my friend now

:evilgrin:
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BlueStorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:16 AM
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35. I do from people hawking off this stupid survey thing
I'm about to delete some of these 'friends.'

I change my password constantly.

Here is my myspace profile, let me know if you are from DU because I don't want any more 'survey spammers'

www.myspace.com/ewthisstinks

Blue
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:18 AM
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36. One point of myspace is to meet new people.
So I don't mind getting friends requests from those I don't know.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-28-07 12:27 AM
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39. i neglect myspace--i do not know how to use it--
:blush:
:yoiks:
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