I don’t hate Facebook now as much as I did at first.
But one thing I still can’t stand….when people that you haven’t spoken to in years “friend” you with absolutely no message. I’m not Emily Post, but that’s just odd. I added a friend that I hadn’t spoken to since elementary school, noticed she was a friend of a girl I have kept in touch with. So of course, it’s been um, like 30 years so I include a brief Hello hope all is well, sort of thing. She must have clicked “Yes I will accept you but don’t expect any response or actual communicating.”
Then a girlfriend I liked a lot, but lost touch with 10 years ago looks me up and friends me out of the blue. I was happy but confused. No hello, no message, no nothing. After a few weeks I decide to email her Hey, good to hear from you, how’s it going. I get not even a response. So she looked me up, clicked “let’s be friends”. Only to never actually be in touch. No thanks.
Yes, people are weird. People I know. Of course it’s not like we’re friends or anything.
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January 13, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Dj Popielarski
Yes, I have also experienced this phenomenon. It reminds me I need to write back to an elementary classmate who “friended” me the other day. Strange when they accept but don’t message and vice versa. Why bother?
January 14, 2010 at 4:33 pm
amber
it’s a weird one but it’s happened to me as well. not sure if the person is just collecting friends or what but i know that any person that i wanted to “friend” i’d want to know what they are up to. Perhaps they figure they will catch up on what you’ve been doing for the past 20 years through your profile. Ah, but i don’t add much personal stuff to my profile so i will remain a mystery to these friends/non-friends.
bwahahaha
January 20, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Me
I don’t get that either! Why even bother ‘getting in touch’ if you don’t want to get in touch? People are too weird. I wonder if anyone you can’t stand has tried to friend you? This happens to me often. Facebook: Connecting frenemies and pity friends, one profile at a time.