Check Credentials of Potential New Friends, Before Accepting Friend Requests

This is a short and sweet reminder: When you receive a friend request, whether on this site or any site, be sure to investigate the potential new friend. It only takes a few minutes to check them out.


What to Check:

  • Their Profile page
  • Any links they provide
  • How many friends do they already have? This can be an indication that they are only interested in being your friend, to send you a lot of unsolicited emails - - or flat out: S-P-A-M.
  • Any content they've added - - are they contributing to the site?

 

Final Tips:

  • By briefly analyzing this type of information, you are likely to ward-off any future issues.
  • Be particularly cautious if someone requests friendship, shortly after they join a site. This is often an indication, they are up to no good. ;-)
  • And last but not least, do not feel guilty if you do not want to accept a friendship request. So what if you don't? That is your decision.

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Permalink Reply by Temple of Our Lady of the Moon on April 12, 2010 at 8:09am
Eh I dont worry about that too much. I have quite a few members that I havent heard from since they joined. But they also arent violating the tos for Temple. So eh I just leave them be. BB
Permalink Reply by ISN (Yshatar) on April 12, 2010 at 10:18am
Thank you Jen and yes I WILL give credit of course ^.^
Permalink Reply by JenSocial on April 12, 2010 at 1:12pm
Glad it will help, many.
;-)

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