I opened my e-mail this morning to find a friend request on Facebook.
It was from somebody I didn't know, and yet his name pointed out that he's from my place.
Needless to say, I didn't add him.
Oh, yeah, I got Facebook, Friendster, and Twitter, but I don't have many friends there.
I am wary of who I add and who I invite. Most of the time, my friend lists contain blogger friends, people at work, high school/college friends, etc. In short, people I know a bit.
But total strangers? Usually no.
I'm cautious about adding people from my place because, well, hmmm. I know that normally people would trust and become friendly with those who come from their place but it's different here. No, I've got nothing to hide, it's just that when you add people from your place in your social networking account, it's almost like a suicide note. Sometimes.
These people often don't know the difference between legitimate bashing of one's own ethnic group and bashing that's not. They watch out for photos and Status messages. They'd tell you on chat that "you're a disgrace to the tribe because of blah blah blah" when I know that they complain about it too and the things I point out are the things that prevent us from growing as a people. Some of them even take pride that they do illegal stuff! Is that something to be proud of? They bash other people for their beliefs but hey, when they get out of my city, you'd see them imitating the ways of the people they criticize. No use arguing with these people because their brains are in a permanent time deposit box.
Once you have these kind of people there, you can kiss freedom of expression goodbye.
I don't care or give a damn, really. I just block or ignore friend requests from people I suspect are like that. One thing you'll notice about my friend lists is that I almost have NO relatives from my father's side in them.
To the one I ignored this morning, sorry, i don't know you. And even if I did add you, you might not handle some of the things I would say, and you might not understand. I'm doing the both of us a favor, really.
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Yes, you did the right thing. I too used to have friend requests on fb when i started to blog. But most of them did not contain profile pix and on average they only have a friend or two on their lists. Sounds very sinister, or i may say bunch of haters who are ready to spew venoms on my wall once they get confirmed?
Very shady indeed!
@ N. F. Bedayo: Thanks for dropping by!
Facebook has lots of potential for troublemakers, taht's why even if it's a fun social network, you have to be careful as well. No wonder it's got some privacy issues.
Which reminds me that I have to screen the members of an alumni group that I made in Facebook!
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