# Facebook just caused me to delete pending "friend" request! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949 "2010-10-21T22:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/1 "2010-10-21T22:34:43Z")
I added 1 I knew back, but lost a BUNCH more! Is this Facebook thing or is it because my computer is a PIECE OF CRAP! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/2 "2010-10-21T22:38:11Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Is this Facebook thing or is it because my computer is a PIECE OF CRAP! Yes. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/3 "2010-10-21T23:55:37Z")
Shit! They got your computer’s ability to type a coherent sentence! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/4 "2010-10-22T01:19:30Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Shit! They got your computer’s ability to type a coherent sentence! So, you’re ALWAYS coherent when you’re annoyed? :dubious: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/5 "2010-10-22T01:35:46Z")
Alright, I will send my request again, but this is the last fucking time! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/6 "2010-10-22T01:41:04Z")
I will join Facebook for the specific purpose of not being the OP’s friend. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/7 "2010-10-22T01:43:27Z")
Wow. The shit that young people worry about these days… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/8 "2010-10-22T02:19:41Z")
It’s a new thing. It happens when you add too manly people at once (around 10-25). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/9 "2010-10-22T02:22:03Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > It happens when you add too manly people at once . Ah. That explains why I haven’t received anybody’s friend requests lately. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/10 "2010-10-22T02:57:32Z")
Thank you Idle Thoughts, I apprecaite you’re answer, and taking me seriously! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/11 "2010-10-22T03:00:31Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Ah. That explains why I haven’t received anybody’s friend requests lately. It was worth it to add me, though, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/12 "2010-10-22T03:20:01Z")
Facebook burnt my dog. I hate those fuckers. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/13 "2010-10-22T03:42:41Z")
What is “Facebook”? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/14 "2010-10-22T04:40:07Z")
Do remember that the dude is disabled. Facebook is a godsend to people who have to depend on public transportation to get out of the house. You can still have a social life. That said, there’s an unofficial level of quality for starting a pit thread, and a one line sentence doesn’t quite cut it. It’s inevitable that people are going to bust you for your “lame ass pitting.” Heck, it’s the reason I don’t start posts in this forum. I just don’t have the quality. (Heck, mine are so lame people don’t even bother to respond to them.) ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/15 "2010-10-22T16:51:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What is “Facebook”? A big sucking hole that consumes every last shred of your personal information and distributes it to anybody who wants to write an application add-in for the web site, and markets this as a social network. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/16 "2010-10-22T17:57:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That said, there’s an unofficial level of quality for starting a pit thread, and a one line sentence doesn’t quite cut it. If that were an actual rule, and it were actually enforced, the OP would have a post count of zero. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/17 "2010-10-23T00:15:38Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What is “Facebook”? It’s kind of like Friendster, but with a more confusing interface. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/18 "2010-10-23T01:09:40Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > Facebook burnt my dog. I hate those fuckers. What, Zuckerberg invented the rock in the box, too? Man, he really is a genius! ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/19 "2010-10-23T03:49:01Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What is “Facebook”? It is crack with more typing. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949/20 "2010-10-25T19:17:30Z")
No, no, the friend requests are still there. You’re just confused–this is _the SDMB_, not Facebook. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-just-caused-me-to-delete-pending-friend-request/557949.md?page=2)