I’ve had a very few people ask this, and I hit the check button to okay it, but I have no idea if there is anything else involved. I don’t see anything on any screens indicating if any of my friends are online, or any chat function like on Facebook.
I assume if someone sends me a friend request and I okay it, not only am I their friend but they are my friends too. Correct?
So what’s the deal? They can’t access my bank accounts, can they???!! I dunno, I’m kind of a mole guy, I don’t want too many friends.
I’ve just noticed that by looking at your public profiles, I can see who all your friends are. And I can click on the icons of your friends, and bring up their public profiles, and see who their friends are, and click on…
For example, there is a Who’s Online function that is disabled here. When that is enabled, a list of everyone who is currently browsing will show up on the front page. Your friends will have a “+” next to their name so you can easily see them.
Now the thing to do to follow that activity up is to find who has the most friends. After that, find somebody BANNED with the most friends and see what a fat lot of good it can do.
I don’t think I’ve ever initiated it either. Nothing against anyone–it just never occurs to me. The people who are my friends seem like nice folks, though. Some of them I know better (i.e., have read more of their posts) than others.
I use it as a way to tell people that they are appreciated. And it seems like every friend who initiated did the same thing. So far, no one has treated it like Facebook and thought that it meant we should be having long conversations with each other.