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Facebook question

Krimpette — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:10:35 GMT

I know very little about Facebook, and mainly use it to see and comment on family photos. I do, periodically, check on "Friend Requests". In the past week or so, I seem to be inundated with "requests" from people from various foreign countries. I have my "friend request" setting at "friends of friends". The only other option is "everyone", which I had set originally until all this started. But even though I changed the setting to "friends of friends", I seem to be getting more and more from these strangers.

Any suggestions?

Re: Facebook question

cherry — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:11:47 GMT

Just say no

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I am still oxox — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:13:55 GMT

friends only is the best setting

Re: Facebook question

Krimpette — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:14:31 GMT

That's what I've been doing...deleting all of them. But each day there are more. Any way to stop them? I'm not aware of any different setting I should be using, since this just started recently. Thanks!

Re: Facebook question

GCR18 — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:16:15 GMT

My friend doesn't want her Facebook page out there, so she set it up where she can't get friend requests. If you want to be her friend, you have to tell her and she'll send you a friend request. Maybe someone here knows the setting or you can read about the settings on Facebook. I just decline people I don't know, but it sounds like you need to go a step further.

Re: Facebook question

Krimpette — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:19:17 GMT

It almost seems like as fast as I click on "remove" beside a request, another one appears. Again, this just started recently. (Thanks for those who are kind enough for responding. I've always been reluctant to "do" Facebook, but was missing out on family stuff. Now this. I guess it's easy enough to "remove" the friend requests, but it's a pain! Thanks everyone.

Re: Facebook question

ID2 — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:24:00 GMT

Remove and then block them.

Re: Facebook question

Krimpette — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:31:40 GMT

@ID2 I know how to remove them. Not sure how to block them once I've removed them.

(By the way, Michigan has the loveliest TV commercials!!!!)

Re: Facebook question

gidgetgh — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 19:12:49 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
@ID2 I know how to remove them. Not sure how to block them once I've removed them.

(By the way, Michigan has the loveliest TV commercials!!!!)

Go up to the friend request. Click on decline. It will pop up "mark as spam". Click on that. I've gotten several of them lately also. Once you've marked it as spam, that person won't be able to send you another request.

Re: Facebook question

Krimpette — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 19:22:01 GMT

@gidgetgh Thanks so much for your response. And I'm a bit relieved to know this isn't just happening to me! Thanks again! (Just odd that it started only recently.)

Re: Facebook question

CelticCrafter — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 19:23:00 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
It almost seems like as fast as I click on "remove" beside a request, another one appears. Again, this just started recently. (Thanks for those who are kind enough for responding. I've always been reluctant to "do" Facebook, but was missing out on family stuff. Now this. I guess it's easy enough to "remove" the friend requests, but it's a pain! Thanks everyone.

Change your password. Maybe you've been hacked, maybe not.

Re: Facebook question

Krimpette — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 19:28:15 GMT

@CelticCrafter Sounds like worth doing.

Re: Facebook question

gidgetgh — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 20:00:17 GMT

@Krimpette- nah, it's not just you. I've gotten some bizarre ones lately. I just roll my eyes, decline them, mark them as spam and move on.

Re: Facebook question

ECBG — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 20:05:02 GMT

@KrimpetteJust think of it this way.

"Everyone is a friend of a friend!"!!!

Re: Facebook question

Nataliesgramma — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 22:05:43 GMT

You might need to change your privacy settings. You can control who sees and contacts you there.....I think that it is where the 'padlock' symbol is in the upper right hand corner...

Re: Facebook question

croemer — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:20:13 GMT

I too get those friend request almost everyday. I just decline and mark spam.

Re: Facebook question

FrostedC — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:46:27 GMT

Facebook has an excellent help section. Here's the page, about blocking future friend's request.

https://www.facebook.com/help/217125868312360/

Re: Facebook question

jackthebear — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:51:23 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
I know very little about Facebook, and mainly use it to see and comment on family photos. I do, periodically, check on "Friend Requests". In the past week or so, I seem to be inundated with "requests" from people from various foreign countries. I have my "friend request" setting at "friends of friends". The only other option is "everyone", which I had set originally until all this started. But even though I changed the setting to "friends of friends", I seem to be getting more and more from these strangers.

Any suggestions?

you got some good advice

if I get "friend request" from some who couldn't possibly know me I block and mark as spam.

There also a page called Facebook Purity that you can add which will let you remove a lot of the junk from your feed as well.

Re: Facebook question

Spurt — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 16:49:50 GMT

@Krimpette

I wonder if there is a glitch in Facebook--- a friend was complaining about this too....especially friend requests from outside the U.S and thse arent friends of friends per her settings either..........

Re: Facebook question

Krimpette — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 17:17:45 GMT

@Spurt I just checked a few minutes ago, and there were at least a dozen or more, ostensibly from all over the world. This is nuts!!!! But I just keep deleting them. I've already checked my settings and changed my password, so you're probably rights....a glitch with Facebook, perhaps.