I get a Friend Invite on Facebook. I look, apparently we have a few friends in common, but still.. I don't just auto-add anyone. I have to know them at least a bit (even if it's geographically improbable that I will ever meet this individual).
I message this person, turns out he is the best friend of a good friend of mine. Oh ok.. "fine. I'll add you"
Within 24 hours, he's posting lots of comments, has used the Facebook "Poke" button at least 5x in a row. Constantly IMs me and
"can't wait to meet you" and "omg you're cute" and "here's my day... "
Um.. huh?
Finally, a mere 36 hours later I tell him to ease up, and that it takes me time to get to know someone and his reply "I'm not coming on to you dude". Oh, gosh.. I'm so sorry.. how did I ever misinterpret that?
He's since backed off. Now, while I do understand the instant flush of adrenaline which all of us at one time or another has experienced, at least temper it with a modicum of restraint. I'm not going to be instant BFFs with someone I've never met, or most likely won't meet anytime soon. I am grateful he took the hint.. at least for now :P
Chill the fuck out people.
Well, I have had this issue many times over. What I have come to realize is that these people are new to FB and are very eager to meet new people and play with all the features of the site. Yes, they can sometime be very annoying as all hell but I kinda get it. One of the things I hate about FB is that some people are using it as a dating or sex site and I just cannot take it.
ReplyDeleteSolution: Get rid of chat on FB or just ignore the people you do not want to talk to.
Get this.. he emailed me, apologized.. and then blocked me lol. WTF?
ReplyDeleteUgh, I had to deal with that crap a few weeks ago.
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