<p>tried to add someone on facebook but its been a couple days. </p>
<p>do you guys normally accept friend requests right away or let them linger for a bit??</p>
<p>i just lost a little faith in humanity</p>
<p>When I’m at dinner and realize I haven’t friended one of my good friends there yet, average acceptance rate <5 seconds. (Smartphones, I can’t.)</p>
<p>When I’m getting incoming friend requests, sometimes I see them, forget about them for a couple weeks, and then accept.</p>
<p>There was one guy from my high school I friended at the beginning of my senior year, active on Facebook, who accepted my friend request about two and a half years later.</p>
<p>(Trying to be nice to poor OP and provide at least one non-mocking answer.)</p>
<p>Since they just came out with a new report (foreget which college did it, but you can google) that the more friends people have of FB, the more depressed they seem to be - I would SUGGEST to let them linger. If only for your happiness.</p>
<p>I think they actually determined a number: those with >350 friends on FB were more depressed becasue the experts said that FB usually only gives a view of the mainly positive things in someones life and some/most people measure happiness with how they compare to their peers. So theoretically, someone who sees only 20 people say how great their lives are going and all the great things they’re doing won’t effect someone as much as say 350 people all saying how great things are gong and all the great things going on in their lives.</p>
<p>Oh, well whaddayaknow(last year article): [Docs</a> Warn About Facebook Use And Teen Depression](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost)</p>
<p>This references the recent article: [Study</a> Finds Facebook Can Lead To Depression, If You Have Lying Ass Friends | THE IMPERFECT BLOG](<a href=“http://www.imperfectenjoyment.com/2012/02/facebook-depression/]Study”>http://www.imperfectenjoyment.com/2012/02/facebook-depression/)</p>
<p>sometimes they look at it, don’t add immediately, and then forget about the request until later…i do sometimes so don’t worry.</p>
<p>I usually accept very quickly. I almost always have my phone on me and it gets automatic Facebook notifications including friend requests… so if I’m just sitting there and get one, I accept. If I’m in class or otherwise occupied then it waits till I’m done lol.</p>
<p>@Turtlerock that sounds very accurate actually. Nobody’s gonna post pics of them just sitting in their rooms or statuses complaining about how alone/bored they are… all you see is fun fun fun.</p>
<p>I actually see people posting about being bored (or studying all night, etc.) and posting pictures of themselves sitting in their rooms quite often.</p>
<p>i see ones like “oh look at my new earrings” but otherwise it’s usually a couple of folks using Photo Booth or some such app.</p>
<p>as for those status updates, they’re just cries for attention (my favorite being something like “ugh what a bad day, don’t even wanna talk about it”).</p>
<p>i just lost a little faith in humanity</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>I hate the new generation, though I’m part of it.</p>
<p>I deactivated my facebook over a year ago and I haven’t been back and don’t plan on coming back =D</p>
<p>Facebook is a useful networking tool and a great way to keep in touch with friends. I don’t think deactivating your account is necessarily very wise.</p>
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<p>I still keep in contact with friends via phone and email =P It is a useful networking tool, but I find myself spending too much of my spare time on it. I was one of those people that would be on it at all times, even when I’m in class. Don’t really care much about other people’s lives, and the ones that I do care about, I just talk to them over the phone. As for networking, I build it by talking to people in person, not via the internet.</p>
<p>Mizzxvii, I’m in the same boat as you. No Facebook for me, either. Quit back in high school. I don’t see the point in getting bombarded with the same story 25 times. “OMG YOU GUYS PATS LOST THE SUPER BOWL!”</p>
<p>…I understood after the third time…</p>
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<p>Haha, there were always a few girls I know that would post every. single. detail. about their lives to the point of insanity.</p>
<p>“OMG, soooo broke, need a job.” (get off FB and learn how to make a resume)
“Bored. Text me.” (go outside and drive somewhere)
“On Skype w/Britney and Kelly. Sooo much fun, lol.”
I talked to those girls on Skype once. It’s literally all of them sitting at their laptops, commenting about what someone posted on FB.</p>
<p>Honestly, when I get a friend request, if it is somebody I know and talk to often, I accept it immediately. When it is someone I don’t know well or rarely talk to, I let it linger there for a while.</p>
<p>But seriously, don’t get in a twit about it. It’s FB. There is this thing called “real life” where you be actual friends with people and not have to worry whether they accept your friendship request or not.</p>
<p>@smorgasbord, I totally know what you’re talking about! Some people act like they can’t live without facebook, it’s sad, really. And there ARE a load of people on facebook that posts every single thing going on in their life like it matters so much to other people. Don’t even get me started about people that likes to start drama via facebook… so dumb. I’m doing fine connecting with people w/o facebook. The only thing that’s annoying is that everywhere you go, people will just assume you have one!</p>