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When requesting friend status with someone you don't know, there should be a field to explain why
I pretty much never accept friendship requests on social networks from people I'm not already acquainted with. If there were a field where they could give an explanation of why they're requesting my friendship -- like "I'm a friend of x" or "I live in your city and have x in common with you and am wanting to make friends" -- I *might* be more inclined to accept the request.
I’m cautious with strangers.
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Inappropriate?I totally agree and plan to do this sometime in the nearish future. There should also be the option to only want to be a fan and not burden a perfect stranger (like someone famous) with an actual friend request if that's not what you're looking for.
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Inappropriate?Both sound good to me. I use LinkedIn and like the barrier level of having to explain a relationship. I'm not in this to get 50,000 friends. I want it to be a useful productivity thing in addition to kickass links from random people I'll probably never meet outside of pownce. -
Inappropriate?First, I don't want to be anyone's "fan" but I would like to subscribe to some people's public feeds without being a friend. I wish another name was used for that. Lots of people have commented on Pownce that they don't like the connotations of fan. Second, I LOVE the random community aspect of Pownce that is going on right now - I think it's great and I'm already seeing people meet in real life who found each other randomly on Pownce. I think people who insist on only being friends with people they know are missing out.
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Inappropriate?i think twitter just killed the term "friend" on their system -- perhaps pownce will follow suit.
I’m nobody's friend!
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Inappropriate?That's why I like the idea of an explanation field where someone can write why they'd like be connected to you. For instance, "I work in the web in San Francisco too" or "I'm a working mom in the Bay Area" or "I know your friend, x". But when someone's some totally unrelated 22 year old guy from South Carolina or 54 year old guy from Vermont and that's all I know about them, I'm not going to friend them.
I’m still cautious with strangers.
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Inappropriate?maybe if they change the profile to include hobbies, music or other fields that may show what they have in common other than just living in the same city. -
Inappropriate?I like that idea. Consummating did something a little similar with showing tags you have in common with other people.
