tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788216437526312119.post5206754208221092718..comments2024-03-27T21:55:58.810+02:00Comments on Fors: Facebook asks if you know new friends in real lifeGeorge B. Mogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13619656378366308760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788216437526312119.post-39521558675987323902011-09-16T19:48:21.680+03:002011-09-16T19:48:21.680+03:00I don't think Facebook is in any major danger ...I don't think Facebook is in any major danger of users moving to other networks (not yet anyway). As for making new friends through Facebook, it has just launched the 'Subscribe' feature that can make connecting to other people more public, more like Twitter. I haven't tried it yet, but I suppose if you subscribe to someone and he/she subscribes back, it will be more or less equivalent to 'becoming friends'.George B. Mogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619656378366308760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788216437526312119.post-42644221747821019732011-09-16T01:51:49.161+03:002011-09-16T01:51:49.161+03:00The purpose of this new question is so Facebook ca...The purpose of this new question is so Facebook can penalize those who make new friends on the site. Facebook is great for making new friends, but they only want you to add your existing friends, who you already know personally, which is why they should just call the site Localbook. This is why they changed the add button from "Add as Friend" to "Add Friend". If you answer "no" to the "do you know this person" question after becoming/ignoring/hiding friends, you put them at risk of having their friending capabilities blocked temporarily or their account permanently disabled altogether for "Facebook misuse and 'harassment' of other users". This is why I just ignore the question, since I encourage others to add me as a friend whether they know me or not. Keep this in mind when people send you requests, and when you add others as friends, when you're supposed to just be "adding existing friends". There are plenty of protest pages on Facebook against their new annoying policy. If Facebook doesn't lift these ridiculous friending limitations, people will just move to a different site, such as MySpace to add friends without getting blocked or disabled just because their making NEW friends. Let's say Facebook's rules applied in a school cafeteria, and you were a new student. Every person you said "hey" to would slap you in the face because you didn't already know them personally. These new rules and regulations may become the downfall of Facebook.cubecompmtdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13678957028915416255noreply@blogger.com