When Strangers Want to Be Friends

Dear SPLAT,

What are SPLAT’s recommendations for responding to strangers
who want to be my “Friend”?

After signing up for the Library 2.0 group on WetPaint, I
started getting messages from people I don’t know. They’re definitely an improvement over the
folks who contacted me through myspace.com, but I’m still concerned. Some of these wannabe “Friends” have very
little information in their profiles.
On the other hand, how problematic could they be, if they’re in the
Library 2.0 group?

What are the SPLAT guidelines responding to potential “Friends”?

Last updated: June 22, 2007 - 11:25am by ruth

Depends Upon How You Define "Friend"
Comment by: dylan; June 22, 2007 - 3:43pm
You've raised a good question that pretty much *everyone* who uses Social Networking sites grapples with! It all depends upon your personal preferences and how you want to define the notion of "friend" on these websites. In my case, I tend to look pretty closely at any potential friend's profile to see if it's really someone I'd want to be associated with. Some people feel guilty if they don't accept everyone who friends them, but it doesn't bother me. I'd rather be more selective about my "friends" (particularly because I don't want to identify obvious solicitors as "friends"). Good for you trying out these social networking sites!

When Strangers Want to be Friends
Comment by: Anonymous; June 24, 2007 - 9:52pm
That sounds like good advice. Now, if I'd only remembered that I was talking about NING instead of WETPAINT ... Speaking of NING, there is a law library group inside Library 2.0.

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