Friend request - What is it for?

[churin]

Could anyone explain what the friend request is for?

 

[severedsolo]

it just means your being noticed, its a friendly gesture, alot of our gurus automatically add people as they hit a certain skill level, go ahead and say yes if you want, it doesnt do any harm

 

[Jonathan_King]

It's just a welcoming gesture for many of us.

It also makes finding members' profile pages easy.

 

[richc46]

Even though we may never meet, personalites come through the computer, friednships can be formed. I notify those that I want to be friends with by sending a friend request. You will like the feature.

 

[pebbly]

you will make many very good friends on here

 

[seekermeister]

I asked the same question, back when first getting these, and got the same answers. Saying yes is no problem.

 

[boohbah]

I came to this site for help and stayed here mostly for help surprisingly i found i am able to give advice occasionally that has been helpful and i always feel honoured and sometimes not worthy when i receive a friends request .I do feel like im part of a community and as someone recently told me when i was particularly fed up about a computer disaster that i am part of a family here ( insert smiley with a violin here!)

 

[churin]

Thanks everyone for enlightening me about it. So far I have accepted every requests but did not really know about it.

 

[seekermeister]

I do feel like im part of a community and as someone recently told me when i was particularly fed up about a computer disaster that i am part of a family here

Considering that it is easier to talk to members here than it is my own family, that is saying something.

 

[boohbah]

They do say ," you can choose your friends but not your family" although this may be a contradiction of terms here