Facebook Complaint - Friend Request Has Been Blocked For 14 Days

Posted by Nicole29 on 2011-05-06:

Sue them for what?

Posted by unslated on 2011-05-06:

"well how are you supposed to meet new people and make new friends"

Go play outside.

Posted by Lsalvador on 2011-05-06:

What UNS said.

A sad tale to say the least.

Posted by ript on 2011-05-06:

Sue them because they are enforcing their TOS? Good luck with that.
How did you make friends before Facebook, My Space, et al?

Posted by Skye on 2011-05-06:

I'm not sure what you will sue them for, since it's a free site, that you use with your own free will, but good luck with your lawsuit.

Posted by Nicole29 on 2011-05-06:

The reason they have that rule is to protect it's members. A lot of people don't like getting lots of random requests, like MySpace allowed.

Posted by clutzycook on 2011-05-06:

If a person gets a friend request from someone they don't know (or don't like for whatever reason), they have the option to tell FB that they don't know that person. I would guess that if enough "stranger danger" tags were linked to a person in a relatively short period of time, they would be concerned that the person in question is a spammer and would want to block that person until the matter was cleared up. It doesn't matter if some of those people were people that you know. If enough strangers say that they don't know you, of course you're going to get blocked.

Posted by littleshorty on 2011-05-06:

When someone gets a friend request, they can report/block that person. Clutzy hit the nail on the head I believe

Posted by Wally86 on 2011-05-06:

When You send to many friend requests that is like spamming. You should only send friend requests to those you know or those who would be ok with it not strangers.

Posted by Ytropious on 2011-05-06:

Is the problem really the excessive friend requests, or that these requests are being denied frequently? I think the latter is why Facebook blocks requesting temporarily.

Posted by momsey on 2011-05-06:

Facebook isn't supposed to be for making new friends.

And I have to ask the same question as others - what will you sue them for? It's a free service!

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2011-05-06:

I'll be your friend, BigRed.

Posted by littleshorty on 2011-05-06:

Basher, don't you want REAL friends? Ones that exist off of the computer

Posted by AshleyFurnitureRules on 2011-05-06:

good review. I was just curious .. Do you play any of the zynga games like farmville/cityville/front... and so on? Because most of these require neighbor interaction and I know zynga encourages adding more and more people. Anyways there is nothing with meeting new people anywhere, they have start somewhere.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2011-05-06:

I have plenty of those Shorty.

Posted by Lsalvador on 2011-05-06:

Prove it!

Posted by ChuhBaca on 2011-05-06:

I'm just going to have to reiterate what has already been said. You can't sue Facebook for enforcing rules meant to help protect people's privacy.
Second, Facebook is not really intended to meet new people. Facebook is intended to keep up friends and family.
I wouldn't accept a stranger's request because it's creepy and stalkerish. Also, it would be annoying to see someone's Facebook updates bury the updates of the people about whom I actually care.
I'm not saying that it's not appropriate to meet new people using online methods, I'm just saying it's inapproprate for Facebook. Unfortunately, the only suggestion I can offer is AOL chat rooms, but I honestly don't know if aol even exists anymore.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2011-05-06:

Prove it? What do you want me to do, post all of their phone numbers so you can call and ask?

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2011-05-06:

I've had a lot of friend request on my DB FB account, which I never use to post anything on...and I just decline them all because I don't know who they are...if they are M3C members, I wouldn't know without their NIC.

Posted by trmn8r on 2011-05-06:

Yeah, this a great review. And by all means, let us know how that lawsuit pans out.

Posted by ript on 2011-05-06:

Don't break your shin on a stool that is not in your way.

Posted by PepperElf on 2011-05-07:

What the others have said.... AND....


"I"m going to sue" doesn't mean you'll win... or that a lawyer will even take your case.


More importantly NO COURT will uphold your case. If they did then they would be saying that you have the right to harass and spam strangers for attention.

And no court would ever do that. They would, instead, uphold the rights of EVERYONE ELSE to be protected from spammers



"I never had this problem with Myspace or bebo or twitter or h-5."
They have different TOS agreements. Perhaps you should reread yours.

Posted by AshleyFurnitureRules on 2011-05-07:

Goodluck with the lawsuit. Go for about 10million, that's pocket change for Marky boy.

Posted by DBoiScoob on 2012-01-21:

My friend requests were blocked for 14 days again I'm so annoyed that i'm thinking about suing facebook also

Posted by DBoiScoob on 2012-01-24:

But They Let Me make friends again