what do you do in kaboodle when someone asks to be your friend

[Emmy]

and you don't want to be their friend?

and no I don't mean anyone here! I mean like the mary kay lady from Atlanta and the weird-ish older guy that feels we have something in common and I can't imagine for the world what that is???? Am I just a total wimp? I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but I only want to be linked up with scrappers or knitters....

[Darcy Baldwin]

I just say the no that doesn't require explanation ROFL
I think those are people phishing, Emmy - the message is usually a generic one done by kaboodle.

[Emmy]

Well it seems I'm making more of this then there is....... :D Ok, I'll say no and hope they can live with my rejection. ;)

[Darcy Baldwin]

I bet they'll only lose 3 or 4 winks of sleep over it :)

[meems]

I got one request from someone who was obviously not a digiscrapper. I just said no; it seemed like spam. And it made me realize that I need to look more closely at friend invites.

[MommaChocoLatte]

I say no to spammish people and people I don't associate with.. don't feel bad about it. I find it kinda weird and a little annoying lol. I do/feel the same about Myspace.

I'm not sure why "www.insertname of winecompanyhere.com" wants to be my friend anyway, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to get me drunk...

[RatherBscrappin]

I had one today that said she 'liked my profile' and that she 'was full of love', crap like that ... so I used that handy dandy Report Abuse/Spam button. If it's not scrappin related and doesn't fit the scenario above, I simply decline the invite.

[Darcy Baldwin]

I'm not sure why "www.insertname of companyhere.com" wants to be my friend anyway, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to get me drunk...

Maybe he does, and he's just shy, so he's giving a front so that he can feel a little more comfortable letting you into his world....



:giggle :giggle

[MommaChocoLatte]

Maybe he does, and he's just shy, so he's giving a front so that he can feel a little more comfortable letting you into his world....



:giggle :giggle

:giggle Darcy!

OMG.. i just re-read that and I meant to say "insertnameof WINEcompanyhere"
.. and now I sound like a HUGE lush lol. Ok well.. maybe I am but still.. umm yeah.. going too fix that LOL!

[Mar1anneC]

mary kay lady from Atlanta

Heh heh. I am in Atlanta but don't sell Mary Kay. LOL.

[kscwgirl]

Actually if you decline invites, it doesn't notify the person. :)

[Emmy]

:giggle Darcy!

OMG.. i just re-read that and I meant to say "insertnameof WINEcompanyhere"
.. and now I sound like a HUGE lush lol. Ok well.. maybe I am but still.. umm yeah.. going too fix that LOL!

:rofl :rofl :rofl

[Emmy]

Heh heh. I am in Atlanta but don't sell Mary Kay. LOL.

Well it wasn't you then ! LOL!

[Amanda Rockwell]

I needed that laugh! LOLOL

Thanks but no thanks ?

[jensurge (Jen Ulasiewicz)]

LOL i've gotten a few requests that I didn't want. I will just delete them and forget about it, I really don't think they will take it personally :)

[jensurge (Jen Ulasiewicz)]

I mean like the mary kay lady from Atlanta and the weird-ish older guy that feels we have something in common and I can't imagine for the world what that is????

Oh and I think I got those same exact ones too! :lol

[Jana1506]

Just say NO.
If they try again put them on ignor.
No hurt feelings or anything.

[4noisyboys]

I had one from some weird guy...he wrote a 5 paragraph letter telling all about his likes, how he wanted to be friends, etc...yuck!!! I just deleted the messages. Was I supposed to report spam/abuse? I just figure they are sending out to as many as they can for whatever reason...but still...it was kind of a yucky moment!! Gave me the creeps!!

[MissKim]

I just usually don't say no or yes. Just delete the request and move on with my happy little life.

[CindySimon]

Oh man, Emmy, you had to go and post this question on the day I ask you to be my Kaboodle friend?! Now I'm all up an' paranoid!!! (Although I did JUST add a knitting book you have on your list to mine, so I guess I can take some abuse.)

:D :D :D

[Emmy]

Oh man, Emmy, you had to go and post this question on the day I ask you to be my Kaboodle friend?! Now I'm all up an' paranoid!!! (Although I did JUST add a knitting book you have on your list to mine, so I guess I can take some abuse.)

:D :D :D

I posted this before you pinged me to be friends in kaboodle - but when I got the email I seriously considered coming back to this thread to make a joke about it! Then I thought no maybe I should just be nice. :p

I have high hopes for my parents to come through on the knitting book for christmas! :)

[CindySimon]

Hee! I missed it earlier this morning. I haven't gotten any weirdo requests yet, I'm sure it's just a matter of time. Thanks for the enabling!

[as you wish]

What if some weird knitting lady wants to be your friend? ;)

I don't kaboodle, why do you have invites for friends? I don't understand.

[LemonaideLinda]

I say no to spammish people and people I don't associate with.. don't feel bad about it. I find it kinda weird and a little annoying lol. I do/feel the same about Myspace.

I'm not sure why "www.insertname of winecompanyhere.com" wants to be my friend anyway, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to get me drunk...


LOL
And he's definitely not going to take me dancing.

[Emmy]

What if some weird knitting lady wants to be your friend? ;)

I don't kaboodle, why do you have invites for friends? I don't understand.

When someone is your friend you're kind of linked up to them so you can easily view each others wishlists. It's kind of fun to be linked to other digital scrappers because then you can see what they have their wishlist and easily add it to your own.

I'll have to dodge the weird knitting people too. ;)

Honestly I had no idea you could just delete a friend request - I thought you had to reply for some reason! I feel so free just hitting delete...

[Jezza]

I had one, once but never replied. I didn't want to hurt them.

[LemonaideLinda]

Honestly I had no idea you could just delete a friend request - I thought you had to reply for some reason! I feel so free just hitting delete...

Makes me wish for one of those in RL, sometimes. Nosey neighbor who wants to know why I have 6 cars in my driveway...hit delete...

[Darcy Baldwin]

Oh man, Emmy, you had to go and post this question on the day I ask you to be my Kaboodle friend?! Now I'm all up an' paranoid!!! (Although I did JUST add a knitting book you have on your list to mine, so I guess I can take some abuse.)

:D :D :D
'

Ahh... so NOW we know your REAL identity, Miss Mary Kay Selling Woman who lives in Atlanta! CAUGHTCHA!

[CindySimon]

Heh. Now if you were approached by a woman selling Bare Escentuals, that MIGHT have been me...

[MandaBean]

I've only ever had people from the scrap world add me, so I haven't been lucky enough to hit DENY just yet. :)

[ditzyscrap]

Yeah, I just delete them.

I admit that I use the generic Kaboodle message when asking people to be my friend. I think that puts some people off, but I am a dork and rarely know what to say.

If I'm not sure who a person is who sent me a friend request, I just go look at their profile and it shows their lists. If there's something I have in common with them, I accept. If not, I just delete it - I don't "deny" or anything. But, denying actually isn't a big deal because it doesn't tell them you didn't accept their friend invite...I think the only difference is that you don't sit there as "invitation pending" when they look at your profile (which you would if you just deleted without denying first). Though I'm SURE a lot don't bother looking at your profile a second time - like someone else said, they are usually just phishing.

[Nettio]

I had one today that said she 'liked my profile' and that she 'was full of love', crap like that ... so I used that handy dandy Report Abuse/Spam button. If it's not scrappin related and doesn't fit the scenario above, I simply decline the invite.

Oh good, I'm glad someone else uses that button. Now I don't feel so bad. :lol I actually get quite a few of these random invites for some reason and I've learned to always check the profile before I respond. If they don't have any digiscrap stuff, I just report it as spam because as far as I'm concerned that's what it is. :lol

[scribler]

I had one today that said she 'liked my profile' and that she 'was full of love', crap like that ... so I used that handy dandy Report Abuse/Spam button. If it's not scrappin related and doesn't fit the scenario above, I simply decline the invite.
I got one of those today too and use the same handy, dandy button. It's the first time i've used that button.