jvs Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I don't know if i post this in the right place so please move it if necessary . I have been on facebook for a few years and always have been careful as far as privacy goes. In the last year due to my activities i have made a few "friends" and never no problem. Today or more precisely in the last two hours i have had over 60 friend requests! Not local but from all over the world,what could be wrong?Am i such a nice guy all of a sudden?Nah. A lot of these requests are friends of friends,i am lost. I checked all of my privacy settings and they are ok as far as i can see. Any ideas? Hacked? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CorpusChristie Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 Are you sure that they are not just suggested friends of people who you may know , rather than actual friend requests ? Sometimes facebook sends you a list of people who you may know , but, they aren't actually friend requests from the people 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said: Are you sure that they are not just suggested friends of people who you may know , rather than actual friend requests ? Sometimes facebook sends you a list of people who you may know , but, they aren't actually friend requests from the people Just checked again,68 actual friend requests!They keep adding ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Are you sure it are friend requests and not people you may know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Something you posted may have recently gone 'viral' (been shared onward and onward by one or more people in your normal friends list) Looking at my 10+ year dormant facebook account -- I have ONE friend request, and many many People you may know. My Setting & Privacy are all mostly either Only ME. Friends or Friends of Friends. whichever is more restrictive. I STOPPED using Facebook before that became a popular thing to say you were doing ...only because my new THAI and EXPAT 'friends' tend to post explicit or obnoxious content and you NEVER ever want to give anyone the opportunity to meet ALL of your friends ...unless you WANT a fight to break out. Edited October 11, 2020 by RichCor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, RichCor said: Something you posted may have recently gone 'viral' (been shared onward and onward by one or more people in your normal friends list) That could be,i posted something that was popular amongst my friends. Snowball effect? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Just now, jvs said: That could be,i posted something that was popular amongst my friends. Snowball effect? Check their walls, see who commented on their comment, it may lead you to which post triggered all the new request (if the commenters are also part of the new friend requests). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kadilo Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 Someone posted that you won the lottery. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kadilo said: Someone posted that you won the lottery. shhht,i was going to keep that quiet! Some are sooo cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadilo Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, jvs said: shhht,i was going to keep that quiet! Some are sooo cute! Accept them all. You can Unfriend the munters later. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jastheace Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 the number of 'friends' some facebookers have seem to be important. there seems to be a race to have the most friends or followers. so requests can get out of hand at times. instagram was worse. i say was, as i refuse to use it anymore. why you have so many now over a short space of time? maybe you had been lucky up to now. maybe you've recently added a friend who has many friends or followers, and they've all got your name as a friend suggestion? if you can be bothered, which i doubt, look at their profiles to see if you share friends, and you may get one or two names pop up often. hacked? doubt it very much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy39 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 You have probably received these requests from automated accounts. You should just ignore these requests and you will be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 I checked just now and have a lot more requests. I looked at a bunch of them and so far they are all real accounts and they all are friends of friends. I never bother with friend suggestions and it would be too much of a coincidence if other people would do this with me all at the same time. Richcor is probably right,some thing i posted has been shared a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pungdo Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Sounds like an account has been hacked, not necessarily yours, but one of your friends that has a lot of contacts and now you are getting automated friend requests from all of their contacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Just click on the delete button, and they will go away. They probably have already forgotten about the request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneyw Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Have you got big tits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Sorry, but I have to state the obvious solution : Delete your Fakebook account and move on with your life. Whatever the reason you originally had for signing up it should be obvious by now that you're being used, abused, exploited, and monetized for all your worth and then some. It just gets worse everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) Just now, RocketDog said: Sorry, but I have to state the obvious solution : Delete your Fakebook account and move on with your life. Whatever the reason you originally had for signing up it should be obvious by now that you're being used, abused, exploited, and monetized for all your worth and then some. It just gets worse everyday. It does take a month of abstainance (or is it three? ) to delete your account. Be careful NOT to log in accidentally or the clock goes back to ONE. Edited October 12, 2020 by stouricks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 OP, it still sounds like you are talking about, facebook suggesting people you may know. If the button says confirm/delete then that a friend request, if the button says add friend/remove, thats someone you may know, usually friends of friends. If it bothers you that much change your settings so nobody can send you a friend request Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovl46 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 This might just as well be Facebook promoting you by putting you on other people’s Facebook page as a suggestion and people are biting or it could be scammers and hackers randomly sending you requests in the hope you’ll accept. I get strange friend requests a couple of times a months, too, but I never accept them! Try this: https://m.facebook.com/help/1718866941707011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Again,they are all friend requests,not suggestions. I deleted over 150 in the last hour. Some one suggest to close my account but why? Facebook can be a great tool to learn and i do daily. I just don't understand why so many requests in the last two days,over 250. Not scammers,are all friends of friends and all share the same hobby. I am not worried but curious,i have asked some of them if and why they send me a request. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 14 hours ago, stouricks said: It does take a month of abstainance (or is it three? ) to delete your account. Be careful NOT to log in accidentally or the clock goes back to ONE. Of course they make it as difficult as possible to leave for good. Every member is a cash cow for them. It's harder than getting a divorce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventenio Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/11/2020 at 10:25 PM, jvs said: I have been on facebook for a few years i tried it for maybe a few days, years ago. NEVER again. just create a fake account and search for stuff. you can still talk with your "friends" under a fake account. no picture, no nothing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) On 10/11/2020 at 10:36 PM, CorpusChristie said: Are you sure that they are not just suggested friends of people who you may know , rather than actual friend requests ? Sometimes facebook sends you a list of people who you may know , but, they aren't actually friend requests from the people I don't have problems with friends on Facebook, but sometimes with "friends of friends" which I never met and never wanted to meet. Simply ignore 8 no or block them if they get on your nerves. And make sure your shares are not visible to everyone. Edited October 13, 2020 by micmichd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 10 hours ago, micmichd said: Sometimes facebook sends you a list of people who you may know , but, they aren't actually friend requests from the people Definitely happens. I have hardly used my facebook in years, but i still get about 2 or 3 friend requests every week from 'friends' of my Thai family members accounts. They get repeated frequently and most do not even speak any English and i have never met them. I do know that when i have enquired, that they have NOT sent them themselves. It is because of this that i ignore ALL contact requests from Facebook. Only keep account because some family members send me stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitriv Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/11/2020 at 5:40 PM, jvs said: Just checked again,68 actual friend requests!They keep adding ! You can also ask them; WHY ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 14 hours ago, rickudon said: Definitely happens. I have hardly used my facebook in years, but i still get about 2 or 3 friend requests every week from 'friends' of my Thai family members accounts. They get repeated frequently and most do not even speak any English and i have never met them. I do know that when i have enquired, that they have NOT sent them themselves. It is because of this that i ignore ALL contact requests from Facebook. Only keep account because some family members send me stuff. Good idea. Since my inner family is here in Pattaya every day, I don't even use my Facebook for them anymore. Because I see them every day. If I'd contact them on Facebook they'd only get stalked by other Facebook users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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