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Facebook friend requeat glitch

111 replies

Jamhamlamb · 12/05/2023 13:45

Is anybody else experiencing this glitch? You go onto somebody's page and it automatically requests them as a friend.

Beware stalkers! 😆

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MTupz · 12/05/2023 14:52

This! And I can't find anyone talking about it! Except for you. Ended up sending someone friend requests and removing them 3 times because I was trying to figure out if it was actually doing it by itself.

WoofWoofBeachLife · 12/05/2023 14:53

Omg how weird haha and sneaky, and bad for stalkers lol. I'm not on FB anymore to check but I'll ask DH x

TallulahBetty · 12/05/2023 14:54

Yep this is doing it to me - both getting requests and sending them when I view. I've heard rumours it's only affecting Android not sure how true

AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/05/2023 14:54

Grin That’ll be why I’ve had a friend request from a very old primary school friend’s mother!

Bizzieizz · 12/05/2023 14:59

I’ve just done this on my iPhone and it’s sent a request! Then said it can’t do that right now when I pressed the cancel request!!!

Doyouthinktheyknow · 12/05/2023 15:02

Okay, no stalking for me today🤣🤣

Just checked, haven’t got any pending requests but do like a nosy on people’s fb pages so will keep that in mind. Thanks for the warning💐

Original poster
Jamhamlamb · 12/05/2023 15:14

There is a way to check sent friend requests through activity log on your profile home page but I am not sure how accurate it is.
I am a terrible stalker, I don't know who I have been noseying on before I noticed it. How Embarrassing 😳

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AddieLoggins2 · 12/05/2023 15:16

This makes so much sense.

I got 2 slightly strange friend requests recently, one from a work colleague of my FIL - obviously seen a post I tagged him in (I just ignored this one)

And another was a friend's husband, it was not long after I bumped into him in a shop and we were chatting briefly. I accepted the request so he's probably really confused, but can't now unfriend me as that will look rude and even more odd.

Now to be careful whose profile I look at on Facebook Confused

CookieSwirlD · 12/05/2023 15:16

I haven't received any friend requests today, clearly not interesting enough to be "stalked" Grin

TallulahBetty · 12/05/2023 15:17

The Relationships board might be busy this evening..........

jessycake · 12/05/2023 15:18

Yes just today , and a few weeks back 😬. I assumed I had done it by accident.

nowinhouse · 12/05/2023 15:18

I got one today from a random man with a tattoos neck!

Piscesmumma1978 · 12/05/2023 15:20

Is this only on iPhone? I stalk but haven't sent any requests this week. I'm android.

It still cracks me up that people haven't learnt how to post privately!

jessycake · 12/05/2023 15:49

Mine was on the ipad , but my activity doesn't show sending a friend request . It was on the people you might know section and it was a friend of a relative ,and I had a good old nose at all the places they had been to .

LakeTiticaca · 12/05/2023 15:49

Oh god I hope not!!
One thing I have noticed I that if you have looked at someoness page a couple of times, ie: stalked them 😳it might come up as " people you may know"
So I'm guessing that it also will come up on the page of those you have been stalking!!
So beware!! Especially if its someone you haven't had contact with for many years!!

Icelolly44 · 12/05/2023 15:57

Yes thought I’d accidentally sent it and only found out by accident when I clicked on their profile again!

I dread to think how many I’ve sent as I’m a serial stalker! How can I find out if I vE sent any more?

Lasouthpaw · 12/05/2023 15:59

Is it because they've added the Add Friend blue button right to the bottom of the profile you're on - almost the same spot I click to leave the page? It's nearly caught me out a few times in last couple of weeks.

And has put me off stalking people in case I accidentally click it!

tailinthejam · 12/05/2023 16:00

TallulahBetty · 12/05/2023 15:17

The Relationships board might be busy this evening..........

😂

DrFoxtrot · 12/05/2023 16:03

Bloody hell 😂 I'm going to check my activity log

marshmallowsforbreakfast · 12/05/2023 16:06

Oh my god it wasn't me! I have done this twice today, panicked both times and then blocked said people in hope they wouldn't see! I was wondering how I'd been so clumsy with my thumbs!

theemmadilemma · 12/05/2023 16:10

Oh they should do this every now and then just for the fun. 😂

DrFoxtrot · 12/05/2023 16:11

Phew 😅 just checked my activity log and did a little test by going onto the profiles of people who it wouldn't be weird to friend request and it's not glitching for me.

But thanks for the warning!

Icelolly44 · 12/05/2023 16:12

Omg I have just checked and I have sent 4!!!! Obviously a glitch not an accident.

I have deleted them and hope they won’t see. It could have been much worse, it’s no one I’m that bothered about…..

I sent one another time when I clicked on their profile to delete the first one 😩🙀

Stardustkid · 12/05/2023 16:13

Ah explains random request from a temp that worked for me ages ago

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