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Facebook friend requeat glitch

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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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Icelolly44 · 12/05/2023 16:14

Sadly no one has added me accidentally so I’m obviously not interesting enough to look up!

Bluemat · 12/05/2023 16:14

I had a very interesting request form someone who I'd never have thought would request me! I accepted it 😂 I keep looking to see how long it is before they unfriend me!!!

MargaretThursday · 12/05/2023 16:19

That explains why I have an odd friend request then.

Bananah · 12/05/2023 16:21

Oh dear, this is a disaster isn’t it! I daren’t look on someone’s profile to see if there’s a pending request, in case the glitch hits
me and it requests them! I can’t see any pending requests on my activity so hopefully that’s accurate.

iatealltheminieggs · 12/05/2023 16:22

Ohh that explains why a school mum i don't know accepted a friend request i don't remember making. She appears in the 'people you may know' list

iatealltheminieggs · 12/05/2023 16:27

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 😳

Thanks for the tip, I've just checked this and found I've sent another friend request apparently. Definitely never looked at her profile page, but she is a 'people you may know'.

jessycake · 12/05/2023 16:51

I just checked and I had sent 8! that is creepy

Tacocatgoatcheesepizza · 12/05/2023 17:13

Where did you check @jessycake ?

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:15

Yes, and I can't stop them. So embarrassed been stalking my exes new girlfriend and it's sent her a request 😬😬😬😬

Tacocatgoatcheesepizza · 12/05/2023 17:16

Can someone tell me in detail where you go to find out if you’ve sent any? I’m such a stalker, this could be a disaster!

UsethisUsername · 12/05/2023 17:19

I’m loving this! I received a friend request from a lady who was really horrible to me recently. Glorious.

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:22

If you go to activity log but then it won't let me cancel it

My exes brand new girlfriend oh no 😟

jessycake · 12/05/2023 17:23

@Tacocatgoatcheesepizza I went on my main computer and looked clicked friend requests icon and requests I had sent , I can't see that option on my ipad. Some profiles I didn't look at , so I imagine I just accidently touched the add friend while scrolling through ,another one I did look up as I was looking up and old friend by name but it wasnt them , so I had no idea where the friend request came from , It seems far too easy to do though.

petridishmystery · 12/05/2023 17:23

I don’t think my sent requests is accurate as it only shows 8, the last one being in 2017! Altho Ive never been friends with any of them so maybe it only shows refused ones?

I have a burner acct from a couple of years ago, tried viewing that and didn’t send a request but I will be avoiding looking at anyone for now (tbf,
now I’m over my ex I don’t really stalk anyone anyway)

I did find it weird that I suddenly started getting requests from people who were legit, with mutual friends rather than bots, but not anyone I knew.

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:24

Only on android phones not I phones

LT2 · 12/05/2023 17:24

Is anyone having the problem of requests being sent to people they haven't even viewed the profiles of? This has happened to me today! I'm sure I haven't looked at their profiles, but they are people I have mutual friends with!

ItsAHardKn0ckLife1 · 12/05/2023 17:25

I’m using the browser on safari to access fb. If you click on profile settings, then connections, there’s an option to view friend requests sent.

Good luck fellow stalkers, may the odds be ever in your favour 😬

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:26

Anyone know if I block them they'll see? Was reading and apparently they'll still get a notification 🙄

This is the worst scenario.

Yvetty · 12/05/2023 17:27

Thank you for the warning! Thankfully I haven’t been stalking today. But I did find I’d requested total strangers nearly 10 years ago!

go to Activity Log - Connections - sent friend requests.

Tacocatgoatcheesepizza · 12/05/2023 17:31

I almost don’t want to look!

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:34

This is too much for me, the anxiety is crazy.

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:35

It seriously couldn't be any worse, I found her through stalking anyway, thorough stalking as he isn't even on FB.

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:37

So we have no mutual connections, I can't just say i was being nosey from his page. OMG.

Londontoderby · 12/05/2023 17:40

Hahah! This is brilliant!!

QueenConsort · 12/05/2023 17:41

I'm going to sue them, FB has caused me to have cigarettes and I don't even smoke.