'Friend request pending' - what exactly does this mean?

[Tinker]

Is it for:
a) someone you have requested as a friend;
b) someone who has requested you to be their friend or;
c) both?

Thanks

If you request to be someone's friend and they've not yet accepted/declined it will say friend request pending, and vice versa.

Thanks. So, the message would only appear for me if I have requested them? This is someone I've never heard of and certainly haven't requested (appears to be Spanish or South American).

Seems like they have requested and are awaiting outcome. Do you have a friend request in notifications?

Thanks. I deleted it before checking notifications.

Odd, I have a friend request from someone with a South American/Spanish sounding name too! I don't know her so I sent a message asking who she is and if we have met (I post on a couple of fora so it;s possible she could be someone I know under a pseudonym).

Afterwards I couldn't remember if someone can see your profile for a limited time if you message them, and if so, if it's a way of harvesting email addresses for spam?...

Yes - if you send a message the person you end the message to can see your page for a month I think.

I guess they could harvest your page for email addresses etc in theory at that point.

I'm pretty sure if you send someone a message they can see your profile for some amount of time.

Yes, I thought so. Guess that answers it then... Oh well. Good job I have a decent spam filter on Mozilla Thunderbird.

Was it Regina something or other? I had a friend request from Regina a while ago, which I refused because I had no idea who it was & then thought it might have been a Mumsnetter - they didn't leave a message though & I normally reject any friend requests without a message unless I know who they are.

Wasn't Regina, no.

Ooo, interesting. Yes, I assumed it must be someone harvesting (great word - have just seen Moon) email addresses. It wasn't Regina but did show "her" "photo" and "profile".