Types of Weird Friend Requests

Facebook's policies diminish our privacy and make our profiles locatable leading to a vast number of unpleasant surprises in our pending friend requests lists. More often that not, the ratio of friend requests we get from strangers to the ones we get from known people is far more superior for the former. 

Let's take a look at the types of weirdoes who dominate our friend request lists:

1.     The Strangers

Getting requests from strangers is so common that we even forget to complain about it. They are people you've never heard about and they add you for either increasing their network/number of friends or for following your activities on Facebook. Chances are they are creepy stalkers who just want to view your posts and photos.

2.     The Ones with the Weird Names

A 'Dark Angel' or a 'Hurricane Haroon' or an 'Ocena Pothik' will make your day any day. Hopeless romantics and newbies make their profiles look 'cool' with names which are facepalm worthy and not for the faintest of hearts. 

3.     The Fakes 

Basically bored idlers who use fake names and pictures of random people to create accounts and mess with people. Their target groups are the sad and lonely, much like themselves. They are likely to have attractive profile pictures and more often then not, their sole intention is to attract and flatter their target audiences. 

4.     The Mutual Friend 

The friend of a friend of a friend of a friend whom you met light years ago and barely remember will hunt you down and add you up all thanks to Facebook's "people you may know" feature. Finding mutual friends is also relatively simple, making it easier for users to locate others.

5.     The Parents

I don't want to sound disrespectful but to some of us, the worst nightmare would be to get a friend request from a mom or a dad. Given modern technology and the popularity of smartphones, even our parents somehow get access to Facebook and their imminent mission thereafter is to discover the secret world that their child has kept hidden from them.

Honestly speaking, Facebook wouldn't be the same without creeps and weirdoes sending us random friend requests. They can often be quite entertaining and hey, the increasing number of pending requests also looks cool right? Those being said don't get bothered when these people add you up. They are the silent angels who make our social media lives a tad more entertaining.