Likely OT, but checking...

[SoVerySad]

Today I received a friend request on Facebook from a man whose name or picture I did not recognize. I'm relatively new to Facebook and wondered how that might happen. I talked with a fellow member here today and asked her about it. She mentioned that she also had received a similar request, but could not remember the name. I'm wondering if anyone else here received a similar unknown friend request. Just wondering if there could be a connection to this forum.

[Trying]

When I get a request from someone I don't recognize I check to see if we have any mutual friends.  Sometimes it's someone who only knows of me through an acquaintance, I ignore them. Sometimes it's a random creeper, I refuse them.

[SoVerySad]

No mutual friends. I just declined.

[Guest sphoc]

If you want to avoid things like that, you can change the security settings to make it more difficult for people to add you as a friend - it depends on how easy or difficult you want to make it for people to find you. The easier it is, the more likely you'll get these kinds of requests.

[Nuggets]

... oops wrong thread.