Lost in the physics forum website

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In summary, the conversation is about the confusion surrounding friend requests and messages on a physics website. The person is unable to find the missing friend request and is questioning the purpose of friending someone they don't know. It is suggested that the missing request may have been from a spammer who was later banned. The conversation also includes jokes about the concept of "friendzoning" and the limitations of GPS on a boat.
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brmath
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Wish I could find the answer elsewhere, but not making progress. Got a message that someone wanted to "friend" me, so I went there and said yes. Discovered while there that someone else had made such a request, which I never got. And I can't figure out how to get back to wherever that is.

How do I find the people who requested to be a friend? And how do I get the messages that they did so?

Thanks.
 
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brmath said:
Wish I could find the answer elsewhere, but not making progress. Got a message that someone wanted to "friend" me, so I went there and said yes. Discovered while there that someone else had made such a request, which I never got. And I can't figure out how to get back to wherever that is.

How do I find the people who requested to be a friend? And how do I get the messages that they did so?

Thanks.
Friend requests just "appear" there are no related messages, unless the person has also sent you a separate message.

Personally, I don't "friend" anyone that I don't know, even though here it doesn't actually do anything.
 
  • #3
Evo said:
... even though here it doesn't actually do anything.
And after all the years. :cry:
 
  • #4
dlgoff said:
And after all the years. :cry:
Well, we're actual friends. :approve:
 
  • #5
Evo said:
Well, we're actual friends. :approve:
That's why I could actually tell my feeling. :thumbs:
 
  • #6
Go to "My PF" (link in the top menu) and select "Contacts & Friends" on the left.
 
  • #7
HI Borek,

I had already tried that. It indicates the friend request I accepted, but does not show the missing one.
 
  • #8
How, exactly, do you know you are missing a request? That can help us understand what happened.
 
  • #9
Some people register just to post something spammy, send some requests, posts a few visitor messages, and then they never come back. I guess they do most of the things to pretend they are "normal" members, but the only real reason they got here is to spam. We ban them routinely. As the member is banned, request is not shown.

Doesn't have to be what have happened, but that would be a logical, and not that improbable explanation.
 
  • #10
Evo said:
Personally, I don't "friend" anyone that I don't know, even though here it doesn't actually do anything.

Hello Lady of Shalott. I often wondered what difference friending makes and why nothing ever came of our friendship. :!)
 
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Borek said:
Some people register just to post something spammy, send some requests, posts a few visitor messages, and then they never come back. I guess they do most of the things to pretend they are "normal" members, but the only real reason they got here is to spam. We ban them routinely. As the member is banned, request is not shown.

Doesn't have to be what have happened, but that would be a logical, and not that improbable explanation.

I do see the logic of that. But why in the world would anyone bother to do such a thing? I realize some people are bored, but surely there is something more interesting to do than post spam on a physics website. Polishing doorknobs, maybe?
 
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LCKurtz said:
Hello Lady of Shalott. I often wondered what difference friending makes and why nothing ever came of our friendship. :!)

It's because she has you in the "friend zone". Sorry, buddy.

brmath said:
I do see the logic of that. But why in the world would anyone bother to do such a thing? I realize some people are bored, but surely there is something more interesting to do than post spam on a physics website. Polishing doorknobs, maybe?

To troll, to fight boredom, to spam, etc.
 
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brmath said:
I do see the logic of that. But why in the world would anyone bother to do such a thing? I realize some people are bored, but surely there is something more interesting to do than post spam on a physics website. Polishing doorknobs, maybe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamdexing
 
  • #14
LCKurtz said:
Hello Lady of Shalott. I often wondered what difference friending makes and why nothing ever came of our friendship. :!)
After we became PF *friends*, I waited outside my front door holding my lantern for what seemed days. You never came for me. :cry:
 
  • #15
Evo said:
After we became PF *friends*, I waited outside my front door holding my lantern for what seemed days. You never came for me. :cry:

Dang! I never expected my GPS wouldn't work properly in that damn boat.
 

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