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arcane1

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3. True, and especially true of classmates. Hell, even for us older folk!

Reply to MohRokTah (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:57 PM

Jun 2015

Pretty much anyone in my high school who even recognizes my name will try to friend me on Facebook, even if we never spoke a word to each other while in school. It's kind of fascinating, seeing their friends lists and seeing every person you went to HS with, all in one clique for the first time.

But it certainly doesn't make them "friends".

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I checked out Root's Facebook page. [View all] WillowTree Jun 2015 OP

That's about the propensity of younger members of Facebook to accept all friend requests. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #1

True, and especially true of classmates. Hell, even for us older folk! arcane1 Jun 2015 #3

Yeah and now everyone is trying to say they don't know him yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #2

If you play games on Facebook some games make it so if you to expand your friend list you do better think Jun 2015 #5

Ok I take back my previous post completely yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #8

Most welcome. It's not something you'd know if you don't play the games. think Jun 2015 #9

I get those all the time....even from my sister! Ugh! Lol. yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #14

people always accept people they don't know as friends JI7 Jun 2015 #13

Friends lists don't mean actual friends... Spazito Jun 2015 #4

I think the question remains. Igel Jun 2015 #6

Await away... Spazito Jun 2015 #7

If it's the same one I looked at, I believe it's a different Dylan Root Ex Lurker Jun 2015 #10

You sure it's the right page? KamaAina Jun 2015 #11

Yes, it was the right page. WillowTree Jun 2015 #12