ixfd64 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Any Facebook experts here? I have a question: My privacy settings show that I could either allow everyone to send me friend requests, or limit them to friends of friends. Obviously, many famous people tend to use the latter because they'd be swamped with friend requests otherwise. I happen to be friends with a well-known New York Times journalist, and he is friends with several public figures (including Mark Zuckerberg and Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales). However, I still don't see the "Add friend" button for some of those people, even though I should be able to send them friend requests due to the second-degree connection (not that I'd want to anyway). So I'm just curious, is there a third privacy setting for limiting friend requests that's only available to certain users? Or does it have something to do with the 5,000-"friend" limit? ARENAscape: Baratus [AS] max hit: 166 with Moon Battle Hammer ixfd64 [AS] max hit: 116 with (untitled spell #2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Do you see a subscribe button on their profiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Your privacy settings does not alter THEIRS.Your's being set to friends of friends means that's who can add you , not who you can add. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecuttingyews Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Your privacy settings does not alter THEIRS.Your's being set to friends of friends means that's who can add you , not who you can add.I think he's asking if, since he only has the option to allow everyone or just friends of friends to request friendship, there is some other setting that 'famous' people can use that doesn't allow any friend requests that he does not have access to choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 yeah some people have it set to like Nazi mode where they can't be requested by anyone outside of specific networks Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixfd64 Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 Your privacy settings does not alter THEIRS.Your's being set to friends of friends means that's who can add you , not who you can add. Facebook connections are reciprocal. If someone is a friend of a friend, then (s)he would also see me as a friend of a friend. I think he's asking if, since he only has the option to allow everyone or just friends of friends to request friendship, there is some other setting that 'famous' people can use that doesn't allow any friend requests that he does not have access to choose. Yeah, that's what I mean. I've noticed that many people who only allow subscriptions would also set their friends list to hidden (mutual friends would still show up). This is probably to prevent people from adding the celebrity's friends in order to send said person a friend request. I'm not sure what effect, if any, this has on who can send friend requests, though. ARENAscape: Baratus [AS] max hit: 166 with Moon Battle Hammer ixfd64 [AS] max hit: 116 with (untitled spell #2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Your privacy settings does not alter THEIRS.Your's being set to friends of friends means that's who can add you , not who you can add. Facebook connections are reciprocal. If someone is a friend of a friend, then (s)he would also see me as a friend of a friend. I am aware of this my point however was your privacy settings effects who can add you, not who you can add.Just because they are set to friend of a friend does not mean you can add anyone who is a friend of a friend.; it means any who is a friend of a friend can add you. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonanananas Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Your privacy settings does not alter THEIRS.Your's being set to friends of friends means that's who can add you , not who you can add. Facebook connections are reciprocal. If someone is a friend of a friend, then (s)he would also see me as a friend of a friend. I am aware of this my point however was your privacy settings effects who can add you, not who you can add.Just because they are set to friend of a friend does not mean you can add anyone who is a friend of a friend.; it means any who is a friend of a friend can add you. However, the lowest setting to accept friends request that is available on facebook is "friend of a friend". If the other person is the friend of his friend, then he should be able to add the other person, unless he/she has a specific option to prevent that. The point of the thread was to ask if this option exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixfd64 Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 I checked the friends list of the New York Times writer and could only find a handful of people who don't have the "Add friend" link. I could probably send them a message and ask if they have such an option, but I don't think they could be bothered to reply. I'm quite convinced that there is indeed an option to restrict all friend requests for certain users. Facebook actually used to have that option, but I think they got rid of it a while ago. Maybe certain users got to keep it or something... ARENAscape: Baratus [AS] max hit: 166 with Moon Battle Hammer ixfd64 [AS] max hit: 116 with (untitled spell #2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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