Can I ignore a Facebook "friend" request from a relative?

fireandrain
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:56:26 +0000

teriwtt, you can opt to friend someone and not let them see or post on your wall. (A lot of kids do that with their adult friends.)

I rarely use the Wall for communication, preferring to send people private messages which cannot be read by everyone. I use the Wall to wish people Happy Birthday; I’ll comment on people’s status updates – stuff like that. When someone asks me something via a Wall post that demands a personal response, I almost always respond to the question through a private message.

What I wish is that Facebook would allow me to decide who can read my status updates. Facebook now lets us divide our friends into groups, and I wish I could decide which group can see specific updates.

I do really like the option that lets me hide certain friends’ activities.