These sent friend requests to 5,053 random users with public accounts, 976 of which accepted them.

The initial batch of friend requests had about a 20 percent success rate.

Most of the people I accepted friend requests from or am connected to on it aren't "real friends".

Fans also bombarded their real accounts on the social networking site with friend requests.

Do not accept friend requests from people you don't know.

As a rule, I refuse all friend requests from students, online and in real life.

Joly would only accept friend requests if he has any type of connection with them.

If he friends you, wait at least five weeks to accept his friend request.

But things took a turn on Monday, when "new friend" requests started rolling in from students at my son's high school.

That said, I still spend a few seconds pondering friend requests and don't just add anyone who asks.