What if I don't want to be a "Suggested Friend"?

Geoff: Can we have an option in the privacy settings to opt out of being included in "Suggested Friends", please.

It seems to be used solely by n00bs with no real understanding of the nuances of Wire etiquette.

Cherry Mischief: Just delete your friend list and then you don't get any suggested friends.

Cherry Mischief: The "suggested friends" are friends of your friends.

RUBY: what she said^^^

Geoff: Well, I just don't like having to reject friend unwarranted friend requests.

Would it be possible to have it so I can't receive friend requests from anyone whose account is less than three months old?

RUBY: I'll add it as a suggestion

miss gege: i have made a few from friends of friends.......but i have also had to block some prigs

Geoff: Yes, this true - friends of friends can be good people.

But it can also be a problem if some of your friends are n00b magnets.

miss gege: noob magnets you mean newbies Geoff, i never accept a request when someone has hundreds to thousands ............

Serabi:

I try and first view the requestees' profile. Some are really not what I would call 'friend' material. Those I reject but still not feel good about it - it does put you in a spot!

Aura: You get the 'zero' profiles sometimes.
Zero friends, zero posts/blogs/pics/details....zero interaction as well.
And when you get those, you usually get a bunch at once. Probably cause your profile happens to be featured on the find people page. I'd like to get out of that one.

harlett anathema: .....

MercuryDragon: Aside from the situations of receiving random friend requests as pointed out by Geoff and Aura, I've found that users who appear on my suggested friends list are always people I am quite aware of and do not have added for a reason. They are aware of me as well and likely have their own reasons for not having me added. After all, if someone has 30 or so friends in common with me, one of us is definitely going to be aware of the other. If there was interest in friendship, one side would inevitably initiate conversation.

Rarely have I seen new names appear there because it displays users with the highest number of mutual friends. These are users who, again, I would have already added if I had reason or interest to. For me, rather than serving as a useful way to find new people, the suggested friends list on my home feed more or less just serves as a reminder of why I do not have these suggested people added.

I agree that it would be nice to have the ability to opt out from appearing on this list and it would definitely be nice to have the ability to turn it off from displaying on my home feed.

Quantum Zero31: I suggest that we have an option to not accept suggested friends since many may have been previously on me friends list, and not all might have been deleted by ME personally. Whatever the reason if it was a previous friend of a friend of a friend or a complete stranger. We should have the option to NOT accept, and NOT be reminded again