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Friend Requests that arouse suspicion - Is it just me?

Sporadic Sparkly

Several days ago, I found myself on the receiving end of a Friend Request from a new member, which immediately caused me to feel unnerved and suspicious.

I question if it's a generational thing, or if it's just me. At the time that I received this request, there had been no prior interaction on the forum between myself and this member. Furthermore, their member profile was completely blank. Therefore, I had no way of knowing if this person was on a similar wavelength to me, or if we had anything remotely in common.

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  • in reply to Sporadic Sparkly

    Kc says that the mods have responded to him but to a post he has not made, and seems quite nonplussed by their situation. 

    Either we have here someone who really does need some gentle and considerate help, or a massive mickey take.

    If Kc continues the dialog we have going, whichever it is should eventually become clear.

    Admins of course have have a better view, but they haven't removed the member yet, so I have to proceed by assuming item 1 is true, ass no one has proven malfeasance to my satisfaction yet, although clearly the new member has not been playing even by the simple rules we have, which is why their prescence has been so disruptive.

    But my experience of autism has been that it isn't always easy to define and follow the rules, without some external help.. 

    This member is adapting their approach and becoming slowly more forthcoming, so we'll see what develops.