Add Friend On Facebook
Perhaps you dated, took a road trip together, or you're second cousins two times removed. Just how you understand a Facebook buddy does not matter; all that matters is that you both agree that you understand each other.
Add Friend On Facebook
Inviting People to Be Your Friend
You can not just add people to your close friend list willy-nilly; they have to be Facebook participants as well as consent to be added. (Searching For People Who Typically aren't Facebook Members discusses the best ways to invite non-Facebook members to sign up with the site.) To welcome a Facebook participant to be your friend:
1. Search for the individual you intend to befriend.
Note: If you send out a good friend request to someone who cannot usually see your account-- she's not in your network, for example-- Facebook momentarily gives that person accessibility to the standard, occupational, and also education-related parts of your profile (Watching Your Profile) so she could make an educated choice about whether or not to accept your invitation.
2. If your search returns the individual you're looking for, click the "Include as Pal" button you see to the right of the individual's account photo. Additionally, click the individual's name or image to review a bit more regarding her and then, at the top of the prospective pal's profile page, click the "Include as Good friend" switch. If you don't find the individual you're looking for, you can invite her to sign up with Facebook (Searching for People Who Aren't Facebook Members).
Note: If you don't see the "Add as Buddy" switch, it's due to the fact that the individual you're trying to befriend has readjusted her personal privacy settings to block good friend requests.
3. Complete the verification box that appears then click Send Demand. In the verification box, Facebook gives you the option of consisting of a note along with your request; just click the "Include an individual message" web link. You might also see a number of various other choices: If you have actually developed any kind of Good friend Listings (Organizing Your Good Friends), you could click the "Add to List" button to add the person to a Buddy Listing (thinking she accepts your demand). And if you've triggered your cellphone with Facebook (see Setting Up Facebook Mobile), you can switch on the "Subscribe through SMS" checkbox to have that person's posts sent out to your phone.
After you click Send Request, you see a Pal Request Sent dialog box that allows you know Facebook has actually sent an invitation to your prospective buddy's e-mail address and also published a buddy demand to her Facebook Home page (Seeing Your Facebook Home Page).
While you're waiting to hear back from your buddy, a "Friend Asked for" button replaces the common "Include as Buddy" button alongside her name in your search engine result, and when you see her profile, you see an "Waiting for good friend confirmation" label next to her name. If your close friend agrees to the friendship and also reacts either to the email or the Facebook request (Finding People That Are Facebook Members), Facebook includes your name to her pal list, and her name to yours. Facebook also sends you a Notice (see Customizing Your Mini Feed) allowing you understand that she validated the friendship.