The proposal (foreplay, then down to business)

Is there something in the water? Radioactive waves from space affecting people's brains perhaps? Maybe the poison people eat like McDonalds, copious amounts of sugar and salt and other such things has finally caused them to act weirdly...I don't know what it is, but something's fucken going on, because this year I've had more "friend requests" on Discord than ever before.

They keep on coming, like the actors in a porno (but without the mess).

I haven't kept count of the requests but there's been a lot and I've denied all of them so far.

It's not that I'm anti-social or don't like people but when "friend requests" come in from people I don't know I'm usually dubious as their purpose or reason. A few have the same username's on Discord and Hive but most do not so I have literally no clue who they actually are; in fact, even if it's the same username as on Hive it could be anyone with no assurance it's the Hive user, so I'm pretty careful and very consistent in my denial of each request; I also get incoming messages asking for votes, follows and other such things which are also denied...I like those ones even less than the "friend requests."

I have a small group of "friends" on Discord but I'm not a big fan of that particular communication platform so tend not to use it very often, just mostly with the group I'm in with five other people who I know are who they say they are. There's a few users on Hive I'd like to hear from and interact with off the blockchain, people I interact with a lot on Hive, people I know a little better than, I don't fucken know them at all, people I like, but I haven't reached out to them - I don't even know if they have Discord.

The last request I received (which I've turned down twice before) made me think about the approach these people make. I know there's no real protocol for it but I can't help but think there's a better way than simply sending a "friend request" without any preamble. It's sort of like those porn movie actors I mentioned getting down to all that fucking and ass licking without even saying, "hi, today I'll be sucking your asshole and getting filmed." (That's porn star foreplay I think).

It makes me wonder about the decline of social skills and interaction and what people think is acceptable.

I'm not against having friends and finding new ones but I think there's a process, a right and wrong way to get it done. Anyway, I thought I'd put it out there for you guys to comment.

Do you think some prior interaction on my posts, relationship-building over time, before them dropping into my Discord would be a better way to go? Could they ask on the blockchain if I'm open to a direct message chat in Discord and then work from there towards a friend acceptance? How have you done it in the past or don't you do it? Explain either way, or comment on some other aspect of this scenario if you'd like; I'm curious.