Random requests - some etiquette please

Mopurglar wrote:
Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with random requests. Before I ever posted on here, I got all of my neighbors by sending random requests, and many are still neighbors today. Most were from another website and from the finding friends subforum, but several were posters in GD.

I will say I'd never had somebody send a request 3 times in a row until recently, so it might be the same fellow.

And maybe I shouldn't admit this, but when I have room, I let the random requests accumulate until I've got about 15. Then I sit down on Origin and individually check each one's friends list. If it's less than 20, they're probably just starting out, and I decline. Otherwise I google to see if they post here or on the other board, or if they have a hot town. Sounds stalkerish, but for me it's better than just clicking no for everyone, and it has fetched me some really awesome neighbors.