If you are receiving Facebook friend requests from colleagues or customers, you may be hesitant to accept. Generally, denying or ignoring requests may seem like you are snubbing them, but fortunately there are a few ways to alleviate this.
Create Lists
Click on your list of friends and hit the “Create List” button. Name the list “Colleagues” for instance. Add the friends you would like to this list and you can edit the privacy settings for it. You can decide what parts of your profile you want them to see.
Create a Business Facebook Page
Making a page for your business is a good idea so that customers can become a fan and will likely do this instead of requesting a friendship with your personal page.
Suggest Using a Different Network
Another option is to tell the customer/colleague that you aren’t an avid Facebook user, and suggest that they find you on a more professional site, such as Linked In.
Hide Your Profile
As a last resort, you can enable a setting so that your profile will not turn up in search results for those who aren’t already your Facebook friends. In order to hide your profile, go to Privacy Settings - View Settings - Connecting on Facebook - Search for you on Facebook - Friends Only. While this may limit the amount of personal friend requests you receive as well, it will be an effective way to prevent unwanted requests.
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