anonymous · 6mo
If you get 'I want to be friends with you' messages, how do you deal with them? I've been struggling to politely deter this behavior, I know it's all in good faith but that just isn't how I make and want to make friendships.
while i do believe in maintaining a degree of courtesy on the internet... you don't owe anyone anything! having an open inbox in the first place is a privilege you can revoke at any time, for any reason. i don't answer all of my messages, and not even because i find them all annoying. sometimes i just can't think of anything to say!
even if you have your livelihood tangled up in your internet presence, somehow, i don't think it's worth twisting yourself into knots over not offending someone who is stepping all over you.
your time and sanity is more precious than that.
