Why click 'friend' if you don't actually know the person? Perhaps someone is a relative in another country? Someone who you've never seen in person, or maybe y

Why click 'friend' if you don't actually know the person? Perhaps someone is a relative in another country? Someone who you've never seen in person, or maybe you met for a few minutes, 30 years ago. That's the situation with me. I created a Facebook account years ago but never used it. I recently logged in again to contact a particular individual. I had 13 friend requests pending. Which I accepted, even though I didn't "know" the people. Those people were my cousins in another country, and their spouses, and their children, etc. Other members of my extended family interact with them, even though I don't. So should I refuse their friend requests? No. Facebook is for more than friends that you can identify. It's a way to keep in (loose?) contact with distant relatives. I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons why people "friend" people they don't "actually know". The real world isn't as simple as you suggest.