Occasionally users will continue to send you friend requests even after you’ve declined them repeatedly. Right now there’s no way to block them permanently, but there is a somewhat-less-than-perfect workaround.

Simply ignore the friend request by taking no action whatsoever (not even clicking the ignore button). As long as the request is pending, they won’t be able to send any more requests. The notification will still show up on your user page and in your app, which could be annoying, but you’ll get used to it over time.

Foursquare reports that a fix is in the works, but in the meantime this is the best way to stop someone from sending repeated requests.

UPDATE (5/11/10 1:08pm): Foursquare reports they’ve fixed this problem. Users should no longer be able to send repeated friend requests once you’ve ignored them.

(Thanks to GetSatisfaction poster Lahatiel for the idea behind this post)

No related posts.