Add Friend feature rarely used

OK we will revisit it. I think we are going to revisit the Settings where a member (You) can set options if people can send you message, friend requests etc. OR you can choose that only your friends can send you messages. But Friends that are approved by you. If a friend is sending you spam, you can remove him/her from your friends list.

I believe you that you have been having that problem but I have not. I have received very few friend requests from members that are not real members. You might investigate where they are getting your membership from. Also, as Mahesh says, remove members as friends that are a problem. Of course, don't be fooled by female members that say things that are too good to be true. You can investigate members before accepting them as memers to see if they have contributed anything to the site. I think it would be worthwhile to put some restriction on what new membes can do, but it is difficult to do that in a reasonable manner.

Soething else that would help is to have a link to alert moderators when we receive a suspicious friend requst. I received a suspicious friend requst a few days ago. I assume the member was quickly removed but if there had been a way for me to report the member then I would have done that.