Do you wonder what sparked someone to request you as a friend?

uhuh... =] They should include it in adding message =]

ya, but I think mostly it is interesting people wanting to follow the activities of other interesting people.

Every time.

ya but it is okay i will add them .as i just try to do everyone happy.....

nope, i already know why :P

Nope...Idc!

Usually it becomes apparent if the friendship developes beyond just accepting them!

Yes, I always wonder what it was that i said that made them think.. woah i want to be this person's friend. If I knew I'd find a way of saying it more often

I'm with RandomBloke on this one.

Sometimes, especially if they have very...shall we say, "one-sided" experiences.

not really; I'll be happy that they ask me to be in their circle of friends. most of the time; it's because you have many things or groups in common.

I always look at their profile before making friends, I've been asked three times by creepy looking profiles and I ignored. Once I saw the profile and wondered why but I didn't pay much attention, maybe they liked one of my stories.

I have added some people because I thought their posts were interesting, looked them up and thought their stories where interesting so I added to keep up because to me their stories are like books (real people ones), if I like an author, I want to keep up with them. There are so many reasons to this and yes I wonder sometimes why.

Yes.

If someone comments on something I said that I liked I might add them. Or even if I just think they have an interesting profile or story I might add them. I just feel like it's an anonymous website so what's the harm?

I have wondered this too.

And I don't usually see any messages on the request...? Is it common for that to happen?