Quote by PersephoneMills
When you message someone and let them know you are interested, if the person you contacted is not interested in you, do you prefer
a) that they just ignore your message and do not respond, or
b) would you rather receive a little courtesy note advising you that they are not interested?
For me, either A or B is OK.
When I'm interested in someone to be friend, I usually send an message to her first, letting her know I'm interested and would like to self-introduce first, asking her to take a minute or two to read my profile to decide if we have common interests to be friend or not. In the message I also let her know that I will send out friend request a day later, assuming she has already read my bio and makes her decision by then. At the end of message I tell her that if I do not receive her reply or acceptance of my friend request in a week, I assume she has already read my bio, but decided not to befriend with me and do not want to talk to a stranger. In that case I respect her decision and will not bother her again.
Some of my friends can confirm they got my emails like this, before I send them friend request.
It just feels to me making friends here is like making friends in real life. If I approach a girl in RL, either she does not answer my question or declines me politely, the answer is the same and a decent guy should respect her decision, politely retreat instead of bothering her.
, kisess and ??????
, then maybe 
and sweet 
