# What does it mean if facebook will not let me send a friend request

**URL:** <https://community.redact.dev/t/what-does-it-mean-if-facebook-will-not-let-me-send-a-friend-request/488>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** facebook\
**Created:** [July 29, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/what-does-it-mean-if-facebook-will-not-let-me-send-a-friend-request/488 "2026-07-29T14:56:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![UnknownUser](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/unknownuser/32/264_2.png) [@UnknownUser](https://community.redact.dev/u/UnknownUser)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/what-does-it-mean-if-facebook-will-not-let-me-send-a-friend-request/488/1 "2026-07-29T14:56:58Z")

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facebook refuses to let me send a friend request it’s so annoying. Has this happened to any of you before?

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**Author:** ![GSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@GSD](https://community.redact.dev/u/GSD)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/what-does-it-mean-if-facebook-will-not-let-me-send-a-friend-request/488/2 "2026-07-29T20:54:42Z")

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One possibility is the person youre trying to add has their privacy settings locked down so only friends of friends can send them a request. In that case it wont even show an error it just quietly wont go through. I’d say it’s worth checking if its one specific person or everyone. if its everyone its a rate block if its one person its their privacy settings.

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**Author:** ![lil\_debbie\_cakes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/lil_debbie_cakes/32/141_2.png) [@lil\_debbie\_cakes](https://community.redact.dev/u/lil_debbie_cakes)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/what-does-it-mean-if-facebook-will-not-let-me-send-a-friend-request/488/3 "2026-07-29T23:14:51Z")

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You know this same thing happened to me and I for real thought I’d been reported. But it urns out I added like 6 people from a group in one night and fb throttled me which is weird IMO, why would I get rate limited for 6 people? Seems really weird to me.

Anyway, I waited it out and it came back, I thinkyou’re just moving too fast for meta’s liking.