Friend request problem

[Jpatty]

How can I block friend requests?  I’m receiving friend requests though this is turned off in the app. Some of them are from members whose profiles are dubious. 

[Sunshyne1095]

Yes I found out the first time. I just block and delete now.

[SwissBitter]

It's a shame that this has been going on and FitBit is unable to satisfy this simple community standard.

It should be possible to not only ignore friend requests or block specific people - the most important option is to completely disable getting friend requests at all.

I want to use my fitbit device for myself only and keep getting spam requests that I am not able to block.

[farhss]

Firstly this is a very stupid answer and does not at all address the issue. Secondly, you need to provide a way to control adding friends. Such option must be available in privacy settings. Good luck everyone when bots are all over the place adding people to scam them for money. How can a company like fitbit run with so low quality is unbelievable 😡

[gingerhat]

I hadn't used my fitbit for ages, then all of a sudden last week I got a random friend request. I only have about 7 friends, ALL people I know personally. Then yesterday two more, and another today after I updated my account. Finding this thread is illuminating and disappointing. I searched on Twitter to see if they've addressed any complaints there, and here is a recent (June) reply: https://twitter.com/FitbitSupport/status/1269990279580315648?s=20

This is what they link to: https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Turn-off-Friend-Requests-to-avoid-romantic-reque...

[AnnHedonic]

Thank you!

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

[Albokidd]

I just received a friend request and her picture is of her naked in the shower??? How did she get my details??

[Yarivdo]

I received the same thing an hour ago 😞

[GusDorf]

No
Turning off notifications is crap.

Not letting them even happen is the key.