BYF (before you friend)

• (VERY IMPORTANT!!) I won't respond to IMs.

 If I don't know you personally/IRL, I won't talk to you through IMs. Though after a while I'll give you permission. In the meantime, feel free to chat with me on my bulletins!

• I won't accept your request if you have a private profile. 

So don't be sad if I decline. I just want to know who's friending me, that's all!

• The chances of me going on a rant in bulletins is low, but never zero.

What this means is I've went on an angry rant about something before that I know some people would get mad at and I see it happening again.

• I use the words "dude" and "bro" as (mostly) gender-neutral terms.

Just wanted to put that out there so that people don't get confused. Please tell me if you're uncomfortable with me calling you these words.