Women Collegiate gymnasts on Facebook

[mimi]

This is probably going to sound like an odd question but does anyone know if collegiate gymnasts have people who manage Facebook pages or profiles for them? I received a friend request from a college gymnast recently and I obviously do not know her personally. I was wondering if these athletes' pages maybe send out some sort of automated friend requests? I don't know it just seemed odd to get the request out of the blue like that. Anyone out there more savvy with social media than I who could shed some light?

 

[gymdog]

No, that would be highly unusual. Could she possibly have gone to your DD's gym or maybe a camp your daughter went to?

 

[mimi]

My daughter did go to a camp at her college and she was one of the instructors. But there were 100s of other kids there and it was also a while ago.

 

[gymdog]

Maybe she particularly worked with your child and wanted to see how she was doing. Or, if your gym has a Facebook page and you are active on it, it's possible that another gymnastics person could accidentally friend you especially if they're using a mobile device, it's easy to hit the wrong thing. I'd say just send a private message saying "hi, I noticed your request but I'm not sure if it's an error or not. I am mimikid's mom, she went to XYZ camp so you may know her from that, but I know there were a lot of kids there. Have a great day!" Or something. Then if it was just a mistake she can either say "so sorry, I was looking at the gym Facebook page and must have accidentally hit the wrong button" or if she wanted to friend you because she remembered your daughter, etc.

 

[Deleted member 14190]

Friend her and find out.

 

[gymbeam]

does she have a lot of friends already? does the activity on her page look legit? if not, consider that it could be someone impersonating.

 

[mimi]

@gymbeam I thought about that too but her page looks very legit. Updates about her meets, lots of team pictures, etc. I'm no expert but it looks like a legitimate Facebook page. She has some cute little personal posts about homework and stuff but it is mostly gymnastics. @coachp, I already accepted her friend request as my DD idolizes her and pretty much her whole team so it was a no-brainer!

 

[lovemygymnast]

Most of the college gymnasts here manage their own pages. The actual team has someone that manages their page. I would say if her page looks legit, then friending is fine. She probably does remember your daughter.