Is it necessary to ask permission before you add some one to your contact list?

Me too.

But, I'm hoping the person (s)

take it as a compliment,

as was intended.

It is for me. Having been hunted and falsely accused to the point of a suspension, anyone who does not send me an introduction is now automatically and immediately blocked. I have been forced to do so in the past 2 months, and anyone who knows me, knows full well how much that bothers me. But I am not willing to sacrifice contact with the friends I have made on here simply because some yaidiot has no sense of humour and a weird case of jealousy. You should always check a person's profile before you add them anyway. Makes sense to me..

It depends. If you value being at a high level, you're going to want to be cautious. Low levels you might want to be a little cautious because you don't want to start out on the wrong foot with a new account adding the bad people.

I generally don't add people, they add me. I would prefer an email, as opposed to just adding me...

Just like BennBJ, I've had too many problems and it's difficult to stay afloat at times.

I have had way too many people add me just to troll me and my contacts....

Only users I already know and know well may add me without permission....I am really tired of loosing accounts over nonsense....

Peace.

Yes, it is. Well, not to some people, but others like to be asked first instead of getting random people on their list. :)

Nope. Not in my opinion. It means you think they're cool and they should be happy. If they didn't want to have people be there contacts they would block that.

I always check their profile first, they will put it on it if they do.

Some people have had a bad time with the trolls and will block people if they don't ask, cause they are wary. xxx

I've started doing that just out of being courteous.

i wouldn't worry - I always add ppl even without permission.