Why is Facebook cracking down on unsolicited friend requesting?

[charlessmith702210@sbcglobal.net]

Facebook is also cracking down on private-messaging anyone that you do not know, so it is almost like LinkedIn.

The usual penalty for this would be a block from friend-requesting for 7 days. Further violations can result in your FB account being suspended or even revoked (or "banned").

This is happening in recent years by this famous social networking site.

[Ryan]

if they didn't want people friend requesting random people then they wouldn't be completely random people that nobody knows in my "people you may know" section. I doubt what you say is actually happening.