Right. My profiles are like my front porch. I decide who get's past to door to come inside and sit a spell.

I long ago made it a personal policy not to just accept a friend request or follow request. I'll look at the corresponding profile for a bit first. If I'm not put off by what I see, I'll venture some interaction on their posts, comments, etc., before I broach a decision.

Of course, long before I was on the Internet, I'd already been burned by people I let too close too soon, who then decided my Middle Eastern husband was an issue for them.