Re: privacy - What Aoife and Bytsi said. It's a real hassle to do at first, but it's worth the varying levels of privacy you can set. For instance, I know people who have in-laws as "friends." Now, it'd be uncouthed to ignore/deny the friend request from them, but they don't need to know EVERYthing (you can also customize who can see which photo albums).
Re: requests - No, I don't accept all requests. Most people who request me do have some sort of past connection, but the few that come in out of the blue, I ignore. This isn't MySpace. On the flip side, I don't request anyone I don't already know. On the whole, I can count on two hands the number of "friends" I have who I've never met in person or even spoken with--these are networking opportunities in the fitness community for me.
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