So then the only way one receives friend requests is via email?

I hope they add some way to be aware of these things on your own personal page. I'd hate to think that some old friend may think I'm ignoring them because the email was missed.
Myspace keeps all of these types of requests and communications in a folder on your account until you choose to respond or deny the request.

I know that there are a few Facebook hacks out there. Maybe it's worth looking for one that would put notifications at the top of one's page until the user actually deletes it.

 

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"We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism."

- Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev, 1959