Originally posted by wolf_Q
I don't really understand how it would be so awkward. I mean, if you don't know the person you could just say "I haven't had the chance to get to know you better but you seem like a nice person!" or something like that...

But if you don't want to participate that is of course your decision.
I just personally would feel odd if I didn’t know what to say to someone or several someones. That’s all.

Or imagine if someone signed up and got a lot of those non-personal messages. I’d just hate to contribute to someone feeling left out.