Adding new friends is different in this new Forum than in the old one.

People can't add you by clicking on your name here like the old Forum. You have to be searched by name & sometimes it's hard to find you. The easiest way to add each other is to copy & paste your Profile URL from your Profile page address bar to here. Then the other person can just copy & paste your URL into their browser address bar, and be taken right to your Profile page to send a f/r.

Also, you cannot add a message with the f/r anymore - You would have to send a message separately.

Your Profile URL should look like this:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=(with your personal string of numbers here)