In plain English
A request here is something another user has sent to you for your response. Declining it means giving a refusal rather than accepting it on a social media service.
In context
In this role, "decline request" labels the action of refusing a request that another user has sent to you on the service.
- Situation
- Using messages, follows, connections, groups, communities, and interaction controls
- What it communicates
- Labels the action for refusing an incoming social or messaging request.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not say what kind of request it is or what happens after it is refused.
Examples
“On the social media service, Lina declined the request from an unfamiliar user instead of accepting it.”
“Members often decline requests from accounts they do not recognize.”