Whats the "contacts" on YouTube all about?

These random channels keep adding me as a "contact"

I just received another one from this channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicRussiaTV

"MusicRussiaTV added you as a contact
MusicRussiaTV has added you as a contact. You can either add this contact to your address book or ignore it. "

What's that all about? Is there any point in having them as a contact? Is it an automated thing or is someone actually trying to contact me or what?

youtube remove friends feature and put contacts instead.

Quote from: Impossible on June 25, 2012, 12:32 PM
youtube remove friends feature and put contacts instead.

Why the hell would 50 cent's official channel for his headphones wanna be my friend lol?

A thinly veiled brag, disguised as a question?

Quote from: Rok on June 25, 2012, 01:10 PM
A thinly veiled brag, disguised as a question?

No, think about it, why would they add me as a contact, they don't know me, I don't know them, I just wanna find out if it's just an automated spam thing for them to advertise their product (more than likely) or if it's a serious friend request from whoever runs that channel?(Less than likely lol).