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maratsade

Distinguished Professor IV

9 years ago

Friending

So how does "friending" work on this community? What does it do? ETA: What is the advantage of friending other users?

maratsade

Distinguished Professor IV

9 years ago

C0RR0SIVE wrote:
Makes it easier to communicate to them, and tag them in posts if needed. Not sure what other features it may come with though as I didn't play with it on the test site.

Thanks,
C0RR

Yeah, I didn't test it either. Not sure of the advantages.

Cheers, C0rr0sive.

Gwalk900

Honorary Alumnus

9 years ago

How does one go about adding another user as a Friend?

BirdDog
Assistant Professor
9 years ago
Gwalk900 wrote:
How does one go about adding another user as a Friend?

Great question! A bit like trying to find Waldo, I sure haven't found how to do. Would think it'd be in the PM area but nope.
- Liz
  Moderator
  9 years ago
  You're right, BirdDog. I knew I saw options to Friend or Ignore someone, but I couldn't remember where. Turns out that currently you can see those options when you read someone's PM:
  
  These buttons should also be on one's profile so that it's not necessary to send them a PM to see this screen, but I'm not seeing them. :catfrustrated: I'll check on this too.
  - Gwalk900
    Honorary Alumnus
    9 years ago
    Sure enough, clicking on a message in your inbox yields:
    
    After hitting the button we have this: