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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
‎03-11-2017 12:47 PM
‎03-11-2017 12:47 PM

Friending

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

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C0RR0SIVE
Associate Professor
‎03-11-2017 02:17 PM
‎03-11-2017 02:17 PM

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

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
In response to C0RR0SIVE
‎03-11-2017 02:23 PM
‎03-11-2017 02:23 PM

@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.

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Gwalk900
Honorary Alumnus
In response to maratsade
‎03-21-2017 10:41 AM
‎03-21-2017 10:41 AM

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

 

 

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BirdDog
Assistant Professor
In response to Gwalk900
‎03-21-2017 11:07 AM
‎03-21-2017 11:07 AM

@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.

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Liz
Moderator
Moderator
In response to BirdDog
‎03-21-2017 04:31 PM
‎03-21-2017 04:31 PM

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:

pm.PNG

 

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. Cat Frustrated I'll check on this too.

 

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Gwalk900
Honorary Alumnus
In response to Liz
‎03-21-2017 04:48 PM
‎03-21-2017 04:48 PM

Sure enough, clicking on a message in your inbox yields:

Liz Friend.PNG

 

After hitting the button we have this:

Liz II.PNG

 

 

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
In response to Gwalk900
‎03-22-2017 07:38 AM
‎03-22-2017 07:38 AM

Still don't quite know what friending someone does... ETA: I tested the friending thing and the button changed from Friend to Unfriend.  Does the other person have to approve the friend request?

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BirdDog
Assistant Professor
In response to Liz
‎03-22-2017 09:57 AM
‎03-22-2017 09:57 AM

@Liz wrote:

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:

pm.PNG

 

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. Cat Frustrated I'll check on this too.

 

Sure enough, there it is. Thanks for helping me find Waldo, sure is kind of a hidden feature but at least I know it is there now. Some short messages I don't even click to open it as can read entire text without doing so.

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