Friends request

[Mugen]

I think freind request system here is kinda strange. Why not make it like on facebook? Because now when you add as a friend someone or someone add you, nobody knows about that.

[sourisdudesert]

Hi.

Yes, at now this is more a "follow" than a "friend", because we thought it would be useful to "follow" someone.

Any other opinions on the subject? Should we turn the current feature into a standard "friend" or should we keep a "follow style" like today ?

[demiurgsage]

Yes, at now this is more a "follow" than a "friend", because we thought it would be useful to "follow" someone.

Can you tell more how it works today and when to follow someone can be useful?

[sourisdudesert]

Well, basically today it works like Twitter.

Moony Raven would like to make it work like Facebook.

[chrisa]

I can see three possible usages of the current friend list:

1. you are notified whenever one of your friend logs in/out, which is convenient if he/she is someone you like playing live with (even in a turn-based game) and chat with. I personally like this feature very much (but in the same time, it leads me to restrict my friend list to a few players to avoid too many notifications...)
2. you can see your friends' news: tournaments they create/join, public comments they write, etc. I like this feature too, but it works better if you have few friends, otherwise you won't be able to see all the news.
3. you can restrict your tables to your friends. I personally never do that (partly because my friend list is short) but is seems to be very popular (and I can somehow understand it).

Ideally, I would like to have a longer friend list to which I could add anybody I enjoy playing with (this would be a way to tell them, and also a basis for table restrictions #3), but with the possibility to select who I want to receive notifications from (#1 and #2), which would not need to be public information.
As I said, because I want to avoid too many notifications, I keep very few people in my current friend list. It happens that I feel uncomfortable not to add someone whom I appreciate and who added me to his own list.

Sorry, I'm not familiar with Facebook , I have no idea of what "make it like on Facebook" would imply

[nandblock]

I like adding people as friends as it tells me when they are online so I can play them live or expect they will make a move soon in a turn-based game we are playing. That said, it is indeed annoying to get constant notices if someone tends to log on and off repeatedly.

[sourisdudesert]

what "make it like on Facebook" would imply

What is suggested by the author post is the following 2 changes :
_ when you add someone as a friend, he/she has to accept this friend request, so there could only be "mutual friends".
_ when 2 players become friends, we publish a news about that so other friends may see this and eventually friend-request the new friend if they know him/her.

At now, you can add someone to your friend to follow his/her activity, but it doesn't have to be reciprocal.

[chrisa]

what "make it like on Facebook" would imply

What is suggested by the author post is the following 2 changes :
_ when you add someone as a friend, he/she has to accept this friend request, so there could only be "mutual friends".
_ when 2 players become friends, we publish a news about that so other friends may see this and eventually friend-request the new friend if they know him/her.

Not sure I would like this:

• I would not feel free to refuse invitations (could seem impolite?)
• I don't like the idea of warning all my friends that I have a new friend...
• what about notifications (a friend logs in/out, has some recent news, etc.)? I would hate receiving them from all the people I have been somehow forced to add to my list...

I'm not a big fan of Facebook and social networks in general, so I would personally prefer to keep the friends list as it is (and add the possibility of selecting friends that generate notifications if possible).

[demiurgsage]

I can see three possible usages of the current friend list:

thank you

• you can restrict your tables to your friends. I personally never do that (partly because my friend list is short) but is seems to be very popular (and I can somehow understand it).

How do people know that they are your friends and can join your tables?

[Mugen]

Well, basically today it works like Twitter.

Moony Raven would like to make it work like Facebook.

Hi
So if you keep current follow style, at least can you make notifications when someone follow you? Like in twitter.
When I said "nobody knows" I meant you dont even recive notification.