PF Members: What Are Friends For? Help Section Info

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Befriending a PF member primarily serves as a way to easily track comments and discussions from those you enjoy engaging with. There is some confusion about the difference between "friends" and "contacts," with many users unsure of the purpose behind these features. Contacts allow for restricted messaging capabilities, while friends are automatically considered contacts. The discussion highlights a general lack of understanding about the benefits of befriending members on the platform. Overall, the features seem to foster a sense of community, though their specific advantages remain unclear to many users.
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I mean, other than being on my side forever more.

What does befriending a PF member do?

Whcih leads to another question: is there a Help section for PF?
 
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Say DaveC426913, are you drunk? If not, don't bother my post


Looks like you're waiting for ONE specific PF member to reply :biggrin:
 
Am I your friend?
 
Who loves you Dave? We do!
 
hypatia said:
Who loves you Dave? We do!

:rolleyes: In case this isn’t a sarcasm...are you playing big mama? :P
 
Can't see that befriending just any old member will make much difference.

Now bribing mentors, that can get you somewhere!
 
Integral said:
Now bribing mentors, that can get you somewhere!

Any official price list?
 
I'd like to know what the difference is in a "contact" and a "friend".
I like the contacts feature because I can restrict the ability to leave visitor messages on my profile to contacts, but I am not sure what the meaning is of making a friend a contact or vice versa.
 
Math Is Hard said:
I like the contacts feature because I can restrict the ability to leave visitor messages on my profile to contacts, but I am not sure what the meaning is of making a friend a contact or vice versa.
In some cases, the "r" seems superfluous.
 
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drizzle said:
Looks like you're waiting for ONE specific PF member to reply :biggrin:

Heh. No. But ladies are half-price on days ending in a 'y'.

It's just that, every once in a while a PF member friends me, and I don't know the purpose of it.

Judging from this this thread, I'm starting to get the impression I'm not alone in my ignorance.


OK, here's another way of asking the question: some members are friending other members. Why?
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Heh. No. But ladies are half-price on days ending in a 'y'.


Haha. Not even for free! :wink:

OK, here's another way of asking the question: some members are friending other members. Why?

Have you not ask one member before to be your friend?!
 
  • #12
DaveC426913 said:
Heh. No. But ladies are half-price on days ending in a 'y'.

It's just that, every once in a while a PF member friends me, and I don't know the purpose of it.

Judging from this this thread, I'm starting to get the impression I'm not alone in my ignorance.


OK, here's another way of asking the question: some members are friending other members. Why?

Well, hrm. I asked the same question when the feature first happened. I don't entirely understand it either, but it's an easy way to find comments in threads by people who you enjoying reading or discussing things with. So I guess there's that advantage. Otherwise, it's just sort of a friendly (hah!) thing, is it not?
 
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GeorginaS said:
Well, hrm. I asked the same question when the feature first happened. I don't entirely understand it either, but it's an easy way to find comments in threads by people who you enjoying reading or discussing things with. So I guess there's that advantage. Otherwise, it's just sort of a friendly (hah!) thing, is it not?

I agree


Ps. Hehe, nice avatar GeorginaS!
 
  • #14
drizzle said:
I agree


Ps. Hehe, nice avatar GeorginaS!

*curtsy* :smile:
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I'd like to know what the difference is in a "contact" and a "friend".
I like the contacts feature because I can restrict the ability to leave visitor messages on my profile to contacts, but I am not sure what the meaning is of making a friend a contact or vice versa.

Sounds like there's no difference since I tried to add 1 of my friends to my contacts and it said that person is already in your friend list:confused:

BTW, why can't we ignore mentors and admins?:devil:

<runs and hides>:rolleyes:
 
  • #16
You can restrict certain features to PF friends such as PM's and visitor messages. In that sense it is useful.
 
  • #17
You can make anybody a Contact, while the other person has to agree to be a Friend.

Friends are automatically Contacts, but not vice-versa.
 

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