The Role of Friend Requests in Online Forums

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Friend requests in online forums primarily serve to create a social connection among users. While some forums may have previously offered features that limited interactions to friends, it appears that this functionality is no longer significant. Currently, accepting a friend request only adds the user to a friend list and marks them with a "+" in the online member list. This raises questions about the overall importance and utility of the friend request feature in enhancing user experience. Ultimately, the role of friend requests seems to be more about social recognition than functional benefits.
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What are friends for? - I mean the kind that friend requests establish on the forum. I think this is the only forum I belong to that has the feature of friend requests. I don't understand if declaring someone a friend has any important functional significance.
 
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What are friends for? - I mean the kind that friend requests establish on the forum. I think this is the only forum I belong to that has the feature of friend requests. I don't understand if declaring someone a friend has any important functional significance.
No, I think once it might have had the option to limit some things to "freinds", but now I think all it does is put them on your list and they will have a + next to their name when you see them in the member's online list.
 

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