"Add to Friends" does something or not?

post by mwengler · 2011-01-28T00:45:09.443Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 11 comments

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If I click on a users name it brings me to a page like lukeprog's.  In the upper right of that page I see lukeprog's karma score, and I also see a button "add to friends."

Early in my use of this site there were some authors I wanted to follow, I thought perhaps "add to friends" would help me do that. 

But since then as near as I can tell, "add to friends" has absolutely no functionality.  Does anyone out there know any differently?

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comment by NihilCredo · 2011-01-28T01:20:32.825Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

You can use lesswrong.com/r/friends/ to only see your friends' submissions.

Also, they are listed in the Friends tab of your Preferences, so you can more quickly message them or check their userpage.

Replies from: lukeprog, timtyler
↑ comment by lukeprog · 2011-01-28T03:19:06.255Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

If I 'friend' you, is there any way for you to tell that I've done so?

Can others see whom I have friended?

Replies from: NihilCredo, TheOtherDave
↑ comment by NihilCredo · 2011-01-28T06:49:53.395Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

No.

No.

↑ comment by TheOtherDave · 2011-01-28T04:00:02.998Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I just friended you. Did you receive any indication of it?

Replies from: lukeprog
↑ comment by lukeprog · 2011-01-28T05:13:40.312Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

No I did not.

A useful feature, but a confusing use of the term 'friend.'

Replies from: wedrifid
↑ comment by wedrifid · 2011-01-28T08:35:04.266Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

A useful feature, but a confusing use of the term 'friend.'

Indeed. You could subscribe to people as 'friends' purely because you consider them a bad influence and wish to be sure you see their comments, the better to refute and downvote them.

Replies from: Dr_Manhattan, sixes_and_sevens, NihilCredo
↑ comment by Dr_Manhattan · 2011-01-28T14:32:56.403Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Keep your friends close...

↑ comment by sixes_and_sevens · 2011-01-28T09:20:39.748Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

In what way are you not describing friendship? ;-)

↑ comment by NihilCredo · 2011-01-28T17:52:20.914Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Hi mum.

↑ comment by timtyler · 2011-01-28T22:36:56.510Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

http://lesswrong.com/prefs/friends/ does seem to have its moments.

comment by humpolec · 2011-01-28T16:42:48.631Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

It adds a "friend" CSS class to your friend's username everywhere, so you can add an user style or some other hack to highlight it. There is probably a reason LessWrong doesn't do it by default, though.