[quote=@Ellri]
Got another crazy idea, [@Mahz]... Two levels of invisibility: Everyone and non-friends. Might work best once the friend system is more complete, as it would need some way to not simply be for someone to add X as friend to see if they're online or not.

Perhaps "Visible to all", "Visible to my friends" & "Visible to none"?
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Yeah, not sure what this feature's end-game looks like at all.

Might even change "friends" to "follows" to reflect the one-way direction of the system.

I'm wary of disclosing too much information though. The nice thing about the current system is that it's simply a tool for your own use. Broadcasting to someone "Mahz befriended you" seems like a violation of my privacy and will just make me think twice about befriending someone. I also don't want to create a system where you follow someone, so that they aren't following you, and go "thought we were friends - guess not :(".

Maybe I can tease out a Following (one-way) vs Friendship (mutual) system (or implement that within the same system) without violating privacy and create awkward social scenarios for people.