5036: Friends: Adding someone as a friend with the notification disabled leads to confusion

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

5036	Composr alpha bug reports	General / Uncategorised	public	2022-11-14 18:35	2022-11-18 22:37

Reporter	PDStig	Assigned To	Chris Graham
Priority	normal	Severity	trivial
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed

Summary	5036: Friends: Adding someone as a friend with the notification disabled leads to confusion
Description	If you add someone as a friend, you get the message "You've now added test as a friend. test has been sent a notification, asking if he/she wishes to display you as a friend also." However, it is possible for the other person to have the notification disabled, in which case they never know they were added as a friend, and cannot accept the request / add back (unless, on their own will, they go to the other person's profile and add them). Possible approaches: a) A more clear / concise message when someone adds someone else as a friend who has the notification disabled b) Force web notifications for friend requests for all members c) Disable the ability to add someone as a friend if they have the notification disabled I think A is most reasonable given how the friend system works.
Additional Information	Also, the add friend link is still present even if you added someone as a friend until / unless they add you back.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2022-11-14 18:35	PDStig	New Issue
2022-11-14 18:35	PDStig	Status	Not Assigned => Assigned
2022-11-14 18:35	PDStig	Assigned To	=> Chris Graham
2022-11-14 18:36	PDStig	Description Updated
2022-11-14 18:37	PDStig	Additional Information Updated
2022-11-18 22:37	Chris Graham	Status	Assigned => Resolved
2022-11-18 22:37	Chris Graham	Resolution	open => fixed
2023-02-26 18:29	Chris Graham	Category	General => General / Uncategorised