Friend list is displaying incorrectly with extra buttons

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I believe I first noticed it around 2/15/25, but the friends list is displaying incorrectly on the home screen. Some users are having extra buttons displayed while others are not. The buttons do not have any tooltips and I do not believe these players are online. I had to scroll down to see the active players. If I check the “show offline” checkbox then the list does grow to be longer and show inactive members but I’m not sure why there are listed people at the top. I do not recognize the screennames of the players with the buttons next to their names.

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I am using Firefox 135.0.1

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I’m actually wondering now if these are friend requests that were cleared from the notification bar that I did not see? If it is then please add something like a header or tooltips to clarify what the buttons are doing.

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It seems likely that that’s what it could be.

Yes some separation and header would be nice, though if you have the experimental interface on, you won’t see it at all :slight_smile:

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I think thats correct

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Just few days ago I deleted them, but now they are back.
Not really a problem; I hardly ever visit the home page.

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So now, adding someone as a friend effectively puts you on their friend list? Seems kind of backwards.

Since there are no special permissions granted to a “friend”, would it make more sense to rename “add friend” to “follow” and have that just unilaterally put them on your list without requiring acceptance?

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That’s not really accurate. All that shows up is the request. They aren’t a real friend until you click :white_check_mark: and if you click :x: it goes away.

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What else does a “real friend” get, besides being on the list?

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Hmm :thinking:

Off the top of my head, there is a “friend” filter on the watch games screen. Also real friends can bypass chat bans. There are possibly other things too.

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I x-ed all of them and have a clean (empty) friends ist.

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But when I leave the OGS site and return later on to the home page, I have a full friends list again.

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So yes it goes away, but it doesn’t stay away.

I am clueless as to what the purpose is of this new feature.

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Mine stays away. Do you maybe have multiple tabs open? :thinking:

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No, only the site and the forums.

And now it is a different list.

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Maybe it’s a long list and only shows you the top x names? :thinking: not sure

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but it’s the same names in both screenshots

EDIT: nevermind, I was comparing the wrong two screenshots. maybe you’re right

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I agree that a note that these are requests would be handy.

I haven’t been across work in this area, but one thing the friend list gives you is the ability to see if a person in that collection of people are online - because you can filter the list by offline.

I use the experimental interface enabled, and clicking the x makes the person go away from the list, clicking the tick makes them stay.

I’ll mess around with the old interface when I have a chance.

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