hammersmcp Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I received a notification - " You have received a new friend request from xxxxxxx ". I have the box "Allow me to approve members before they're added as a friend" checked in my profile, yet the request was processed and xxxxxxx was automatically added to my friends list without my approval. Following the link from the notification takes me to a Friends page (which shows 2 pending requests - which I have not approved yet and neither of which is xxxxxxx. It also lists the wrong number of friends - it only counts those that are listed on the page (x rows of eight names) and not those who appear if I click the "View more" button. Could this be a problem related to the way notifications are handled now? Or, had there been a change to the Friends methodology to automatically add them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Try turning that preference off and back on again? This feature (and notifications) were pretty thoroughly tested around the launch of the new notification system. Perhaps you accepted the request via the forum instead of the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammersmcp Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 I tried that and it didn't change the current situation. I'll have to wait for a new friend request to really see if it made a difference (and that could be a while :dry:). I'm sure I didn't approve from the forums. I'm hardly ever here and I wouldn't even know how to approve a friendship from the Friends tab on the forum profile (which, incidentally shows a truncated list of friends) - I don't see anyplace to do that - but on the Manage Friends dropdown, I see the tab for pending requests but I definitely did not do it there - it doesn't even show xxxxxxx as pending - only the two that are on the Mods friends page as pending. Did I read somewhere that the Forum and the Mods websites were somehow unlinked? Is there a checkbox somewhere on the Mods website analogous to "Allow me to approve members . . ."? If the friend request was made on the Mods website (most likely) maybe the Forum checkbox is not effective? Also, I noticed there is no "hammersmcp added xxxxxx as a friend' in the About Me page on the My Profile Mods page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I've sent you a friend request just now. Can you see if it comes through properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammersmcp Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 Yes, it did. Thanks! Was that last just one some strange aberration?? :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Seems like it. If it happens again, let me know the details (and don't remove any of the notifications) then I'll see if I can trace it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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