Friends are special contacts. Unlike a normal contact, a friendship is based on reciprocity. You can receive friendship offers and offer friendships yourself. Each member who receives a friendship offer can then decide whether to accept the offer or not.
The more friends you have, the better your chances of meeting other members through them, since you appear in all of your friends' friend lists and are therefore visible for all visitors.
Advantages of a friendship
- You show the community who you are friends with and which user means something to you
- Display in friend lists: Friends are displayed in the friend list in the respective profiles
- Give away kisses: You can give away a kiss with every ClubMail (50 Coins)
- Display the connection between you and another member: This way you can see how you might be connected to another member. Just click on "Show all friends" directly below the friend list and you will see above which of your friends also know the respective member.
Note:
You can hide the friends list in your profile via the privacy settings.
Offer friendship
Offer friendship if the member is not yet a contact
To offer friendship to a member, either open the member's profile or send the member a ClubMail. Then click either on the left side of the profile or in the send confirmation after the ClubMail on the item "Add to contacts".
Afterwards a new page opens on which you have the possibility to offer a friendship to the contact via the button "Save".
If you have offered the friendship, the member will receive a ClubMail asking if he/she wants to accept the friendship request.
Offer friendship if the member is already a contact
To offer a friendship to a member who is already a contact, simply use the contact management "My contacts". The easiest way to get to the contact management is to go to the My JOYclub page. Here you will find the item My contacts on the top right.
In contact management, either click on the "Offer friendship" box next to the contact or open the contact using the small pencil icon and select Offer friendship at the bottom.
Decline / block friendship offer
If you reject a friendship offer, this member will not be able to make you a new offer. The same applies if your friendship offer is rejected.
How to remove the block
First you have to open the contact entry of the member. To do this, either click on "Edit contact" in the contact's profile on the left or click on the "pencil icon" next to the contact in the contact management My contacts.
If you have rejected a friendship offer, you will see at the bottom of the "Friendship" field that the offer is blocked ("Friendship rejected (offer blocked)"). Just click on the small arrow on the right, select "Delete lock" and save the changes. After you have saved the change, you can send the member a friend request or wait until you get another friend request.