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FAQ - Friends 

  1. What are Friends
  2. What are Followers?
  3. What is a Feed?
  4. What is a Mention?
  5. How do I see who My Friends are?
  6. How do I see who My Followers are?
  7. How do I add Friends or Followers?
  8. How do I see who I have requested to be my Friend?
  9. How do I see who has requested me to be their Friend?
  10. How do I control who can add me as a Friend?
  11. How do I prevent a follower from seeing my Feed?
  12. How do I stop seeing a Friend's Feed?
  13. How do I view other people's lists?
  14. How do I view My Friends' lists?

1.What are Friends?

Friends are people whose lists you can see.

2.  What are Followers?

Followers are people who can see your lists.

3.  What is a Feed?

Feed is a list of all items that have been added to mylifelisted by either you or your friends.  

Friends - You can see a Feed of all items they have added, which are either Public or Friends (not Private). 

Followers - They can see a Feed of all items you have added, which are either Public or Friends (not Private).

4.  What is a Mention?

If a friend has added you to a list item of theirs, you will see this in Mentions.

5.  How do I see who My Friends are?

To see all your Friends:

  • Go to FRIENDS 
  • Select My Friends - a list of your friends is displayed. 

6. How do I see who My Followers are?

To see all your followers:

  • Go to FRIENDS 
  • Select Followers - a list of all your followers is displayed. 

7.  How do I add Friends or Followers?

 When a person agrees to be your friend they are automatically both your Friend and your Follower.

You can add friends in 3 ways:

Either:

  • Go to FRIENDS 
  • Select Add Friends 
  • Enter  their email addresses 
  • Select ADD FRIENDS to invite your friends to join.

Or to find friends already members of mylifelisted:

  • Go to SEARCH 
  • Select Members Search 
  • Enter the name of a friend 
  • Select Search
  • ADD AS FRIEND

Or to find friends already members of mylifelisted:

  • Go to Profiles (at the very bottom of every page)
  • Scroll through list of members

To be your Friend they must confirm this by selecting Add as a Friend when they receive your request.  

8.  How do I see who I have requested to be a Friend?

You can see your pending requests in Friends:

  • Go to FRIENDS
  • Select Add Friends - your pending requests are at the bottom of this page.

When your Friends confirm you as a friend, they will no longer appear in your pending requests.

9. How do I see who has requested me to be their Friend?

You can see who has requested you to be their friend in FRIENDS:

10. How do I control who can add me as a Friend?

When you receive a friend request you can select either Add as a Friend or Ignore.

If you select Add as a Friend, you will be their Friend and Follower.

11. How do I prevent a Follower from seeing my Feed?

 If you don't want someone seeing your Feed then you should BLOCK them:

  • Go to FRIENDS
  • Select Followers
  • Select the follower you wish to block
  • Select BLOCK

Note: They will still be your Friend and you will still see their Feeds.

Note: The person blocked will still see you listed as their Friend, so that they are not alerted to the fact that you have blocked them, but they can't see your Feeds.

Note: You will still see them under your Followers even though they are no longer following you so that you can change your mind and decide to Unblock them.

See also: What are the default privacy settings for my lists?

12.  How do I stop seeing a Friend's Feed? 

If you don't want to see a Friend's Feed then you should UNFRIEND them:

  • Go to FRIENDS 
  • Select MY Friends 
  • Select the friend 
  • Select UNFRIEND

Note: You will no longer see them as a Friend of yours and you will no longer see their Feeds.

Note: If you want to see their Feed again you will need to send a new Friend request.

Note: They will still be one of your Followers and get your Feeds unless you block them.

Note:  They will still see you as a Friend and receive your Feeds.

Note: You will no longer be listed as one of their Followers.

See also:  What are the default privacy settings for my lists.

13. How do I view other people's lists? 

If a list is Public, then it can be seen by everyone on mylifelisted.  

There are 2 ways to see other people's lists:

Either:

  • Go to SEARCH 
  • Select Members Search 
  • Enter a name 
  • Select SEARCH
  • Click on the member's name to see their lists.

Or:

  • Go to Profiles (at the very bottom of every page)
  • Click on the member's name to see their lists.

14.  How do I see My Friends' lists?

To see your friends' lists which are either Public or Friends:

  • Go to FRIENDS 
  • Select  My Friends
  • Click on their name
  • Select a list from either their Overview (to the right of the page) or their Latest Items (to the left of the page).