Friends and presence

Friends are people you add by email so you can see at a glance whether they're online. Your friends list belongs to your account, so it's the same in every workspace.

#What friends are for

Adding someone as a friend lets you both see each other's presence: Online, Away or Offline.

That's all a friendship does. It doesn't give anyone access to your workspaces or content, and you don't need to be friends to chat with someone in your workspace or send them internal mail.

#Add a friend

1. Click the Friends button in the top bar, then See all.
2. Under Add a friend, type the person's exact email address and click Search.
3. If the address belongs to a Tylode account, click Send request.

There's no search by name, on purpose: a list of users anyone could browse would also be a list anyone could copy. If there's no account with that address, you'll see "There's no account with that email."

Depending on your relationship with that person, you may see one of these messages instead of the button:

#Accept, decline or cancel requests

Pending requests appear in the Requests section of the Friends page:

• Requests you've received say "wants to be your friend". Click Accept or Decline.
• Requests you've sent say "waiting for their reply". Click Cancel to withdraw one.

#Remove a friend

In Your friends, click Remove next to the person. You both stop seeing each other's presence. You can send a new request later if you change your mind.

#Block or report someone

Next to each friend and each request there's a ⋯ menu with Report {name} and Block {name}. Blocking ends the friendship and the person can't send you another request. More in Block and report.

#The friends menu in the top bar

The friends icon in the top bar gives you a quick view without leaving what you're doing:

• The heading "Friends · {online} of {total}" tells you how many friends are online.
• Each friend appears with a colored dot for their presence.
• If you have requests waiting, a link like "2 requests waiting" takes you to them.
• See all opens the Friends page.

On a phone, Friends is in your account menu, in the Home header.

#Presence states

#Choose how your friends see you

Go to Settings → Privacy and security → Privacy and pick one option:

The change is saved as soon as you pick it. Nobody but you can see which option you chose. See account settings.

#Friends are global, not per workspace

Your friends list and your privacy choice go with your account:

• You see the same friends whichever workspace you're in.
• Friends don't need to share a workspace with you.
• Joining or switching workspaces doesn't change your friends.

#Related

• Chats
• Mail
• Notifications