bagman

In my opinion it is a severe violation of privacy to let someone know if I have marked him/her as a friend. This also gives an oracle-like feature where I can friend a person and see if that's mutual and then neutral that person again. In addition to privacy, this feature also creates a humiliation feature; you expect to be on somebody's friend list but not are and now have means to check that. Please remove this feature as it is. There could be a feature where there are two categories of friends; those I want to follow and do not expect to be friended back; and those whom I really consider friends. The difference with this approach is that it is only me who knows whom I consider what and I have now way to see what they consider me to be. Pekka Viitasalo