Design a Friends and Privacy System to Enhance User Relationships and Safety #19
Description
Goal
Design a friends and privacy system to replace the current "anyone can message anyone" model.
Current Problems
- No privacy controls (emails exposed, no blocking)
- Loads all users to frontend (scalability issue)
- No relationship management
- Potential spam/harassment
Some Ideas
- Friend requests (pending/accepted/blocked states)
- Privacy settings (discoverable by email/name, message permissions)
- Enhanced search with privacy filtering
- Contact categorization (friends/requests/blocked)