Friendships

Friendships in Yachad are mutual: one person sends a request, the other accepts. There is no one-way “following” of people. You can only follow ministries of churches.

Sending a request

1. Find the person via search (name or @username) or open their profile, for example from a plan.
2. Tap Send friend request («Freundschaftsanfrage senden»). It then shows Request sent («Anfrage gesendet»).
3. Withdraw («Zurückziehen») takes the request back.

Without a search term, search shows People you may know, with a reason such as “3 mutual friends”, “Also in {church}” or “Also in {group}”.

Not always possible

Whether you can send someone a request depends on their setting (see below). Additional rules apply to teenagers under 18, see Protection of minors.

Answering requests

1. Open Profile → Friend requests («Freundschaftsanfragen»). The number shows open requests.
2. Under Received («Erhalten») choose Accept («Annehmen») or Decline («Ablehnen»).
3. Under Sent («Gesendet») you see your open requests and can withdraw them.

If the other person had already sent you a request, you become friends right away.

Friends of friends

On a friend’s profile, tap the number Friends to see their friends list, with search. Anyone not friends with that person only sees the number.

Ending a friendship

1. Open the person’s profile. It shows Friends («Befreundet»).
2. Tap it and choose End friendship («Freundschaft beenden»), then End.

Afterwards you no longer see anything of each other that is visible to friends only. Yachad sends no notification about this.

Who may send you requests?

Under Profile → Settings → Privacy → Friend requests from («Freundschaftsanfragen von») choose:

• Everyone («Allen»)
• Only with mutual friends or church («Nur mit gemeinsamen Freunden oder Kirche»)

Inviting friends who don’t have Yachad yet

There is deliberately no address book matching. The easiest way is to invite friends to a group with an invite link, see Groups.