{"id":84,"date":"2022-04-12T20:29:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wishlist.com\/blog\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=84"},"modified":"2022-04-19T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T16:07:08","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-following-a-user-vs-requesting-to-friend-a-user","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.wishlist.com\/ideas\/ufaq\/what-is-the-difference-between-following-a-user-vs-requesting-to-friend-a-user\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between following a user vs. requesting to \u201cfriend\u201d a user?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*\r\nuse wp theme instead\r\n*\/\r\n<\/style><div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-distinct\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='set_order' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/84' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-84-yUm0Lps0xd' data-post_id='84'>\n\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#'>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is the difference between following a user vs. requesting to \u201cfriend\u201d a user?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body ' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t\n<p>Following a user means you will be notified when that person adds new items to their wishlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to Facebook, you can request to be another user\u2019s \u201cfriend\u201d. 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