Thread:KatFun/@comment-22439-20161120203118/@comment-30555942-20170403141513

Hi AAA,

I'm posting this reply here as I don't want to stir up more comments on the forum. I'm on a Kindle and was going to test the friend code question you have (I was going to do a kindle to kindle as I have multiple user accounts). Anyway, I decided not to try. I thought I would give you my logic and you can decide if you wish to proceed with your forum question.

I believe that our friends lists are very likely happily sitting on the server. I think there is the possibility of corrupting those lists if we try to modify them while we are in this limbo phase. I can see adding a friend as one of two ways (I'm sure if I thought longer I could come up with more):

1) the request to the server is simple and the new friend code is sent to the server with a request to add. The existing list on the server is modified to include the new friend.

2) the request to the server contains a complete list of the friends the account wants  (e.g., everything local plus the friend being added.

I think option 1 makes more sense and is more reliable (less network traffic). In that case, your forum question is perfectly valid. However, personnally, I'm not willing to test the theory. There is the chance that modifying the list of friends while in this limbo phase is not adviced.

Just my two cents.

Kathy