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.. index::
   single: Groups; My friends
   single: New in Mahara 1.5; List of accessible portfolio pages on "My friends" page
   single: New in Mahara 1.5; Institution homepage

.. _my_friends:

My friends
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*Groups → My friends*

Your friends are a special group of users. You can share your portfolio pages easily with them and get in touch with them quickly by going to this page. They differ from a regular group in that they do not have discussion forums, pages or shared files. If you do wish to do that with your friends, you have to create a regular group for them.

You can request other users' friendship in a couple of ways:

* Go to their profile page and click the *Request friendship* link.
* Go to the *Find friends* page and :ref:`search for potential friends <find_friends>` there.

.. figure:: /images/group/friend_my.*
   :alt: My friends page

   *My friends* page

#. If you have a lot of friends and pending friend requests, you can filter them by showing only the category of friends (current or pending).
#. You see more information about this friend:

   * View the profile picture.
   * Click on the name of your friend to reach his profile page.
   * |new15| The pages to which you have access are listed.
   * Read the introduction that this user has provided under *Content → Profile → Introduction*.

#. |new15| Display of the institution membership of this user.
#. For users whose friendship request you have not yet approved, you still see their profile picture and the reason why they want to become your friend.
#. If a friend is in the pending state, approve or deny the friendship request.
#. Send a message to the user if you wish to do so.
#. If you no longer want to have a user on your friend list, you can remove him by clicking on the *Remove from friends* link.
#. If you are a group administrator in a group that one of your friends belongs to, you can edit his group membership here.

.. note::
   |new15| When you click on the institution name that list listed for a friend, you see a list of institution staff and administrators. You can contact administrators directly from this page by clicking on the *Send message* link.
   |institution_homepage|