How do I invite other posters as friends on my 360?

Do I require their email addresses?


I've received scores of invites from strangers who obviously don't know my email address? HOW do they do it?!


Help!


Thanks xx
How do I invite other posters as friends on my 360?
E-mail addresses can be used, but are not required. It's not clear if by posters you mean other people who use Yahoo! Answers or not. If you mean Y/A users, then you would need to be able to see a link to their 360 space from their Y/A profile, see their Yahoo ID from their IM link on their Y/A profile, or find them via the 360 search page with other key data. Here is a detailed account of the invite process, but note that not everyone has a 360 space activated:








- Either use the "Invite" page and follow the instructions here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/fri... . This feature is MAINLY for inviting people who are already in your Yahoo! Mail address book OR your Yahoo! Messenger buddy list.


- Or go to a friend's page and click the "Add" link under their personal profile picture and make sure to check the "Invite As a Friend" box before sending the invitation.





In all cases, the person needs to go to their 360 mailbox and ACCEPT the invitation so that they show up in your contact list, friends list, and friends module.





If everyone is connected to each other, then you will see a "blue person icon" next to their name under the "Contacts" box (left side, bottom) on your 360 "Home" page. They will also appear in your Friends module on the Top Page. If you see a green cross, either one of you hasn't accepted (or sent) an invitation. That can happen if you click the "Add" link under a person's profile picture on their 360 page and chose to send the invitation as a FAVORITE, rather than a FRIEND. This means you opted not to select the "Invite as a Friend" box before submitting the invite. People are also Favorites until they accept your invitation. See http://help.yahoo.com/l/ca/yahoo/360/fri... for more information about Favorites. You can have up to 300 connections, but only 100 outstanding invitations at once.





There are communications settings to consider - click your "Edit Contact Settings" link under your personal profile picture on the "My Page." Make sure they are set to "Everyone in 360" for now (or "Friends of Friends" if age 18 and under). You can always change it whenever you want.





If you find that your invitation isn't working, it could be for the following reasons:


1) If a person's Yahoo! 360 page is not activated, you will not be able invite them. It will say that they are not accepting invitations at this time. Everyone has 360 attached to their Yahoo account, but it stays dormant until it is activated (i.e. used for the first time). If the invite is sent to an address other than a Yahoo-related one, then it won't work.


2) If they have an activated 360 page, but their Communications Settings are set to "Friends of Friends" instead of "Everyone 360" in terms of invitations - and you are not a "Friends of Friends" - then your invitation will not be received.


3) They denied the invitation, which you should be notified about. The invitation is removed from both the person's inbox and your sent mail.


4) You are on the person's "ignore" list, thus communications from you are not received. See http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/fri... for more information.


5) People may having problems with their mailboxes that could prevent the sending and receiving of messages.
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