Re: Fans
Actually, forget #3, upgrading fans to friends if mutual, and forget #4, the whole idea of following the activity of people you become a fan of, Twitter-style (and, for that reason, I think it should be termed Fan, not Follow).
All that would be needed is for a “Become Fan” button to appear under the “Add Friend” and “Send Message” buttons, leading to fans’ avatar appearing in the Fan section of the profile, directly under the Friends section.
Would it be possible to simply copy the Friends plugin, stripping out all the unnecessary Friends functionality, retaining only what is needed to achieve the above?
