Make a Friend (Request)

[jeremyschulman]

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Current behavior:
As an attendee of PyCon I would like to make new Friends. I cannot currently use the app to easily exchange contact information.

Expected behavior:
Similar to other social platforms like LinkedIn, I would like to have a QR code on my Account page so that I can use this to exchange contact information with a new Friend. I would like to see "Make a Friend" button on the bottom of the app near Schedule. That is a "first order" feature.

The contact information that I would like to share should be fields in my account, like a URL to LinkedIn or my social media platforms+handles.

I would also like to see a sidebar menu of Friends that allows me to lookup my Friends.

[stevoleeto]

Badges already had QR codes on them - would be neat if we could just scan those from within the app.

[jeremyschulman]

@stevoleeto - i was thinking about that at the time I opened this request. I believe some folks might be sensitive to sharing their information. While I don't expect some random person coming up to me and scanning my badge, having the feature more explicit as a QR in the app may give people a better sense of security on whom they would like to share their information with. Hope that makes sense. Thank you!