On FadeTalk, a new chat with someone who is not your friend usually starts with a request and your acceptance; the exceptions are single-use links you hand out yourself and place rooms whose host lets members chat straight away. A chat request opens this one conversation; a friend request puts you on each other's friends list. Once you are friends, you can start a new chat from the list at any time, even after an earlier chat has faded. To stop new requests, turn off Allow friend requests in Settings or pause your personal link.
Where requests come from
| Route | What happens for someone who is not your friend |
|---|---|
| Personal link | A browser guest sends a chat request and a signed-in account sends a friend request; the chat opens when you accept |
| ID code | A friend request is sent; you become friends when it is accepted |
| Near | They send a chat request to someone visible to everyone nearby |
| Place room member | By request in rooms set to By request; in Open rooms a chat opens straight away between accounts outside Korea (a Korean account makes it a request); not at all in rooms set to Not allowed |
| Single-use link | By default the chat starts straight away; with join approval on, it waits for you |
On every route that starts with a request, no message can be sent before you accept. Chat requests collect on the Chats tab and friend requests on the Friends tab, where you accept, decline, or decline and block.
What changes once you are friends
- You stay on each other's list after a chat expires or disappears.
- With mutual friends, you start a new chat from the friends list without a request. People you sent a friend request to may also show in your list before they accept.
- You appear for each other in Near when Visible to is set to Friends.
A friendship needs both sides to accept. Send a request by entering someone's ID code or scanning their QR code, or add the person you are chatting with straight from the chat. To remove a friend, swipe left on them in the friends list and tap Remove; any chat you have open stays as it is.
From a short chat to a friend
A chat that starts from a link usually ends when its time is up. If you meet someone you want to keep in touch with along the way, add them as a friend before it ends. The other chats disappear on schedule, and only the people you kept are left on your list. Since no phone numbers changed hands, there are no contacts to clean up either.
How to stop requests
Turn off Allow friend requests in Settings and people who are not your friends cannot send you new requests. It covers your personal link, your ID code, chat invite links you shared, private chat requests in place rooms, and friend requests. Mutual friends, people you added first, chats already open and single-use links you handed out yourself are not affected. Pausing your personal link has the same effect. Resetting your ID retires your old ID and personal link address and removes every friend, so keep it for a fresh start.