I am on the Wessl. I do not understand all the things. What does it mean to be given 'friend' status? How do folders? Where goes banner?
I'm too old for this.
Friends is literally for friends - people who you want to proclaim you are friends with and give special access/status to. You can share certain journals and submissions only with your friends list, for example, as opposed to all your followers and the general populace of the site. Folders are a little bit wonky to use right now, I hear they are working on making that simpler. This site is still technically Beta, so some things will change (and a lot of things already have!)
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Artonis
You can limit who can see certain pieces by making them friends only, and then only those people with confirmed friendship links can see them. You can upload a banner under settings. With "Banner Image". :P