Buddy system
Diving is something you do with someone
The buddy system here is deliberately small: you ask someone, they say yes or no, and from then on you can record on a dive who was with you. No algorithm decides who suits you.
Buddy system
The buddy system here is deliberately small: you ask someone, they say yes or no, and from then on you can record on a dive who was with you. No algorithm decides who suits you.
A buddy connection only comes about when both sides want it. A request can be accepted or declined, and declining is a normal answer.
Requests start from a public profile, so you have read something about the person before you ask.
When you log a dive you can note which buddy was with you. Months later you still know who to ask about it.
Confirmed buddies, open requests you sent and requests waiting for your answer — on one page behind your login.
Buddy requests begin on a public diver profile. Without a profile there is nobody to ask.
The other person receives it and answers. Until they do, nothing happens.
Once the connection is confirmed, the buddy can be attached to a dive in your logbook.
Points come from your diving and everything around it: logged dives, a maintained profile, your certifications, the buddy regions you name. The connections themselves are not scored; what is scored is that you keep your diving on record.
Ten per cent of your point total goes into the score of every dive centre you are a fan of. Two buddies who both follow the same centre therefore back it twice over.
Buddy requests are answered by people, not by a matching score.
No. There is no matching and no list of suggestions. You look at profiles and decide for yourself who to ask.
Yes, with one click. Declining does not have to be justified.
No. A buddy noted on a dive is an entry in your own log. Your logbook stays yours.
An account — and a public profile if you want others to be able to ask you too.
Look at a few profiles and ask somebody. The worst that can happen is a no.