Hey guys. I recently just had an idea by looking at my friend's list in another game. From looking at it, it gave me the idea of having a "Best Friends" list. It would be another icon in the menu. Basically, lets say you have your friends list overcrowded with many friends of yours, but you want to see only when your true friends are online? Or, what if you were going to trade with someone (as an example) so you added them, and you have to keep checking if they are online? The "Best Friends" list would be useful, more towards people with crowded friends lists. Adding someone to your best friends list can also give you the option of letting them go into your regular house whenever they want to. Also, if someone is on your best friends list, the game will tell you when they come online. For example, I could be digging shells for myself, when I get a PM. I read the PM, and its from the server and it says "Bulldogg Lucero is now online!".
Here is an image of the icon that could be used for it:
Best_Friends Icon.jpg
Lastly, in options, the player has the options to check off if they want PMs from the best friend list and if they want to let the players on their best friends list able to go in their house at all times.