Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34343471-20181111011604/@comment-32823535-20181119162115

I don't think there is anyway to tell how you got a friend, unless you remember how you added them. Some of the ways to tell how active a friend is can be looking to see that they have opened and progressed in the current event room, to see if their experience level is increasing, and to send them a gift and see if you receive a thank you gift in return. The easiest way to learn all these things is in the Guides and Databases on this wiki. Do you know how to send gifts? Do you know how to "visit" a friend and charge their map? To you know the 2 ways to see your friend's Wish List? By learning about all those things, you can make friends a true asset in the game.

Then you can learn some of the tricks we all share here to make the game easier and less frustrating.