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by echelon 1120 days ago
The users don't have to interact with any piece of this. It can be 100% a backend implementation detail.

If you did want to surface it, the controls could be as simple as "block sender", "opt out of 3rd party contacts", "sender X wants you to connect with sender Y - allow?", etc. Very coarse grained, very easy and intuitive.