Hi BrainCloud team, we have two questions about features we're trying to build.

1. One-Way Follow

We want Player A to follow Player B, but B doesn't have to follow back.

The Friend API requires both players to agree, so it doesn't work for us.
Is there a BrainCloud API designed for one-way follow relationships?

Also — can GetPresenceOfUsers(profileIds[]) fetch profile data for any player,
or does a Friend relationship need to exist first?

2. Referral Rewards for Both Players

Our referral flow:

Player A shares their referral code Player B enters the code When B reaches level 3, both A and B receive a diamond reward

The challenge is rewarding A (the referrer). We store A's profile ID in a
Custom Entity when B registers the code, so we always know who referred whom.

Two questions:

a) Does BrainCloud support running a CloudCode script when a Milestone is
completed? If yes, we could use a Milestone to reward B automatically at
level 3, and use that script to look up A's profile ID and reward A as well —
no client-side trigger needed.

b) If not, is there any other server-side mechanism in BrainCloud that can
reward a different player when a specific event occurs?

Thanks!

It's been resolved. Thank you for your response!

Q1: The removed player is completely excluded from reward calculation, so if the deletion happens before the job runs, that player is never iterated over and receives no rank or rewards.
Q2: Yes, the modified score will be used. The job always reads live state. Note that whether the score actually gets modified depends on the leaderboard type (e.g., for the LOW_VALUE type, only updates if the new score is less than the existing)
Q3: No backfilling, the next joiner goes to the latest instance, not the freed spot in ^2. No loop over earlier instances (^1, ^2) ever happens. The next joiner goes to ^3 (or ^4 if ^3 is full). The freed spot in ^2 stays empty permanently.

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