A user with geographically nearby users is offered the opportunity to send the nearby users a friend request. Example methods include accessing a location of a user system of a user, where the user a member of an interaction platform, determining a list of other users, where the list of other users include other users associated with other user systems that are within a threshold distance of the location of the user system, where the other users have a threshold number of connections with the user, and where the other users are members of the interaction platform. The method may further include causing to be displayed on a screen of the user system indications of the other users of the list of other users and user interface items for the user to send a friend request to a corresponding other user of the list of other users.