XF 2.2 How to sort following?

[Robert9]

Lets say that following should be more than only the function to follow someone.
Let's imagine it should be something like an address-book also.

How we could realize a sort of followed users?
How we could move the important ones to the top?
How we could realize something like prefixes, categories or stars to catlogue them?

Example:
sort by name, last_online, date of following

Or manually sort?
Give them a rating with stars and sort by these stars?
Or sort by new field display_position? But how to add that? Manually by an input_field? Moving +1, +10 or to the top by mouse or finger?

Any idea how to realize this as an address-book with the most important ones at the top?

 

[nocte]

Is this meant to be a brainstorming in order to collect basic ideas or do you need coding advise?

 

[Robert9]

I have some basic ideas, but i dont have a good idea or at least best idea how to solve this.

Just think about 50 people you follow.
5 are important, you need them one time in a week.
25 are interesting, you need them sometimes
the rest is the rest.

1. Solution with cats:
Important ones (5)
Interesting ones (25)
Rest (20)

2. Solution with prefixes
somehow the same than cats, selected by click on a prefix or using a form

3. Solution by manuall sort
sort them by mouse/finger-grabbing and moving to somewhere

3.2 the same, but with checkboxes and move by 5, 10, to the top, to the bottom

3.3. the same, but with a "move-mode" showing buttons to move up/down by 1, 10, x

4. sorted by stats (how many times you write to this person, view the profile, view threads started in the last x month)

5. ?