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OP Regular Newbie Apr 19, 2026 4:15pm

If someone with a private profile gets visited by a non-friend (or a guest), the old behavior was echo "This profile is private." + exit — no site chrome, no way back, just a wall of plain text.

Now renders a full site-layout page with:

  • A centered card carrying a lock icon, the reason, and two fallback links (Who's Online, Back to Forums)
  • An auto-opening modal overlay that explains the situation and gives contextual guidance (friends-only profiles tell guests to log in and send a friend request; members get told to send a friend request)
  • Still HTTP 403 underneath, so crawlers and API clients see this as a block rather than a content page

Covers both privacy tiers: private and friends_only.

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