going to a non-friend's page contains a way to add them.

app/controllers/people_controller.rb

@@ -16,15 +16,24 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @aspect = :profile
-    @person = current_user.visible_person_by_id(params[:id])
-    unless @person
-      render :file => "#{Rails.root}/public/404.html", :layout => false, :status => 404
-    else
+
+    @person = Person.find(params[:id].to_id)
+
+    if @person
       @profile = @person.profile
       @contact = current_user.contact_for(@person)
-      @aspects_with_person = @contact.aspects if @contact
+
+      if @contact
+        @aspects_with_person = @contact.aspects
+      else
+        @pending_request = current_user.pending_requests.find_by_person_id(@person.id)
+      end
+
       @posts = current_user.visible_posts(:person_id => @person.id).paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
       respond_with @person
+    else
+      flash[:error] = "Person does not exist!"
+      redirect_to people_path
     end
   end
 

app/views/people/show.html.haml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
               - for aspect in @aspects_with_person
                 %li= link_to aspect.name, aspect
 
-    - if @person != current_user.person && current_user.friends.include?(@person)
+    - if @person != current_user.person && @contact
       = link_to t('.remove_friend'), @person, :confirm => t('.are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :class => "button"
 
     - if @person == current_user.person
@@ -36,17 +36,43 @@
 
     %br
     %br
-    %ul
-      %li= link_to 'stream', person_path(@person)
-      %li= link_to 'photos', person_photos_path(@person)
+    - if @person != current_user.person && @contact
+      %ul
+        %li= link_to 'stream', person_path(@person)
+        %li= link_to 'photos', person_photos_path(@person)
 
 
 .span-15.last
-  - if @posts.count > 0
-    %ul#stream
-      - for post in @posts
-        = render type_partial(post), :post => post unless post.class == Album
-      = will_paginate @posts
+
+  - if @contact || current_user.person == @person
+
+    - if @posts.count > 0
+      %ul#stream
+        - for post in @posts
+          = render type_partial(post), :post => post unless post.class == Album
+        = will_paginate @posts
+    - else
+      %h3= t('.no_posts')
+
   - else
-    %h3= t('.no_posts')
+    
+    .floating
+      %h3
+        = "You're currently not friends with #{@person.real_name}"
+        
+
+      - unless @pending_request
+        %h3
+          .description
+            If you'd like, you can request to place him/her in one of your aspects.
+         
+        = form_for Request.new do |f|
+          = f.select(:aspect_id, @aspects_dropdown_array)
+          = f.hidden_field :destination_url, :value => @person.diaspora_handle
+          = f.submit t('.add_friend')
+
+      - else
+        %h3
+          .description
+            = "You have already sent a request to #{@person.real_name}."
 

config/locales/diaspora/en.yml

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ en:
           are_you_sure: "Are you sure?"
           remove_friend: "remove friend"
           no_posts: "no posts to display!"
+          add_friend: "add friend"
       edit:
           cancel: "Cancel"
           update_profile: "Update Profile"