Usually, every server has a friends list saying if they are one and etc. but what I don't see is much else you can do. My suggestion is maybe doing more with the friends list like being able to tpa to them of msg just them quickly or have a group chat when u are all on the same server. In addition, with the soon to be beta testing, maybe have the addition of multiple people can live on the same island and/or you can tpa to their island. This is just a suggestion.
You can already tpa to friends but a group chat would be cool. Then again not all your friends will know other friends. Also not sure how to skyblock island would even work so can't say anything about that.