我一直在研究使用角色、自定义关联等的友谊模型，但我还不能以一种清晰的方式将我的项目与概念联系起来。
我希望一个“用户”能够创建一个事件，我称之为“收集”。一个用户也可以参加由其他用户创建的收集。通过参加收集，“用户”也可以是一个“收集者”。
采集者的名单在技术上会被认为是“创造者”的朋友。这是我目前的进展：
型号：用户聚集聚集器（？）
用户

class User < ApplicationRecord
    has_many :gathers_as_creator,
        foreign_key: :creator_id,
        class_name: :Gather
    
    has_many :gathers_as_gatherer, 
        foreign_key: :gatherer_id,
        class_name: :Gather
    

end

聚集

class Gather < ApplicationRecord

    belongs_to :creator, class_name: :User 
    belongs_to :gatherer, class_name: :User

end

我的问题是，我是否需要一个连接表（如Gatherer）来允许多个与会者，然后再为用户/创建者拉取一个朋友列表？
采集器

belongs_to :gather_attendee, class_name: "User" 
belongs_to :attended_gather, class_name: "Gather"

下面是我所认为的模式：

create_table "gatherers", force: :cascade do |t|
    t.bigint "attended_gather_id"
    t.bigint "gather_attendee_id"
    t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.index ["attended_gather_id"], name: "index_gatherers_on_attended_gather_id"
    t.index ["gather_attendee_id"], name: "index_gatherers_on_gather_attendee_id"
  end

救命，我的头在旋转试图理解的连接和如何进行。
既往计划：
模式：

create_table "activities", force: :cascade do |t|
    t.string "a_type"
    t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
  end

  create_table "gatherers", force: :cascade do |t|
    t.bigint "attended_gather_id"
    t.bigint "gather_attendee_id"
    t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.index ["attended_gather_id"], name: "index_gatherers_on_attended_gather_id"
    t.index ["gather_attendee_id"], name: "index_gatherers_on_gather_attendee_id"
  end

  create_table "gathers", force: :cascade do |t|
    t.integer "creator_id"
    t.integer "activity_id"
    t.text "gather_point"
    t.boolean "active"
    t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
  end

  create_table "interest_gathers", force: :cascade do |t|
    t.string "gather_id"
    t.string "interest_id"
    t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
  end

  create_table "interests", force: :cascade do |t|
    t.string "i_type"
    t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
  end

  create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
    t.string "username"
    t.string "img"
    t.string "first_name"
    t.string "last_name"
    t.string "state"
    t.string "city"
    t.string "bio"
    t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
  end

  add_foreign_key "gatherers", "gathers", column: "attended_gather_id"
  add_foreign_key "gatherers", "users", column: "gather_attendee_id"
end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base 
  has_many :gatherers, foreign_key: gather_attendee_id
  has_many :attended_gathers, through: :gatherers
  has_many :created_gathers, foreign_key: :creator_id, class_name: "Gather"
 end

class Gather < ActiveRecord::Base 
  has_many :gatherers, foreign_key: :attended_gather_id 
  has_many :attendees, through: :gatherers, source: :gather_attendee 
  belongs_to :creator, class_name: "User" 
end

class Gatherer < ActiveRecord::Base 
  belongs_to :gather_attendee, class_name: "User" 
  belongs_to :attended_gather, class_name: "Gather" 

end