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Drilis Apr 25, 2014 @ 1:22am
Commenting On Non-friends
I couldn't help but notice that a lot of profiles ask that you leave a comment before sending a friend invite, but from I've seen, you cannot leave a comment on someone's profile without adding them first. Is there something wrong? Was the ability to comment on the profiles of people who aren't your friends something Steam removed, and no one bothered to amend their profiles? I'd like to know what the deal is.
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Meatbug Apr 25, 2014 @ 1:26am 
You can set those commenting-rights to be either "Friends-Only", Disabled for all (except for yourself) or open for all.
Last edited by Meatbug; Apr 25, 2014 @ 1:27am
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Rowan Apr 25, 2014 @ 1:33am 
it is simple, their privacy settings are likely set to where nobody but friends of friends can post comments, or in some profiles, only the profile owner can post comments wich would easily explain what you are seeing.
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Drilis Apr 25, 2014 @ 6:10pm 
Kinda defeats the purpose of asking people to leave a comment before inviting to be friends if only friends can comment, doesn't it...?
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Welene Wios Apr 25, 2014 @ 6:32pm 
Originally posted by GURGLEGUY12345:
Kinda defeats the purpose of asking people to leave a comment before inviting to be friends if only friends can comment, doesn't it...?

People who ask you to leave a comment from their profile usually leave their comments section availabe for the public.

You're asscociating one group with another.
Last edited by Welene Wios; Apr 25, 2014 @ 6:32pm
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Drilis Apr 25, 2014 @ 6:33pm 
Originally posted by Sexy Things:
Originally posted by GURGLEGUY12345:
Kinda defeats the purpose of asking people to leave a comment before inviting to be friends if only friends can comment, doesn't it...?

People who ask you to leave a comment from their profile usually leave their comments section availabe for the public.

You're asscociating one group with another.
That's the thing, though... I usually go down to the comments section to leave something when they ask, and I can't.
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Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel Apr 25, 2014 @ 6:56pm 
Could be because your account doesn't have community priveleges yet. From what I can tell, brand new accounts with zero games and no premium in TF2 can't interact at all with the community.
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Drilis Apr 25, 2014 @ 7:00pm 
Originally posted by Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel:
Could be because your account doesn't have community priveleges yet. From what I can tell, brand new accounts with zero games and no premium in TF2 can't interact at all with the community.
What? Oh, that's lame... What the heck?
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FFL2and3rocks Apr 25, 2014 @ 7:05pm 
It's to prevent spammers and phishers from creating hundreds of Steam accounts to send messages to as many people as possible.
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Drilis Apr 25, 2014 @ 7:26pm 
Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:
It's to prevent spammers and phishers from creating hundreds of Steam accounts to send messages to as many people as possible.
Eh, I guess that's fair... But how do I fix that, then?
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FFL2and3rocks Apr 25, 2014 @ 7:29pm 
Either buy something or activate a game on Steam.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3330-IAGK-7663
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Drilis Apr 25, 2014 @ 7:48pm 
Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:
Either buy something or activate a game on Steam.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3330-IAGK-7663
Activate a game? But I already have Team Fortress 2...

*Read* Oh, that's not cool...
Last edited by Drilis; Apr 25, 2014 @ 7:50pm
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