Decent Displaying of private/friend only | what happened to friends of friends

[Grimbart]

Why can i see on steam if someone has his profile on "private" or only on "friends only"? It can be checked on SteamRep.
And what happened to the setup "friends of friends" which i found faded clues on SteamRep that it actually exist in the past.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Private or friends only, you don't get to see the profile, so it shouldn't matter.

There was never a friends of friends setting on Steam. I onle recall ever seeing this on Battle.net with Blizzard, but it was removed shortly after as people complained about privacy and people seeing their real name when they didn't give permission for it.

There was a users only setting, where only logged in user could see your profile, but that was found to be pointess as account are free to make, so it was removed.

[Tev]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Private or friends only, you don't get to see the profile, so it shouldn't matter.

There was never a friends of friends setting on Steam. I onle recall ever seeing this on Battle.net with Blizzard, but it was removed shortly after as people complained about privacy and people seeing their real name when they didn't give permission for it.

There was a users only setting, where only logged in user could see your profile, but that was found to be pointess as account are free to make, so it was removed.

There was a "Friends of Friends" -setting on Steam, actually.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/619568192696827141/

I remember that and "Users Only" -visibilities both disappearing on the same date.

Originally posted by «/Grimbart\»:

Why can i see on steam if someone has his profile on "private" or only on "friends only"? It can be checked on SteamRep.

On that note, you can also check the user's status if their profile is Public.

I can see if I'm Away or Snooze, if I check it from SteamRep.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Private or friends only, you don't get to see the profile, so it shouldn't matter.

There was never a friends of friends setting on Steam. I onle recall ever seeing this on Battle.net with Blizzard, but it was removed shortly after as people complained about privacy and people seeing their real name when they didn't give permission for it.

There was a users only setting, where only logged in user could see your profile, but that was found to be pointess as account are free to make, so it was removed.

There was a "Friends of Friends" -setting on Steam, actually.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/619568192696827141/

O.o

Guess it was because I never used it that I don't recall it. Most likely hardly anyone used it and that would be one of the reasons why it was removed.

I've either been friends only or private.

[Grimbart]

What bothers me is just people writing: If your profile is private you must hide something.
What i want to ask is: Why not seperate displaying this, making this stupid argument kinda obsolete.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by «/Grimbart\»:

What bothers me is just people writing: If your profile is private you must hide something.
What i want to ask is: Why not seperate displaying this, making this stupid argument kinda obsolete.

Because it wouldn't be obsolete. They would still say someone has somthing to hide and make an excuse as to what and why. Some users seem to fell it is their business what is on anyone and everyone's profile.

Just ignore anyone who says that. They are not really worth your attention at that point.

[Tev]

What Spawn said.

People will be like that, no matter what.

[Grimbart]

But for all the other which are not mention this in the steam profile description but think the same way.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by «/Grimbart\»:

But for every others which are not mention in the steam profile description but think the same way

The thing is, why does it matter? If a profile is private or friends only, it is because the user wants it to be so. People would also object to haveing either one displayed as a friends only profile would cause an increase in friends requests, and a refusal would lead to the same situation of "you must have something to hide".

[Grimbart]

@Mod
I get your points. For me this thread is closed.
My last sentences and advice for everybody else concerning this matter: If you want to add someone and decreasing the probability not getting reject. Be exhibitionistic!

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by «/Grimbart\»:

@Mod
I get your points. For me this thread is closed.
My last sentences and advice for everybody else concerning this matter: If you want to add someone and decreasing the probability not getting reject. Be exhibitionistic! :dealwithit:

Better yet, don't invite random people. Either talk to them in the forum or in-game first.

[Start_Running]

Firends of Friends pretty much had the same effect as being public, since it meant people you didn't know would have access.

Assume that everyone has 10 friends and you will only ever know 5 of them. SO for each person on your friends list there would be 4 people that you do not know who would have the same privs as friends.