Friends List: Custom Status Message (+ Steam Music Player)

[an asshole]

I believe it would be cool to be able to type a Custom Status message that will appear below our name at the Friends List. It's a feature that good ol' MSN Messenger had, for those of you who remember it.

So for example, instead of this:


SteamName (My Nickname)
Away


The user would appear somewhat like this:


SteamName (My Nickname)
Away - "This is my custom message "

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Additionally there could be an option to enable to "Show what I'm listening to" (as in good ol' MSN Messenger) and it would replace our custom message with a song title from Steam's Music Player:


SteamName (My Nickname)
Online - "♪ ♫ Breath of Fire IV - Opening Animation"


This little feature could give more purpose to Steam's Music Player and give a boost to the market of soundtracks in the Store.

[bigboy124]

i would love that sm, just a stupid status message u can write random stuff one

[Gorlock_]

yesir

[lightwo]

Sure, I don't get why that wasn't done already. It's annoying seeing friends make non-Steam games with custom names as "statuses" when even rich presence is a thing already.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

The music player appears to be gone, so theres that. Maybe they will add it back, but I suspect not.

https://prnt.sc/G3X1prmFHvWm

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Custom statuses probably won't be a thing with how scammers/phishers (currently getting free crap at this scam site), general bad actors (looking at pron, your mom or any racist thing) and those pesky TTV kids (live on Twitch right now) abuse things.

[an asshole]

AmsterdamHeavy の投稿を引用：

The music player appears to be gone, so theres that. Maybe they will add it back, but I suspect not.

It is still there for me, between Big Picture Mode and Friends (not named "Friends & Chat" in mine), and I'm able to play purchased soundtracks too.

I also have "Soundtracks" above "Downloads". Also "Settings" at the end of the list, which you don't seem to have, and the "Game Servers" are named just "Servers".

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

Custom statuses probably won't be a thing with how scammers/phishers (currently getting free crap at this scam site), general bad actors (looking at pron, your mom or any racist thing) and those pesky TTV kids (live on Twitch right now) abuse things.

:qr:

We already have a profile summary where we can write such messages or even in a Custom Info Box showcase, so what's the difference apart of the location of the message?

These are our Steam friends, they can't add themselves in our list, they have to be accepted by us, and if we don't like them we can remove them. It's even worse if they spam us in the chat, but still they are allowed to do it now if they want - because they are in our list.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ の投稿を引用：

We already have a profile summary where we can write such messages or even in a Custom Info Box showcase, so what's the difference apart of the location of the message?

These are our Steam friends, they can't add themselves in our list, they have to be accepted by us, and if we don't like them we can remove them. It's even worse if they spam us in the chat, but still they are allowed to do it now if they want - because they are in our list.

Because these you want are displayed to friends and other users outside of their profiles.

The text on their profiles are only on their profiles, which someone would have to go looking for to find.

[an asshole]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

Because these you want are displayed to friends and other users outside of their profiles.

Just to friends, not any other users. I'm talking about the "FRIENDS & CHAT" at the bottom right of your Steam desktop client, where you can see and organize lists of your friends and chat with them.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

The text on their profiles are only on their profiles, which someone would have to go looking for to find.

Exactly, which has very low visibility, because you'll rarely visit their profiles. Having your message displayed in the Messenger (i.e. "Friends & Chat") box is by far more gamey and social.

Now replace the part where you said that "which someone would have to go looking for to find" with "which someone would have to either go looking for adding that person to their friends list or accept that person's invite". I don't see a problem where there's none.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ の投稿を引用：

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

Because these you want are displayed to friends and other users outside of their profiles.

Just to friends, not any other users. I'm talking about the "FRIENDS & CHAT" at the bottom right of your Steam desktop client, where you can see and organize lists of your friends and chat with them.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

The text on their profiles are only on their profiles, which someone would have to go looking for to find.

Exactly, which has very low visibility, because you'll rarely visit their profiles. Having your message displayed in the Messenger (i.e. "Friends & Chat") box is by far more gamey and social.

Now replace the part where you said that "which someone would have to go looking for to find" with "which someone would have to either go looking for adding that person to their friends list or accept that person's invite". I don't see a problem where there's none.

Hover over a users avatar any place it is visible, on the forums, right click in game, user reviews, screenshots, artwork...

Statuses appear there as well. No need to be friends. No searching to look at profiles specifically.

Public users. Friends only and private are a different thing.

But this would still be a huge issue considering how many accounts are hijacked daily and the hijackers would love to use this as another means to spam their phishing links, for friends and non-friends.

[an asshole]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

Hover over a users avatar any place it is visible, on the forums, right click in game, user reviews, screenshots, artwork...

Statuses appear there as well. No need to be friends. No searching to look at profiles specifically.

Public users. Friends only and private are a different thing.

This little feature that I am suggesting (which is well-known to anyone who once had an MSN Messenger), obviously does not exist at the time of writing, so none of the locations that you worry about are real concerns. All I've suggested, was about the Friends List and only, and in my opening example it's simply an addition to the status. No need to be implemented and appear anywhere else, and no need to debate about anything that I didn't really suggest.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

But this would still be a huge issue considering how many accounts are hijacked daily and the hijackers would love to use this as another means to spam their phishing links, for friends
and non-friends.

The highjacker can tamper with the entire account and public profile and even send you spam in the chat. How would a custom message that you can't even click on, be of any extra danger? If anything, a crypto scam message would be a clear indication that your friend's account has been compromised, so you can block them before they even message you.