Option to auto-decline all friend requests

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If I wish to add someone, I will on my end. I do not like unsolicited friend requests, and I assume a lot of other users do not either.

Why isn't this a feature yet?

[Ionut Catalin Frasineanu]

I understand that you want a request similar to Facebook, where you can receive requests only from friends of friends or from no one? Not a bad idea, maybe they will implement it one day.

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Originally posted by Ionut Catalin Frasineanu:

I understand that you want a request similar to Facebook, where you can receive requests only from friends of friends or from no one? Not a bad idea, maybe they will implement it one day.

Precisely this. It makes so much more sense to have it this way. Heck, even Discord has it this way.

[Nx Machina]

Thread title: Option to auto-decline all friend requests

Originally posted by Garbage:

If I wish to add someone, I will on my end. I do not like unsolicited friend requests, and I assume a lot of other users do not either.

Why isn't this a feature yet?

Odd you want an auto-decline for all friend requests while also wanting to be able to add friends, after all your own requests would be considered unsolicited.

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Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Thread title: Option to auto-decline all friend requests

Originally posted by Garbage:

If I wish to add someone, I will on my end. I do not like unsolicited friend requests, and I assume a lot of other users do not either.

Why isn't this a feature yet?

Odd you want an auto-decline while also wanting to be able to add friends, after all your requests would be considered unsolicited.

Discord and Facebook both have options to set it so that your profile can only accept friend requests from friends of friends, or to decline all friend requests altogether. Steam should have the same.

I'm also respectful enough to ask people before I add them; others are not.

Why is this a problem suggestion to you again?

[Hesti]

I see no issue with having this feature. I don't add people, and I don't send friend requests. I don't use Steam for social features for the most part, outside of posting on the forums every now and then.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Garbage:

Discord and Facebook both have options to set it so that your profile can only accept friend requests from friends of friends, or to decline all friend requests altogether. Steam should have the same.

I'm also respectful enough to ask people before I add them; others are not.

Why is this a problem suggestion to you again?

Irrelevant as you did not mention either Discord nor Facebook in your opening post for the suggestion.

You want to decline all friend requests as per the thread title, yet want to send friend requests, which is hypocritical, because you deem your own requests as solicited.

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Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Originally posted by Garbage:

Discord and Facebook both have options to set it so that your profile can only accept friend requests from friends of friends, or to decline all friend requests altogether. Steam should have the same.

I'm also respectful enough to ask people before I add them; others are not.

Why is this a problem suggestion to you again?

Irrelevant as you did not mention either Discord nor Facebook in your opening post for the suggestion.

You want to decline all friend requests as per the thread title, yet want to send friend requests, which is hypocritical, because you deem your own requests as solicited.

Irrelevant. This isn't an argument worth having, because the clarified position was made in the second post in this thread.

Now shoo; the adults are talking.

[peppermint hollows]

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Irrelevant as you did not mention either Discord nor Facebook in your opening post for the suggestion.

You want to decline all friend requests as per the thread title, yet want to send friend requests, which is hypocritical, because you deem your own requests as solicited.

By that logic, the OP also didn't say anything about sending other people friend requests in their opening post, so where are you even getting that from? So what you're saying is also irrelevant, then.

[Elation]

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Originally posted by Garbage:

Discord and Facebook both have options to set it so that your profile can only accept friend requests from friends of friends, or to decline all friend requests altogether. Steam should have the same.

I'm also respectful enough to ask people before I add them; others are not.

Why is this a problem suggestion to you again?

Irrelevant as you did not mention either Discord nor Facebook in your opening post for the suggestion.

You want to decline all friend requests as per the thread title, yet want to send friend requests, which is hypocritical, because you deem your own requests as solicited.

Keep in mind that insulting other users, such as calling them hypocritical for no reason and with no basis (as the OP did not ever say they want to send other people friend requests in the original post), is against the rules.

Derailing a thread is also against the rules.

[Eidolon]

Originally posted by peppermint hollows:

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Irrelevant as you did not mention either Discord nor Facebook in your opening post for the suggestion.

You want to decline all friend requests as per the thread title, yet want to send friend requests, which is hypocritical, because you deem your own requests as solicited.

By that logic, the OP also didn't say anything about sending other people friend requests in their opening post, so where are you even getting that from? So what you're saying is also irrelevant, then.

Originally posted by Elation:

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Irrelevant as you did not mention either Discord nor Facebook in your opening post for the suggestion.

You want to decline all friend requests as per the thread title, yet want to send friend requests, which is hypocritical, because you deem your own requests as solicited.

Keep in mind that insulting other users, such as calling them hypocritical for no reason and with no basis (as the OP did not ever say they want to send other people friend requests in the original post), is against the rules.

Derailing a thread is also against the rules.

Well, OP did say "If I wish to add someone, I will on my end" which you can assume is probably meant to be that they would send other people friend requests.

But still, I don't think it's hypocritical. It's a bad argument but not for that reason. If adding the ability to automatically decline or disable friend requests is hypocritical, then that's like saying having a private profile is hypocritical because you can still view other people's profiles if they are public.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Garbage:

Irrelevant. This isn't an argument worth having, because the clarified position was made in the second post in this thread.

Now shoo; the adults are talking.

The clarified position should be in the opening post.

[peppermint hollows]

Originally posted by Eidolon:

Well, OP did say "If I wish to add someone, I will on my end" which you can assume is probably meant to be that they would send other people friend requests.

But still, I don't think it's hypocritical. It's a bad argument but not for that reason. If adding the ability to automatically decline or disable friend requests is hypocritical, then that's like saying having a private profile is hypocritical because you can still view other people's profiles if they are public.

Oops, yeah, I misread that. I agree with you, though. By that same logic private profiles shouldn't be able to view public profiles.

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I feel as if this has quickly become a discussion of semantics rather than intent.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Elation:

Keep in mind that insulting other users, such as calling them hypocritical for no reason and with no basis (as the OP did not ever say they want to send other people friend requests in the original post), is against the rules.

Derailing a thread is also against the rules.

Report the post.

Secondly the post is on topic.

As for "did not ever say".

Originally posted by Garbage:

If I wish to add someone, I will on my end.

And finally odd you chose to ignore post #7 and the final words while posting "insulting other users" especially when your post is #9.

Originally posted by Garbage:

Irrelevant. This isn't an argument worth having, because the clarified position was made in the second post in this thread.

Now shoo; the adults are talking.

[Ionut Catalin Frasineanu]

He wants an option to auto reject friend requests. What is so difficult to understand?