the common method that is use by social media platforms should come steam

[WaltrexX_TR]

As other social media apps, the methot of link the contacts use telephone number should be steam too. i dont find my known friends on steam. for it i necessary to ask their steam user name everybody that i known ask one to one. this is so much boring and hard methot users to add my friend list. please support to link our contacts to add steam friend list.

[UrbanMech]

No thanks. Keep privacy intrusive features out of Steam and keep Valve out of the data selling market.

Nothing from Social media should come to Steam.

Asking peoples Steam accounts is not difficult...

[Gwarsbane]

Originally posted by Gürbay Uras Dilbaz:

As other social media apps, the methot of link the contacts use telephone number should be steam too. i dont find my known friends on steam. for it i necessary to ask their steam user name everybody that i known ask one to one. this is so much boring and hard methot users to add my friend list. please support to link our contacts to add steam friend list.

Oh heck no, I don't want people being able to look me up via my phone number or any other method that they do on social media. Keep that junk out of Steam.

If you know the person, ask them to send you a link to their profile via e-mail or social media or what ever, after all you already know them so ask what ever way you can. Asking them for it is not hard...

Just because its "boring" for you doesn't mean peoples privacy should be broken.

[Mad Scientist]

You already have a "friend code" and a "quick invite link" when you go to "Add a friend" which keeps your accounts personal information away from other users.

Finding people by phone # would just encourage random additions & stalking. It's bad enough the amount of spam calls & texts people get, let's not encourage scams by people trying to look for steam users by phone #.

[RiO]

I fully agree with earlier replies that this type of thing should be kept out of Steam; for all reasons cited. It's privacy-invasive; invites data-harvesting; and encourages real-world stalking.

Above that, in at least the EU it is matter-of-factly illegal to simply share someone else's phone-number with a third-party without the consent of the owner of the number. It is a violation of the GDPR. And yes; that affects private citizens as much as it does companies. (Look up how many people have been fined for installing and operating smart doorbells with a persistent always-on camera view aimed at public spaces, for another fine example.)

[The Commendatore]

Steam is a social media platform?

[Anxiety]

Originally posted by The Commendatore:

Steam is a social media platform?

Apparently many people desperately want it to become one.
Or think it already is, yes.

[[?]legit]

Originally posted by The Commendatore:

Steam is a social media platform?

Yes, it is.

[The Commendatore]

Originally posted by Anxiety:

Originally posted by The Commendatore:

Steam is a social media platform?

Apparently many people desperately want it to become one.
Or think it already is, yes.

Ah, gotcha.

[Crazy Tiger]

I most certainly do not want people to find me on Steam through my phone number.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

'Hell to the NO!" as Madea might say.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by Gürbay Uras Dilbaz:

As other social media apps, the methot of link the contacts use telephone number should be steam too. i dont find my known friends on steam. for it i necessary to ask their steam user name everybody that i known ask one to one. this is so much boring and hard methot users to add my friend list. please support to link our contacts to add steam friend list.

If you are having difficulty finding a particular friend you could text and ask for their steam url to add.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by RiO:

I fully agree with earlier replies that this type of thing should be kept out of Steam; for all reasons cited. It's privacy-invasive; invites data-harvesting; and encourages real-world stalking.

In fact. for social media platforms 'finding your friends' is the little reward they give you for granting them access to the gigantic source of information your contact list represents.

More than a feature is a scam where you're given pennies for an information valued like gold.

Kind of happy that Steam, even with they shortness of privacy features still treats private information as actual private information.

[MonkehMaster]

i agree with everyone, this suggestion is garbage, why would anyone want their phone number used as a way to find your profile.

that would invite scam and spam calls, of which i already get repeatedly everyday for years, which lead me to leaving my phone on do not disturb, so the only calls i hear are of those on my contacts, the rest i never hear.

would also invite stalking, doxxing, harassment and much more.

that all being said, steam isnt a social media platform, its a game store.