Friend request.

[TeperiBlaze]

I have been on Steam since the beginning, never asked for a friend and was never asked to be a friend. I play alone.

Today someone sent me an invite, what should I do? What does that mean to my char in Steam and are there any threats? The person play the game I play and have put in more hours than me, the person have 3 games and 7 friends. I have like 98 games and zero friends, why would this person like me to become a friend?

I feel sort of flattered, because my writings can be a bit educational when it comes to certain games. But I also feel a bit suspicious, since this is my first invite.

I want to block as if the person is dishonest in some way, but I would like to accept as the person see me as a good gamer.

I have no clue, the request is pending and I would be so thankful to make this clearer for me.

[ReBoot]

First, you're making a mouse into an elephant here. You're worrying WAY TOO MUCH about something totally mundane.
Second, why not accepting it? Should the person try to scam you, you can still remove & block them then. But what if not? What if they really just want some little chat? What's wrong with that?

In case you wonder, I'm an introvert myself.

[TeperiBlaze]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

First, you're making a mouse into an elephant here. You're worrying WAY TOO MUCH about something totally mundane.
Second, why not accepting it? Should the person try to scam you, you can still remove & block them then. But what if not? What if they really just want some little chat? What's wrong with that?

In case you wonder, I'm an introvert myself.

Thank you, I'm an introvert but always being careful when I happen to come up with new things I never encountered.

I don't know if people can figure out my credit card number and so on, so always scared the first time things happens. But thank you very much for your reply, I think it went to a +1.

[ReBoot]

Dividing things into new & known IMHO isn't the best way to deal with stuff. Old things may change and new things may be not as dangerous as you make them out to be. It's better to divide things in "good" and "bad". And in "better be cautiosly skeptical about".
Your example with the credit card is a good example: instead of going with a shapeless fear of that possibility, better ask yourself HOW. How could anybody, be it me, or that person adding you, get your credit card number?
Ok, the easiest way would be you giving it to them. Let's say, you're not dumb enough to do that. How exactly would they figure it out then?

Fear of the unknown is a cruel mistress. Don't go with her. Instead, go with knowledge & logical deduction of how things work.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Accept it then have a chat, you have a game in common that is why.
He doesnt have many friends either.
If you dont want any friends hit the ignore . Make your profile private.

[TeperiBlaze]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Dividing things into new & known IMHO isn't the best way to deal with stuff. Old things may change and new things may be not as dangerous as you make them out to be. It's better to divide things in "good" and "bad". And in "better be cautiosly skeptical about".
Your example with the credit card is a good example: instead of going with a shapeless fear of that possibility, better ask yourself HOW. How could anybody, be it me, or that person adding you, get your credit card number?
Ok, the easiest way would be you giving it to them. Let's say, you're not dumb enough to do that. How exactly would they figure it out then?

Fear of the unknown is a cruel mistress. Don't go with her. Instead, go with knowledge & logical deduction of how things work.

I deducted those fears and let her in asked why?

Steam is not a Nigeria scamming thing, but I feel better talking to you and get "some" confirmation of what is the right thing to do. After all, it is my first time.

Thank you.

[TeperiBlaze]

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

Accept it then have a chat, you have a game in common that is why.
He doesnt have many friends either.
If you dont want any friends hit the ignore . Make your profile private.

I wouldn't mind a few friends, but I don't play MP, so what could we chat about? Yeah, this game my new friend plays and have more hours than me, I guess that is ok. I can give her a few hints, as I learn games faster than some people.

I Have no friends in real life, not one. No friends online either, until today, haha.

[Black Blade]

Don't let this scare you
But just like to point there are bots around that will try to auto-add people to scam/hijacked the account, so if someone adds you out of the blue just watch out for any links they send you (don't log in to Steam on any of them if you want to do so open your own Steam site and login there, then it should not ask you to login)

Also, note that Valve will not contact you by chat, and most likely will only contact you if you contact them
And if someone "reports you by accident" ignore it, reports mean nothing if you did nothing wrong

You sound like you are careful so guess you not likely to fall for this stuff so you should be fine, just letting you know

Any way people can add you here also to just search for people to talk to and chat about anything from games to movies to life, overall as long as you don't do anything that will get your account in danger (that will be stuff off of Steam mostly) you will be fine and safe

Hope you have a good one
And there are a lot of friendly people around that like to chat and stuff if you enjoy your new friend and maybe want to find some more

[TeperiBlaze]

Black Blade: any advice is better than no advice. I'm not scared, just careful as you say as I step into a new territory. (by having a friend on steam lol)

Thanks for all the advice, I take it to heart and you have a good one too. :)

[Bobert]

Originally posted by TeperiBlaze:

I have been on Steam since the beginning, never asked for a friend and was never asked to be a friend. I play alone.

Today someone sent me an invite, what should I do? What does that mean to my char in Steam and are there any threats? The person play the game I play and have put in more hours than me, the person have 3 games and 7 friends. I have like 98 games and zero friends, why would this person like me to become a friend?

I feel sort of flattered, because my writings can be a bit educational when it comes to certain games. But I also feel a bit suspicious, since this is my first invite.

I want to block as if the person is dishonest in some way, but I would like to accept as the person see me as a good gamer.

I have no clue, the request is pending and I would be so thankful to make this clearer for me.

Full sends only, I still have my very first friend on steam. Taught me how to play TF2 when I had a really bad deal computer that could barely hit 10 or even 20 frames at times.

Then I got a better PC later on. But I still remember everything he taught me 😌👌

[tarzandwc0822]

Be cool except the friendship you never know you could make a good play friend. If the worst happens and if they act like a creep then just block them. take care and have fun

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

Originally posted by TeperiBlaze:

I deducted

deduced.

Originally posted by TeperiBlaze:

I have been on Steam since the beginning

You have a ten year badge, you're short seven years.

Originally posted by TeperiBlaze:

because my writings

I don't see any writings.

Your Steam profile appears empty, you might as well go all the way and completely private your whole profile then no one will bother you.

I'm some what adversarial (due to singleplayer campaign combat) and my favorite quote is,
"Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war"
I think you've relatively done this as you're posting here on the Steam Community forum, with the caveat that some who post are not wise counsel at all, although a broken clock can have the correct time twice.
Steam friends can be helpful or not, but connecting with other people is a good thing.


My advice.

Someone liked something about your empty profile thus friending you.
It's nothing major, so no worries. Accept or don't accept.

For myself, I usually send a chat message to welcome new cult acolytes and one of two things happen: they reply back or they unfriend and disappear back into their edginess.

I rarely receive friend invites and so I can consider every invite I receive, visit their profiles, poke around, some I accept, most are ignored and some blocked.

I've regretted friending several people, hence the unfriended were deservedly cast into block-list outer darkness.

Most of the people on my friend list are cool.
From chat, streams and whatnot; a few are sooo amazing lax and chill.
Unexpectedly and surprisingly, it's friggin' sweetness to connect to them through Steam.

Experience is something I can't think myself through plus I learn from my failures so I don't trip over that same stone twice. I suppose being isolated, hidden and staying safe is okay, as one may believe their 80's feathered hairdo is still happening.

So go ahead and friend that person, if they're weirder than you, you can unfriend them.
If they're weirder than you from the get go, ignore or block their invite.
It's as simple as that.

Oh.one more thing, check their post history, if they post a lot in the Off Topic forum, it's a troll. Block and move on.


(Oh BTW, you don't need to quote my whole post as it's part of early forum netiquette to simply reply as @someone followed by your reply post, unless you're quoting Filter Short Bus then it's all good)


https://youtu.be/xrGST3l7NV0

An oldie but still a goodie.
Best played with at least a 5.1 surround sound and loud.

[TeperiBlaze]

@☆ƧQυiяяєL♫

Thank you for your amusing comments. :)

deduced.

I'm not particularly great in speaking English, as I'm born in Sweden.

My native language is there fore Swedish, then I learnt English in my early 20's becuase I was bad at school. I started reading books in English and I loved science fiction and well, as you said, I am weird. The first book I wanted to read was The last Redoubt or the Night Land by William Hope Hodgson. It was almost 600 pages, but I stuck to it with an encyclopedia. I could read: The crimson sky, but I only needed to know the sky. Then crimson came up again and I looked it up. Got it.

I read the whole book and understood it. I read it 2 more times after that and it was much easier.

So I speak Swedish, and English, because now I live in Australia.

My best language though is Bull. I can speak Bull all day.

"You have a ten year badge, you're short seven years."
I actually did have an account before this one, but it got totally messed up, so I created this one instead. Steam support couldn't fix my pw problems, so I just gave it up. No dramas, just a few games there. But you're right, I wasn't on Steam for 17 years, only 14 if we take that account into consideration.

And yes, my writings is not on my page, why would I write anything there if I have no friends? Only for me to admire.

No, I mean in forums I use. simple as that.

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

Back to the topic.

"To friend or not to friend, that is the question."


It's up to you, if they like your post's and then friend them and let them reside in your friend list for years of non-committal enjoyment.

If you don't like them, unfriend them. If they're annoying, block them.



However, back at the pass on a dark, stormy night.

The recent books I've read are: Harper's Biochemistry, Essential Plato, Varieties of Religious Experiences by William James, The New Being by Paul Tillich and Emerson's Essays.

Currently rereading: Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, A History of God by Karen Armstrong, The Ideas of Particle Physics, Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison and Women Who Run With Wolves.

My future reading and rereading: The Zinn Reader, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Oher Organic Compounds, Essays of E.B. White and How to Write an Email by Justin Kerr.

[p1n4k]

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