[Suggestion] Turn on/off friend requests.

[sharke⬣]

I'd like to recommend a feature in the privacy option to remove friend requests.
An error, something like "this person is not receiving friend reuqests" would be displayed to the person when sending an add.
At the same time of not being able to receive requests, you are able to send them to others (if they themselves have friend requests turned on)

So tired of the bots and the random adds i get each session i log in, being able to turn it on/off whenever i feel would be nice.

discuss?

EDIT: input posted by Rig404

Or even better, add an option to set some "rules" to receive friends requests.
Would be something like:
"minimal community level allowed to send friend/trade requests" - [you set a number here]
"show only requests from users with public community profiles?" - [y] or [n]
"receive friends/trade requests from:" - [Anyone], [Friends of my friends], [Users with a group in common], [None].

[Rig]

It'd be nice, just like Origin does. Or even better, add an option to set some "rules" to receive friends requests.
Would be something like:
"minimal community level allowed to send friend/trade requests" - [you set a number here]
"show only requests from users with public community profiles?" - [y] or [n]
"receive friends/trade requests from:" - [Anyone], [Friends of my friends], [Users with a group in common], [None].

And....any other convenient options.

[sharke⬣]

@Rig404

yes yes yes!
im glad im not the only one that wants this.

[Rig]

Yes. In this point, Facebook has some good options that Steam could adopt.

[sharke⬣]

Originally posted by Rig404:

Yes. In this point, Facebook has some good options that Steam could adopt.

Yeah, i couldn't agree with this more.

[Cherokee]

Well, if Steam was effective against scamming bots this wouldn't be really needed. However they are not effective and every single day I get like 2 level 0 bots friend request. I'm so tired of this so a filter would be great, at least scammer would need to spend some cash in cards which would make me really happy.

[Bumbefly (we/All)]

Also add the setting for a minimum amount of playing time. Buying a game is not efficiently affecting newly made bot-accounts because the cheapest games are well under 1 $/€. Spending playtime would enhance the effectivness.
Mind you, for this feature i advise coöperation with all game developers for Steam (and competitors alike) to be able to show actual in-game time and not "time of updating" and "time of merely opening the load-screen".

[Bodomi]

Yepp, I've made suggestions many times before on reddit, steam forums and on here, that we should have the option to set limitations, for example "Only x level'd Steam accounts may add me" and I also think that you should have the option to just not be able to receive friend requests from private accounts etc... but it's never been picked up by Valve which is stupid.

[sharke⬣]

Originally posted by Bodomi:

Yepp, I've made suggestions many times before on reddit, steam forums and on here, that we should have the option to set limitations, for example "Only x level'd Steam accounts may add me" and I also think that you should have the option to just not be able to receive friend requests from private accounts etc... but it's never been picked up by Valve which is stupid.

more awareness for valve! :)

[Mamma_Duck]

Couldn't agree more. I don't mind getting legit friend requests, but these bot requests truely are getting out of hand, and may actually be hurting business. I saw a post on another site where someone was recommending to someone else that they not become a steam member, and went on to descrbe how they had unwittingly become a victim of one of these scams. Warnings are not enough. There are enough people ignoring them that it is still worth the scammers' time to flood the user base with friend requests.

[Rig]

Originally posted by Cherokee:

Well, if Steam was effective against scamming bots this wouldn't be really needed. However they are not effective and every single day I get like 2 level 0 bots friend request. I'm so tired of this so a filter would be great, at least scammer would need to spend some cash in cards which would make me really happy.

2? I've gotta deal with 15+ requests a day. Its pretty frustrating not having something to block it. -_-

Btw, I know there's a script for browsers, that allows you to see on the pending requests page the user's level, and it has an option to decline/block everyone at once. BUT, in this case, i don't trust third-party mods.

[AtomStrange_]

Better yet, there needs to be an option to BLOCK all Friend Requests from LV 0 & Private Profiles (Phishers), There really shouldn't even be a private profile from your friends list option. Key word here... Phishers.

[KinCryos 岩]

Originally posted by Festero Doom:

Better yet, there needs to be an option to BLOCK all Friend Requests from LV 0 & Private Profiles (Phishers)

this.

if someone's profile privacy is set to Friends Only, does that extend to active friend requests? if not, it should.

maybe Steam should simply prevent private profiles from sending friend requests altogether

[AtomStrange_]

The only people with Private Profiles from "Friends" are 99% of the time Phishers... and if they aren't why are they trying to add people in the first place, when trying to retain that level of privacy?

[sharke⬣]

Originally posted by Festero Doom:

The only people with Private Profiles from "Friends" are 99% of the time Phishers... and if they aren't why are they trying to add people in the first place, when trying to retain that level of privacy?

exactly.

[KinCryos 岩]

I think we have mixed messages on the Friends thing. the "Friends Only" setting allows only your friends to view your profile. I was suggesting that if someone sends you an invite, you should be considered a friend to them by Steam, allowing you to view their profile