Allow a friend-request message ("why are you adding me?")

[Harry[Hy]]

The friend request system should get an update. The change I would want to see is a custom add-request message, something short that could be written when you add someone to your friends list that the other person will see on the Accept/Ignore/Block screen (not a popup or anything, just on the invite page you should be able to see what reason they wrote down). Most popular IM clients have this feature for obvious reasons, and it would be nice if Steam had the same.

I am sick of getting so many random adds from people who can't even bother to read my profile. With some kind of custom-add-message, people would be able to filter out adds without needing to spend the time accepting, asking the person what they want, deleting them, and then needing to block them when they continue to message you...

[LiL'LuPeY^]

+1, please.

[Bumbefly (we/All)]

Bump, for i have another friend-request of some-one i don't know. He blocked posting messages on his profile. We have no groups in common and while he created a group called "WillYouBeMyFriend?" did not invite me there and posting is only permitted by members. At least i'ld want to be able to politely decline instead of just ignoring and click away the invite.

At TheKingOfEveryone, if you're reading this please give me a reason why i should add you. And be advised, i recognize only 2 Kings as my Lords above me : Jesus Christ and Willem Alexander van Oranje Nassau.

[Aurelia]

I do not want another reason/way for bots to send their advetisements in mass.. I would prefer this feature not be implimented..

As i posted in another thread, this is just another method for hijackers/spammers to send out their advertisements/scam sites to everyone they see. Being sent a messege request while in a channel is enough as it is, as i constantly get them from there. But to imagine that anyone could send you a messege at any time from anywhere just makes me ill thinking about it. I am sorry to be the only one on this thread to post against it, but you might aswell do away with the "can only send messeges to friends" feature while you're at it.

[Staryn]

True, people might exploit the request messages for spam. So the message should contain a report button in case that happens. Serial spammers would be caught that way.

[Ba[R]aD`]

that would be so helpful

[Aurelia]

引用自 Ragan：

True, people might exploit the request messages for spam. So the message should contain a report button in case that happens. Serial spammers would be caught that way.

Regardless anyway, the point being that it is a simple way for scammers to send out mass scam messeges... They do not care if most people don't fall for it, there is no skin or effort off their back. It will just make it far too easy... As things are, scammers add people to try to dedicate a scam, but with this they wouldn't even have to. Send a friend request with a scam link or w/e on every profile they enter and be done with it. Far more friend requests will be scam messeges than anything else. Atleast with the way the system is now, they actually have to return to the friend request later to try to scam you.

"XyzzMagicbeans has added you to friends with the following messege: Your account is under investiagation/reported yadda yadda-" x every profile they visit. That's enough to get SOME people to click on them, sadly enough.

[rebelholic]

Sure its very help us to prevent from strange people to add us without any reason

[naesten]

Yeah, some way to at least respond "who are you?" or "do I know you?" would certainly be nice. I mean, if they want to friend you, they're clearly interested in some sort of communication, right?

[Aurelia]

In all honesty, the only thing that would really work to prevent scammers from freely sending out messeges to everyone, is to allow the receiver of the friend request to click on their drop down arrow in their pending invites and Send a messege, as if they were already accepted. This should only be allowed by the person RECIEVING though... That should be kept to the choice of the person recieving, so as to prevent scams, bots, and blatant spam/trolls from being sent out en masse.

[naesten]

引用自 Luminaire：

In all honesty, the only thing that would really work to prevent scammers from freely sending out messeges to everyone, is to allow the receiver of the friend request to click on their drop down arrow in their pending invites and Send a messege, as if they were already accepted.

As long as the requester could then respond with a message of their own, that would be quite adequate, yes.

[Aurelia]

引用自 naesten：

引用自 Luminaire：

In all honesty, the only thing that would really work to prevent scammers from freely sending out messeges to everyone, is to allow the receiver of the friend request to click on their drop down arrow in their pending invites and Send a messege, as if they were already accepted.

As long as the requester could then respond with a message of their own, that would be quite adequate, yes.

Yes, it would act just like any chat window normally does with an accepted request for a pm. But it should be limited to only the reciever of the friend request to initiate the conversation.

[naesten]

引用自 Luminaire：

Yes, it would act just like any chat window normally does with an accepted request for a pm. But it should be limited to only the reciever of the friend request to initiate the conversation.

Yeah, I was imagining the same thing, except for some reason I was imagining the first message being canned rather than freeform.

[Bumbefly (we/All)]

引用自 naesten：

引用自 Luminaire：

Yes, it would act just like any chat window normally does with an accepted request for a pm. But it should be limited to only the reciever of the friend request to initiate the conversation.

Yeah, I was imagining the same thing, except for some reason I was imagining the first message being canned rather than freeform.

No working URLs in these pre-friendship messages.

[Harry[Hy]]

引用自 Bumbefly Nicky Test םו：

No working URLs in these pre-friendship messages.

Yeah, or simply allowing this feature only to people with public profile comments. People could already spam me with phishing links via my profile page, at least if they send them in this "friend request"-feature I could simply block them instead of needing to accept their random friend request and then delete them...

I constantly get random friend requests from people and it's so annoying not knowing if they are a genuine person or a bot. Of course bots could lie on the reason-for-adding, but it at least filters out some people who are genuine but can't read the BIG BOLD TEXT on my page saying "plz post a comment first before adding me".

[Aurelia]

The major problem i'm seeing with all this is that you will likely be spammed with even MORE friend requests. I do not get that kind of spam. I very rarely have people send friend requests. Due to the current restrictions, bots kind of have to pick and choose who they'll try to scam, but if this feature request ever took flight, they wouldn't have reason to care. They could just spam add every profile they click on until they hit a cap (if there even is one for friend requests) sending out just a single scam messege like an address, without even having a need to follow up on any of it. Just send the messege and move on to the next. Instant results. Even if there are no working links, (which yes, i like the idea that there shouldn't be, as there doesnt need to be at all), they can STILL post a link, or generally advertise even without any live links.

All that will matter to bots at that point is getting a messege out there. Send a friend request messege to every profile they come across and then move on. Follow-ups will no longer be needed.