ezst036 Is this simply a bug? Its a bad bug indeed, but I'm just asking. Everybody seems to want to assign a nefarious motive to it. I did see where a bug report was filed and dismissed, I wonder why that was. Tom's highlighting this is wonderful. Perhaps if enough people complain the weight of it can be properly impressed upon Valve. Reply
ohio_buckeye I guess you could become a hermit and not have friends? Lol. Not really they need to fix that. Reply
UnforcedERROR Shiznizzle said: Steam brushing issues under the carpet. Anybody surprised? Solution to this is to not have any "friends" on Steam. Then you cant be followed and tracked by their own platform Yes, you should completely isolate on what is largely a social gaming platform. I mean, I get it, some people play single player games, but STEAM started as an entry point into games like CS 1.6. It's entirely designed to be a multiplayer system. ezst036 said: Is this simply a bug? Its a bad bug indeed, but I'm just asking. Everybody seems to want to assign a nefarious motive to it. I did see where a bug report was filed and dismissed, I wonder why that was. Tom's highlighting this is wonderful. Perhaps if enough people complain the weight of it can be properly impressed upon Valve. Probably laziness, more than a bug. Valve are large enough that they simply don't care about the end user under most circumstances. It took them the entire lifespan of CSGO + some time in CS2 before they implemented proper consumer protections for things like item scams. Prior to that it was fairly anti-consumer, since Valve profited heavily from the skin market, and thus wouldn't restore user's items regardless of the situation. The main thing is that Valve have little-to-no competition in the space at present. There are other platforms, but they don't have the reach, which lets Valve operate with impunity (to some degree). To be fair, I see this as fairly minimal. Most of my friends list are people I know in person. That said, I have a few friends who I could see being actively stalked through loopholes like this, simply by virtue of who they are in the community. Reply
Notton Not to discredit the bug, but I don't see the issue? If you don't want to be found online on steam, just unfriend everyone? seems simple. Reply
Geef Friend: "Strange how Joebob plays <HotAnimeChickPolishesKnob> each night before bedtime. I wonder if the game helps you sleep?" ;)😏 (totally made up name. I hope there isn't a random game named that.) Reply
blppt Geef said: (totally made up name. I hope there isn't a random game named that.) Likely story! Reply
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