yes, valve should do something about those bots. but they won't.
the problem has several months, and no possible fix has appeared.
just block them, or add them, wait for they to send you a message, and report them using the chat log, then block the bot. there is no other thing you could do.
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The only way they can do something about them is if people report them. I even suggested a way to block unwanted low level accounts from trying to add people, but since that post there has been a few changes to the bots as of late that would make what I suggested nearly useless.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/1/35222218908404417/
There is my suggestion from a while back, but as I said, some of these newer bots would still get past.
Its also a catch 22, the bots can't be dealt with till valve knows about them, but valve can't know about them till the bots actually do something. And yes valve is doing stuff against bots, it is suspending/closing accounts of bots. BUT there are possibly hundreds of thousands of bots out there or more.
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Generally you can't. Even making your profile private will never work because people can still add you.
Do you make posts on the steam discussion areas? You'll get bots if you do.
Do you make posts on any trading sites? You'll get bots if you do.
Do you have a steam account? You'll get bots if you do.
Many bots are designed to look for posts in the discussion area and trading sites. But there are a few that are designed to use a list of account numbers and add people that way, the account numbers are generated with a program and then it just goes down each line and tries to add that account. So even if you are not posting anywhere, its possible that you could still get added. These kinds of bots are rare.
Bots are starting to have a few new tricks. I've seen a few bots that were on steam for 3 or 4 years. Had hours played in games, and had 10 or so games. Most if not all the games have been free at one point or another. They were also not level 0, they were level 5 or 6. I think at least some of these were bots that were used back during the amazing winter sale that had coal and lots of games were given away free by crafting coal. I've had 3 of these bots in the last week alone
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I barely use sites like tf2outpost and the only steam related site I've visited for like 2 years is SG. I used to post in SPUF but not that much and I don't post a lot here either. I own some nice things like buds and an unusual and I know making my profile private will not help since there's sites that record who owns which hat and now they know I have it.
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Even if you only post on the trade sites or SPUF or the community section once a month or even just once, its something the bots can use to track you. If the post gets bumped a bot will see that and try to add you. Basically anything new will attract the bots.
So for now you have to be proactive and think before adding. I always check out someones profile before adding them. Heck even if steam comes up with something to stop the bots, you should still be proactive cause at any point the bot makers could figure out a way around that protection and start spamming again.
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I think this bots add ppl randomly from trade websites like tf2outpost or csgolounge, Always one of em add me just after I bump my post.
Today was really funny cus one of em has a csgolounge profile picture, and talked to me like a mother fudge bot.... I was like "really nig***, and thats not the best thing, he sent me a trade offer with a TRADE CODE just like a csgolounge bet with my item.
I always accept their friend requests and wait for their message with their fake / scam links, after that I copy everything and fill the steam report form as pishing with it.... block and unfriend.
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Random adds by level 0 or 1 users? Private profile? Only one game, not even TF2? No profile description? Only friends are relatively high level Steam users?
Block.
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If people can't be bothered to leave a message on my wall as to why I should accept them as a friend, I can't be bothered to accept their invitation.
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I mean, I don't get fooled by them and I doubt many people do... But I keep getting added every fucking day 2-3 times.
Thing is, I don't wanna block everyone who adds me because sometimes it's real people and I'd feel bad. So I end up checking their profile and shit and adding them just to delete them in 5 minutes.
Do I have to make my profile private? Delete my trade offers everywhere? Why the fuck am I getting added constantly? Would doing anything help? Are you guys in the same situation?
This is getting so fucking ridiculous.
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