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minus-squareipitcolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoWhy are friend list size limits a thing? Except for UI, it shouldn’t be a problem. And a simple search feature fixes the problem
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoMaybe to limit account theft. One account with 10,000 friends gets compromised and thats 10,000 people who can get phished, each if whom might have thousands of friends
minus-squareipitcolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoThat’s a better explanation, but Steam still allows for much bigger friends list if you craft badges, so pay, but not for specifically paying games
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoCap the storage space required.
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI imagine so they can always have the decision to make you pay for a expanded friends list later
minus-squareipitcolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoApart from Steam, which platform does that? Many people don’t know that’s a thing in Steam btw
minus-squarebuttnugget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI wonder if there is an explanation on their site or something.
minus-squareipitcolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoThere isn’t https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1902-2D54-E445-59DD Maximum friend list size seems to be capped at 2000 though
Why are friend list size limits a thing? Except for UI, it shouldn’t be a problem. And a simple search feature fixes the problem
Maybe to limit account theft. One account with 10,000 friends gets compromised and thats 10,000 people who can get phished, each if whom might have thousands of friends
That’s a better explanation, but Steam still allows for much bigger friends list if you craft badges, so pay, but not for specifically paying games
Cap the storage space required.
It should be negligible anyways
I imagine so they can always have the decision to make you pay for a expanded friends list later
Apart from Steam, which platform does that?
Many people don’t know that’s a thing in Steam btw
I wonder if there is an explanation on their site or something.
There isn’t https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1902-2D54-E445-59DD
Maximum friend list size seems to be capped at 2000 though