Constantly Being Invited To Groups? Bots?

Wiiplay · 05-15-2012, 11:45 AM

Has there been a recent increase of group inviter bots lately, because I'm getting invited to about 10 groups every few days by people I've never met or heard of before.

Is there any way to prevent these bots from inviting me?

Xdertje · 05-15-2012, 11:49 AM

I have never encountered this problem.

Is there maybe a possibility that your Steam ID is easy to find on websites or something like that?
And I know that some servers invite every player that has played on it to their groups (Kritzkast for example).
Do these groups have a large number of people in it? If so, it could be one of those servergroups.

TrippleD · 05-15-2012, 11:52 AM

Maybe having 211 friends and belonging to 62 groups has something to do with it?

Wiiplay · 05-15-2012, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xdertje

I have never encountered this problem.

Is there maybe a possibility that your Steam ID is easy to find on websites or something like that?
And I know that some servers invite every player that has played on it to their groups (Kritzkast for example).
Do these groups have a large number of people in it? If so, it could be one of those servergroups.

As far as I'm aware, my Steam ID is only visible from Steam and the Steam forums.

Also, I'm getting the invites to groups that have between 700 and 5,000 members. I'm invited to the groups at random, and have never played on one of their servers.

In the past 24 hours, I've been invited to join 5 completely random groups. However, I haven't even signed onto Steam to play an online game for nearly two days. So, I couldn't have played on one of their servers, not even by mistake.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrippleD

Maybe having 211 friends and belonging to 62 groups has something to do with it?

The invites weren't sent by my friends, and none of my friends belong to the groups I'm being invited to join.

Also, what's wrong with having 211 friends? :P

GDL · 05-15-2012, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrippleD

Maybe having 211 friends and belonging to 62 groups has something to do with it?

The more you use a feature, the more you wish you didn't eh?

TrippleD · 05-15-2012, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wiiplay

The invites weren't sent by my friends, and none of my friends belong to the groups I'm being invited to join.

Also, what's wrong with having 211 friends? :P

Nothing.

Just saying you belong to 62 groups. So that may flag other groups to send you invites.

AraxisHT · 05-15-2012, 12:39 PM

I started getting a lot of group invites right after I linked my forum account, but not as many as you're claiming.

Sxcnn · 05-15-2012, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AraxisHT

I started getting a lot of group invites right after I linked my forum account, but not as many as you're claiming.

So true, twice a day since the link

Aitkenj · 05-15-2012, 02:35 PM

I usually get 1 or 2 every couple of days. It's pretty annoying tbh and more so when it says invited by xstacyx<3, with some random half dressed blonde taken from google in the profile pic who has 0 games and joined steam a month ago*... Yeah I best join that group

*example.

lionsunleashed · 05-15-2012, 04:04 PM

Oh boy not good send steam a support ticket maybe i dunno but they could block all groups invites.

-$P0P3$- · 05-15-2012, 04:25 PM

48 friends and 230 groups.

At the very least, I'm not getting spammed every minute by event notifications.

pokedex2536 · 05-15-2012, 06:51 PM

Valve, add a option to only allow friends to send group invites.
or no one

leilei · 05-15-2012, 06:53 PM

I'm not sure where these came from either. but in the end I just blocked the inviter.

Mr SmokesAlot · 05-15-2012, 07:14 PM

Ditto. It's getting pretty ridiculous.

thexrager · 05-15-2012, 09:04 PM

i get this like twice a week. but i just ignore them all. Its really sad they waste there time.

05-15-2012, 11:45 AM	#1
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05-15-2012, 11:49 AM	#2
Xdertje Join Date: Feb 2011 Reputation: 28 Posts: 116	I have never encountered this problem. Is there maybe a possibility that your Steam ID is easy to find on websites or something like that? And I know that some servers invite every player that has played on it to their groups (Kritzkast for example). Do these groups have a large number of people in it? If so, it could be one of those servergroups.

05-15-2012, 12:39 PM	#7
AraxisHT Join Date: Jun 2011 Reputation: 566 Posts: 1,421	I started getting a lot of group invites right after I linked my forum account, but not as many as you're claiming.

05-15-2012, 02:35 PM	#9
Aitkenj Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 259 Posts: 1,406	I usually get 1 or 2 every couple of days. It's pretty annoying tbh and more so when it says invited by xstacyx<3, with some random half dressed blonde taken from google in the profile pic who has 0 games and joined steam a month ago... Yeah I best join that group example.

05-15-2012, 04:04 PM	#10
lionsunleashed Join Date: Nov 2011 Reputation: 84 Posts: 716	Oh boy not good send steam a support ticket maybe i dunno but they could block all groups invites.

05-15-2012, 04:25 PM	#11
-$P0P3$- Join Date: Sep 2010 Reputation: 39 Posts: 340	48 friends and 230 groups. At the very least, I'm not getting spammed every minute by event notifications.

05-15-2012, 06:51 PM	#12
pokedex2536 Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 164 Posts: 1,942	Valve, add a option to only allow friends to send group invites. or no one

05-15-2012, 06:53 PM	#13
leilei Join Date: Sep 2011 Reputation: 421 Posts: 377	I'm not sure where these came from either. but in the end I just blocked the inviter.

05-15-2012, 07:14 PM	#14
Mr SmokesAlot Banned Join Date: Apr 2012 Reputation: 209 Posts: 1,167	Ditto. It's getting pretty ridiculous.

05-15-2012, 09:04 PM	#15
thexrager Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 18 Posts: 166	i get this like twice a week. but i just ignore them all. Its really sad they waste there time.