Well, talkin to the developer would be great! And no, setting my profile to friends only or private is not an option for me (and also for many others, im pretty sure) What makes me wonder is, why can we choose what to recieve but not what to send. Besides that, i think valve could have told the users _before_ the update to switch the profile to private if you dont want to send out all that information.
The update news for the steam client only say: /"Steam client update released <http://store.steampowered.com/news/1877/> October 9, 2008, 10:43 am - Jason Ruymen - Steam Client Update A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include: *Steam Client* Added support for upcoming third-party game "/ so...is Blotter essential for a third party game? I guess not :) While googlin' for blotter i came across this message: / "You may find your steam client losing connection for a while. It would appear Valve are adding additional Community features. So far the list includes:/ * /Redesigned Steam Community pages / * /Official groups / * /Blotter / * /User groups on separate page / * /Improved search / * /Events time is showed in your timezone / * /Profile status is changeable from home page / * /Games on profile page are counted/ /"/ Ive never seen that poping up @my own steam client. Imho it would be nice to inform users _before_ making significant changes / additions or let em deactivate the newly added "features". Greetz, Max. (Sorry in advance if im ranting a littl bit :D) Burton Johnsey schrieb: > If you do not want this information to be public then you will need to > set your profile to 'friends only' or private. > > I will talk to the developer behind this feature later today to see > about the possibility of more fine grain "privacy" settings. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 10, 2008, at 7:49 AM, Maxi Hark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Steam Mods responded at the forums with things like "All that >> information could be collected before aswell, we see no point in your >> argumentation" >> >> Its almost true, you could monitor a persons friendslist, you could >> monitor a persons games >> etc etc >> >> BUT imo it hasnt been served on a silver platter before, Timestamped. >> >> All posts regarding the blotter and if u can deactivate it got either >> merged, closed or deleted at the steam forums. >> >> I really want to deactivate it and stop it putting my events on all my >> friends pages. >> >> >> greetz, max. >> >> Thomas Morton schrieb: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> I'd have thought under privacy laws they have to put this feature in >>> asap.. I never considered it like that before. >>> >>> Certainly here in the UK they could be in serious trouble if it gets >>> noticed... >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> Saint K. wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'll just drop this here as apparently the posts get removed from >>>> steampowered forums for no apparent reason. >>>> >>>> First off, don't get me wrong, I support the idea of improving the >>>> steam >>>> community features and would love to see it extended to be more of >>>> a use to >>>> players and server operators. >>>> >>>> One thing I question thought is why can I turn off the stuff so I >>>> disable >>>> seeing all my friends getting achievements, adding friends, >>>> getting games >>>> and what not. But can't I disable this for OUTgoing? I don't want >>>> my profile >>>> to be private, but I neither want all of people in my friendslist to >>>> constantly see who I add, what games I bought etc etc. >>>> >>>> Would it be an idea to add an option to block outgoing >>>> notifications on this >>>> as well? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) >>> >>> iEYEARECAAYFAkjvZo0ACgkQsi62HHajbndThgCgtyJNvwAUDYKgKBCZA3clKlTV >>> ry0AoNT0o4YkSYG82GivVnhZlXyfvMP5 >>> =Xe0L >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
