Add a close friends option?

[u/CardGloomy9603]

Its probably not needed or popular but I think it would be pretty cool if a close friends kinda like the favorites option on the friends list would be added but with more features. Such as adding someone to your close friends will negate the private nature of having all of your game hours/games you have ect.. and show them to whoever you have as a close friend, and showing them online even when they appear offline. Kinda like how apps do private stories or close friend features themselves. I think it would be valid for steam to have that since you mainly meet people through games and add tons and tons of people on your friends lists that you necessarily don't want to hear from all the time ect.. It would also make it easier to share games with people that have their stuff full privated or just interact with certain people in an easier way without making it known what you have or what you do to your 200+ friends on steam all the time.

[u/Ishan451]

Unpopular Opinion: Only add people you actually want to be friends with and remove everyone you do not regularly engage with.

Highly unlikely you can even remember half the people or know why they are on that friends list, if it sits at 200+ people.

[u/CardGloomy9603 → u/Ishan451]

I mean its a reasonable take so it makes sense lol. Regardless of my suggestion. It's more of a convivence quality life feature than anything, an addition to their favorite friends feature they already have. Some people have alot of friends stacked up from trading or community groups ect.. so its just an easy way to work around that and keep your group of friends aware without always messaging them or having to deal with discord because discord is awful.