"Friends" on an online platform are hardly ever real friends, I see them more like companions or like-minded people.

It is also a bit weird, it seems so unreal to just add people to your friends list or send a friend request without even talking to that person, but I still do it.

In real life I have 2 best friends and they are also on my Steamlist, I really don't need more.

I still have to say that over the years on steam I have found some truly memorable people I really like, from all over the world and I enjoy talking to them from time to time or play with them.

But that is rare, friendship is rare, and only as I grew older I started to realize how valuable true friends are and how hard it is to maintain a friendship.

So many friends I had I lost because I didn't care enough or vice versa, that's just the way it is.

I stumbled on your profile from your comment on my Helldivers 2 review and I just felt like it.

Greetings from austria

Funnily enough - in the interim - I got temp. banned from the Helldivers II community for joining in on a dogpile. I admit, in hindsight, that wasn't very "democratic" of me. X_X

I wouldn't be surprised if the report came from the guy I was so worked up over at the time, but that's not my concern. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥ around and found out.

Sometimes, you just gotta take a thump to the back to the head to remember not to punch down - but, rather, move on and be the better person.

Hey I saw your comment on my Helldivers 2 review. Thanks for commenting. Hope you're having a good time since most server issues and major bugs are fixed now. Some remain but it is what it is. Have a good one.

I don't blame you, those bot accounts/scammers are honestly gross. I get a LOT of em since I used to trade on counter strike, they check Steam APIs and all the nooks and crannies trying to find people to mess with.

Honestly disgusting how these people spend more time trying to make a dishonest living stealing or misleading others than they do doing something actually useful. :/

As of now - 2.25.2024: I've updated my profile bio to appropriately warn anyone (and everyone) that I will not accept ANY friend requests from strangers.

Never have, never will. I'm comfortable wanting to make new friends - but "new friends" don't just pop outta nowhere, and I know better than that.

I'm sorry if I come across as confrontational to anyone reading this, but I at least hope you understand where my frustration is coming from. I hope you've not had to deal with "fake friends" like I have had to prior...

Like... I feel like the only people I can trust rn are the people that know how to speak to me like as if they were simply passing by expecting nothing in return!

I'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tired of strangers expecting me to be their friends "just like that" and I don't give a ♥♥♥♥ about your "+REP" that means ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to me!

It contributes NOTHING except to make me further mistrust any feeling of being able to trust people I've yet to know - and I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate it.

You know who you are - ♥♥♥♥ YOU.