DARKB1KE Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) It's getting a bit ridiculous trying to organize sessions when people have privacy settings turned up so high you can't even add them as friends or send them messages or add them to a boost chat.... I'm getting close to the point that they can just get banned or kicked from session, I mean what's the point of joining a gaming session if nobody can reach you? COMMUNICATION is huge in boosting, that's the whole point of all of this is being able to communicate to your other boosters and get them all together and establish a plan. A leader needs to take control and the only way they can do that is communication, be it chat or voice. So if you are blocked off from the world, how is that helping you or anybody? FYI I'm hosting 3 different sessions right now and in every one of them, 1 person in each of those is max-privacy.... Anybody else run into this issue? How do you manage it? Do you just ignore the people you can't reach? Edited March 21, 2018 by DARKB1KE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hore Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 apparently receiving "hi" from random strangers is traumatic enough to warrant such isolation ? i just act like those ppl dont exist (they essentially don't) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skadoki Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Haven't had this kind of problem with boosting sessions but it can be frustrating. I remember how I was trying to add random players to a group when I was playing Smite during "double XP weekend for 2+ players" and couldn't reach out to anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamagingRob Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 14 minutes ago, Thropy_Hore said: apparently receiving "hi" from random strangers is traumatic enough to warrant such isolation ? i just act like those ppl dont exist (they essentially don't) I'd wager it's more along the lines of trying to block those webcam bot messages. Had my own messages set like this for awhile due to those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hore Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Jaco said: I'd wager it's more along the lines of trying to block those webcam bot messages. Had my own messages set like this for awhile due to those. yeah but i was under the impression those bots only said "hi" unless they're entertained with a reply. never heard of any other sort of unsolicited spam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKB1KE Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 I got a Hi message but i simply deleted it and moved on with my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamagingRob Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Thropy_Hore said: yeah but i was under the impression those bots only said "hi" unless they're entertained with a reply. never heard of any other sort of unsolicited spam That does seem to be true.. You can usually tell when it's one because of that. Plus, the no avatars/trophies earned. Which is why mine are back to normal. That, and they're not nearly as frequent as they once were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han_the_Dragon Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Wrong thread... Edited March 22, 2018 by Han_the_Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Or people who say add them as friends etc. say your from here blah blah in the friends add ps4 threads but their fking privacy is set to the maxed. Gtfo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalynch Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I could be remembering wrong, but didn't Playstation recently (Probably end of 2017~) change the privacy settings, making the user change it back if they wanted to receive messages from players not on their friends list? Can't find anything online, but I'm pretty sure that happened. Some users probably haven't been bothered, or know to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asvinia Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 It's the responsibility of the individual to change their privacy settings if they're expecting to boost, either send them a message on here or ignore them. Some people don't like being called a ♥ or being told that their family is going to be raped and murdered every five minutes from people that lost games. /shrug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKB1KE Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 21 minutes ago, Asvinia said: It's the responsibility of the individual to change their privacy settings if they're expecting to boost, either send them a message on here or ignore them. Some people don't like being called a or being told that their family is going to be raped and murdered every five minutes from people that lost games. /shrug OH man, those messages are the best, I love sharing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeejBruce Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 What bothers me is people adding me and not saying why, Like if you're from a boosting session please say so. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skateak Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, DJbruce92 said: What bothers me is people adding me and not saying why, Like if you're from a boosting session please say so. That makes me mad too. I have it in my "About me" too that I will deny blank friend requests but I still get them all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izularia Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) I can't speak for anybody else, but there was a time I received 10+ random friend requests and messages a day, without any context or a reason for adding me, especially when I was playing Call of Duty regularly. I was so annoyed by it that I changed my privacy settings. I still play a few rounds of Black Ops 3 now and then, so everything's strict. However, whenever I intend to join a boosting session I open everything up to ensure that people are able to add me. Edited March 23, 2018 by Izul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Joker88 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Well i had this problem a few times too... couldn't message people either on psn or psnp who wanted to join a boosting session i had planned... only solution i ignored them... no other way when i can't message them and they didn't message me either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecharobot Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I had to set my privacy level a bit higher, since I suddenly started getting messages from hot russian brunettes who must have been impressed by my plats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zondares Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Are you sure every one of them have their privacy settings maxed? Over the last few days I haven’t even been able to search for profiles in the friend or message search that I know for a fact are open. They don’t show up at all, either spelling by PSN Name or their Real Name, on PS4 or the official PS and PS Messenger apps. Instead I sometimes get a random person pop up with similar spelling for a few letters then it’s zero. Even on profiles here from the add friend threads, not to mention profiles already on my home console or even friends list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndresLionheart Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I bet a lot of people don't even realize what they have set in their privacy settings. Personally I usually set everything to friends only, and that explains why I wasn't seeing other people's messages in the boosting chat I'm in, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jka121 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I saw guy who got a session up right now who said to message him or something to confirm they were serious. The problem he had a bunch of people ask and didn’t let a single one join Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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