Add a "Block User" & "View Profile" options / buttons to friend requests

Bashazzle·4/2/2015, 11:19:41 PM·40 votes·3,140 views

So there has been a lot of griping about lvl 1 / bot accounts sending friend request. A simple solution would be to add a couple of additional buttons to each friend request:

√ Accept X Decline ? View Profile Ø Mark as Spam

This way when one of those annoying requests come in, you can "View Profile" and "Mark as Spam" right from the "View Notifications" tab in the "Social Pane". Granted, this is a stop-gap measure, but it should be a good solution until something more nuclear comes along.

** Edit: Updated to include a "Mark as Spam" option instead of a "Block User" option.

8 Comments

phirestarter4/2/2015, 11:22:29 PM7 votes

And to the "Recently Played" List...

Riotbanksy4/3/2015, 11:59:30 PM4 votes

i like your recommendations. they're pretty solid. be assured, we are actively looking into both short term band aids and elegant long term solutions.

Crysi1024/2/2015, 11:57:13 PM3 votes

This is a great idea.

Rito, listen to this person.

SpellsongRisen4/6/2015, 10:50:44 PM2 votes

I Think Riot should set up a mini game system so that the user has to do something each time he adds a Friend. Like wack-a-teemo.

Rogue Revenant4/3/2015, 3:56:45 PM1 votes

This literally solves almost nothing. I don't know about you but I never get a request from the same bot more than once so block user does absolutely nothing and I'm probably not going to check for the 1 out of 100 friend requests that isn't a bot. If my friends are going to send me a request they will tell me or people do so immediately after a game we play together.

The only people this might almost help: streamers, youtubers, general interwebs personalities. Even then their streams would turn into "Watch me sort through 5 dozen friend requests."

Stole Your Buff4/7/2015, 1:52:37 PM1 votes

how about a "report user" button on the friend request? add a "spam/phishing" option. investigate lvl1 reports, ban IP address when you catch them. hows that? these are fucking annoying as shit