Steam Friend List Thread

I added you the other day, OP. In case you were wondering who Sgt. Dustmop was, lol. :3

one day ppl will stop sharing their private steam username like morons

Seriously. I hate trying to explain to people that the one you log in with is not the one you use for people to find you, only to hear, "Did you type it in wrong?" :v
 
I added you the other day, OP. In case you were wondering who Sgt. Dustmop was, lol. :3



Seriously. I hate trying to explain to people that the one you log in with is not the one you use for people to find you, only to hear, "Did you type it in wrong?" :v


Which one is it then? The screen name you have at the time?


I don't really add people (everybody added me) so I've never had to do it. I would have assumed it's my log in name though to be honest.
 
Which one is it then? The screen name you have at the time?


I don't really add people (everybody added me) so I've never had to do it. I would have assumed it's my log in name though to be honest.

Your display name works to search -- unlike your login username which doesn't show up at all in the search -- but unless it's ridiculously unique, it's hard to narrow it down to find a specific person.

Typically what you want to use is the custom ID you set at the end of your profile's url. If you still have a bunch of numbers for your url, you can set your ID under Edit Profile.

As an example, mine: http://steamcommunity.com/id/SgtDustmop/

So my ID is SgtDustmop. And usually most people know well enough to put that at the end of the steamcommunity link. I usually just go to my own page and replace the end of the link with their ID because I'm lazy. :v


Although, you can search for a member's url ID as well, in the community search thing, and it'll show up as their url.

This is probably a bad example. If you use a url ID that's like a more common word/name than mine, lol, you'll get results based on people's display names as well, but it will specifically mention the one person who has that as their ID.
http://steamcommunity.com/search/?text=SgtDustmop&x=0&y=0
 
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Ahhh right!

I assumed that it would be the login username for reasons that make sense to me.

It's nice to know which one to use though, even if I probably won't ever add people myself :P
 
Ahhh right!

I assumed that it would be the login username for reasons that make sense to me.

It's nice to know which one to use though, even if I probably won't ever add people myself :P

And it usually is, so that's understandable. :3
But in Steam's case, your login username is supposed to be kept as secret as your password.

It's like an extra security measure, and I rather like that it's separated from your display name/ID. Valve really likes their security.... and yet there's still thousands of phishing bots that run amok and steal your login info with a simple screenshot link. I find that a little silly.
 
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