I have noticed that there are several accounts whose friendlists appear “hidden,” I asked them if they have any possibility to toggle it on/off anywhere in settings yet there is no option for it. This majorly affected individuals based in the United Kingdom from what I have gathered.
[I have also tried disabling all extensions, checked on mobile browser etc., this is hidden for everyone on any device]
Thank you in advance!
I looked through some stuff and this seems to be intentional? MustHideConnections feature that’s enabled for everyone in the UK
Returns “Granted” for users without friends lists
extraParameters is just encoded base64
vs a user with a friends list returns “Denied”
“Granted”:
great, yet another update to make moderating games harder. good luck finding exploiter affiliates out there, devs…
not that you should be looking for exploiter affiliates on someone’s friends list, but you can still use the api to get a list of friends https://friends.roblox.com/v1/users/userid/friends
It would be nice for this post to be acknowledged and/or explained, as now I’m wondering why I’m unable to see the friends of my friends and why I have been forced into having a hidden friend list?
I recently noticed if you block someone, the other party no longer is able to view your friendslist at all and looking up gives a “No Results Found” error. I also heard that it gets hidden for random users too
Also this bug report has been closed so it won’t be acknowledged probably
Wouldn’t that be against the point? Unless they are only trying to prevent public visibility but still give access to APIs
This is most likely the UK Online Safety Act:
Instead of just hiding x user, it hides them all as it makes it obvs what user is under 13
I asked support about this and it is indeed to do with laws + privacy requirements.
Now I am wondering if these will ever come out as settings for all users, because they gave me steps on settings that do not exist? (*Unless these settings are exclusive to users in the United Kingdom.)
The Roblox support agent might be accidentally leaking a oncoming feature… the “Friends & Contacts” tab is really empty at the moment so it would make sense if it gets added there:
https://www.roblox.com/my/account#!/privacy/FriendsAndContacts
Either way this bug might be intended according to Roblox Support and this bug report has been closed
