I think the main reason why people are mad about this change is because we can’t join servers that specifically have low populations. If the real problem here is that bots spam the APIs, then just don’t say what players are in the game?
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Or just disable the API in the first place.
I found that turning on “only followers can message me” to be an instant fix for me, and it’s not hard for a player to click a button to follow me.
Obviously a bot can be programmed to follow people but it stopped all the spam and I haven’t received anything for a year.
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You may still want to eyeball server populations to spot acquaintances and join their servers. Not displaying the current population would prevent that. I have a comprehensive list of use cases for the server list here that you can check out to see how proposed changes could affect those who use the server list.
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this is a easy solution to bunch of complaints
tons of suggestions to fix this
just share stats like player count, up-time, etc all these you can track easily in-game,
or just have a button to join random server (play button), or a low populate server
but yeah, support I guess, better to have this option than none
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