This isn’t very useful as games could use SocialService to reward players for inviting others, even if the recipient doesn’t end up playing the game. The idea behind this is to encourage through-word-of-mouth advertising.
You could of course create referral systems independently from this, but doing so makes implementing that small feature far less straightforward.
Addressing this issue would encourage more developers to implement referral features within their games.
They had this feature at one point, but encouraged players to invite random friends just so they could get a reward. Because of players showing concern for the unwanted invites from friends, Roblox removed the API.
Because of players showing concern for the unwanted invites from friends, Roblox removed the API.
How unfortunate
It is apparent that it could be abused, but for every action there’s an equal reaction. Players can be unfriended, Games can be disliked as well as dip in playercount. I don’t believe that’s enough reason to remove the feature all together.