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PWalker1
Apr 27, 2023
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Just recently, I have experienced a torrent of random friend requests. Many of them from members who just joined only days ago.

Does that mean Chess.com has been infiltrated by a scourge of bots? Could it mean that my account has been infected with malware? Or, somehow, I have become super popular for an unknown reason?

What can be done to remedy this situation?

If you visit my profile you will see that I am a longtime user, but have not had this experience to date.

Thanks for any help or suggestions!
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Martin_Stahl
Apr 27, 2023
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PWalker1 wrote:
Just recently, I have experienced a torrent of random friend requests. Many of them from members who just joined only days ago.
Does that mean Chess.com has been infiltrated by a scourge of bots? Could it mean that my account has been infected with malware? Or, somehow, I have become super popular for an unknown reason?
What can be done to remedy this situation?
If you visit my profile you will see that I am a longtime user, but have not had this experience to date.
Thanks for any help or suggestions!

You could always turn off requests in settings. I haven't seen any more than normal.

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MisterWindUpBird
Apr 27, 2023
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#3

Regarding friend requests, I've advertised for club members, and started getting new friend requests, but they pop up inappropriately like game move notifications, and I need to dismiss them. Does that cancel the friend request? Because I don't know where to find them otherwise. If it does cancel the request, it's a pretty silly system.

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Martin_Stahl
Apr 27, 2023
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MisterWindUpBird wrote:

Regarding friend requests, I've advertised for club members, and started getting new friend requests, but they pop up inappropriately like game move notifications, and I need to dismiss them. Does that cancel the friend request? Because I don't know where to find them otherwise. If it does cancel the request, it's a pretty silly system.

If you dismiss the alert and don't deny them, the should remain in the Pending state and van be found via the Social > Friends page.

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MisterWindUpBird
Apr 27, 2023
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Martin_Stahl wrote:

If you dismiss the alert and don't deny them, the should remain in the Pending state and van be found via the Social > Friends page.

Is that what 'Recommended friends' is?!? - otherwise I don't see any requests on that page.