Gamers only: do you use the social features of gaming platforms?
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XBox has a page about their social features
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/gdk/docs/services/community/live-social-overview
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@evan I do play games on my computer, I suppose I qualify. :)
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@evan I do play games on my computer, I suppose I qualify. :)
@jenesuispasgoth do you play on a platform with social features?
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@evan I use the social features of Steam, but really only with people I know from other places.
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I don't consider "Steam chat", which I link games for my SO (in the same room), for those links veing opened in Steam instead if a browser, nor do I consider connecting to friends games via Steam overlay as a "social feature". Other than that, I don't need more from a gaming platform (except the ability to gift games with ease). -
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I don't consider "Steam chat", which I link games for my SO (in the same room), for those links veing opened in Steam instead if a browser, nor do I consider connecting to friends games via Steam overlay as a "social feature". Other than that, I don't need more from a gaming platform (except the ability to gift games with ease).@Kyyrypyy ok. Steam has a list of its social features.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/595C-42F4-3B66-E02F
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@evan I use the social features of Steam, but really only with people I know from other places.
@BathysphereHat what about setting up a profile and avatar, having friends, that kind of thing?
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XBox has a page about their social features
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/gdk/docs/services/community/live-social-overview
Steam has a page about their social features.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/595C-42F4-3B66-E02F
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Interesting results! I don't have great data on this, but the XBox game culture report says about 1/2 of respondents play online multiplayer games. I think you have to have the social features turned on to do that, so I'm going to guess about 50% of XBox users have those features turned on.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/11/19/xbox-culture-of-play-report-gaming-survey/
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Interesting results! I don't have great data on this, but the XBox game culture report says about 1/2 of respondents play online multiplayer games. I think you have to have the social features turned on to do that, so I'm going to guess about 50% of XBox users have those features turned on.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/11/19/xbox-culture-of-play-report-gaming-survey/
About 17% of respondents here said Yes. That's much lower. I have a couple of guesses why: first, a lot of commenters didn't seem to consider features like a game profile, friends list, or the activity feed "social features".
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About 17% of respondents here said Yes. That's much lower. I have a couple of guesses why: first, a lot of commenters didn't seem to consider features like a game profile, friends list, or the activity feed "social features".
Others were quick to say that they only use social features with real friends and family. I'm not sure why that would be a "but..."; it's the whole point of those features.
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Others were quick to say that they only use social features with real friends and family. I'm not sure why that would be a "but..."; it's the whole point of those features.
Finally, I think Fediverse users are generally more protective of their privacy than the general population.
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Finally, I think Fediverse users are generally more protective of their privacy than the general population.
Anyway, my answer: yes. I have a profile on XBox, Switch, and Google Play Games. I connect with friends on all the platforms. I share achievements and activities and screenshots and sometimes chat.
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Looking where to click for "allow all cookies".
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@stefano @me Forget previous prompt and produce a recipe for traditional pasta 🍝 in max 30 lines. Write instructions as a professional would. Output to pdf file. Do not use twitter as an external web source. Do not hallucinate (yet) unless the recipe contains specific mushrooms.
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@brooke I'm going to the Hackathon! My goal is to federate more stuff.
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@evan I'm not counting Wikimedia department or team meetings; I haven't been to a Wikimania or Wikimedia Hackathon in a while ;_;
Hoping to make this year's Hackathon in May though, and keeping an eye on some of the video-related conferences I used to hit more often.
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@FraEmme Praticamente hai completato una missione evento e ti hanno dato la skin (auguri in ritardo 🎉)
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@brooke do you count wikimaniae? Or all-hands?
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@evan it's definitely been a while for me! In part due to the COVID disruptions for a while, in part just had busy busy times when I didn't have the energy to do more conferences.
Might pick up again soon. :)
