Syrus Edit: The problem has been fixed. No worries, unless you started re-inviting your old friend’s list (As I did.) They’ll have to re-accept your invitation.
This is just a quick message regarding the current issue with Steam and your friends list. There is currently a wide-spread issue with Steam’s friends system.
Not much is known at this time, but there was some sort of “update” for some of us earlier today. If that is related or not is yet to be seen.
More importantly at this time, it appears that, for most of you, your friends list data is still intact. It is simply not displayed. AS for the rest of us that have lost data, only time will tell.
There are already two topics about this… both very lengthy… on the Steam forums. And the techies are supposedly already on the case.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1156864
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1156854
As a point of fact, there are actually a number of locked threads on the steam forums related to this topic. Only the first one above is being kept open… so I suggest reading that one.
Personally, I will be waiting to make any changes or re-additions to my friends list until more of this matter is properly explored. In the mean time, feel free to talk about the issue and what you plan to do in this thread on our forums.
Update:
The Friends Lists started returning sometime after 3:30 pm PST. However, this is not an instantaneous process and will take some time for everyone to be restored.
And if you still don’t see your friends list, restart steam and see if that helps.
