Improving The FFXIV experience

[LynMars]

The Friends list needs a definite overhaul. That people can have a falling out, or realize a person they friended is harmful, but removing them from Friends does nothing; you're still on that other person's Friend list! They can still see and track you through it! That is a serious harassment and safety concern.

Being able to toggle what information is shown on the Lodestone, so far as public views of Housing, GC, etc, would also be nice. it's great for me to find things about myself when I can't log in; I may not want others to find me so easily, or track my movements in game with ill intent.

I know Yoshida has said before they want people to be social in the MMO, but one of the best ways to facilitate good socialization is to give players blocking and privacy tools to keep themselves safe. Most other games, platforms, and sites know this and implement those features for that reason.

[Greenage_Hudson]

The Friends list needs a definite overhaul. That people can have a falling out, or realize a person they friended is harmful, but removing them from Friends does nothing; you're still on that other person's Friend list! They can still see and track you through it! That is a serious harassment and safety concern.

^this
Legit the friend list/social system really needs an update nowadays as bad actors could, and have, exploited it. If I blacklist someone in this game, I feel it should do more than just disable their method of sending tells to me or join my own party finder groups as lead.
Hope the dev team honestly considers looking by this thread and think of some ideas to really rework around blacklisting players. All for the sake of keeping players safe and not deal with anyone who's full of ill intent especially.