RMT friend requests are a major pain because they require you to take action (you can't passively ignore them). Hopefully this change will help.

Frankly though, RMT /tells are far more annoying IMO. I wish SE would add a feature to filter /tells. I'd like to see some filtering choices like:
  • Turn tells off except for:
    • Allow tells from Friends
    • Allow tells from FC members
    • Allow tells from LS "X"
    • Allow tells from character level "X" or above