Come on people this is eye candy for the masses. RMT have never been reliant on friends request as an integral part of their strategy. It was always just an assist employed by a few. Their main weapon, /tell spams, continues on unchecked and ignored by SE. Until SE addresses this in a meaningful way the problem will persist at its current levels. Considering SE's Laissez-faire approach to the problem in the past I do not expect any substantive action in the future.