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I think they need to fix the problem. If someone requests a life from you they are playing the game so I dont buy them saying that maybe your friends arent playing anymore. They need to fix it to where if a life is requested one is also sent to the person you requested one from otherwise the contests are not fair. Should be a simple fix, but my guess is that it is all about the money. If you no longer get lives from friends, you have to buy them or not play. How stupid do they thinks we are? I used to get many lives because I have many friends. Now, I get maybe four a day when I send out ten times that to friends who request them so I know they are playing. I guess I'll go to a game that has sponsors and commercials so they want to keep you playing instead of limiting your play because you dont have $$ to send them.
my kind advice for you is to check things before getting all worked up. You said, and I quote "when I send out ten times that to friends who request them so I know they are playing". You expect for King to fix the problem but I believe that you and people who do the same as you are creating the problem here. You are only sending lives to people who request them, probably because it's easier and effortless. However, as many pointed out in other discussions too, now that King made some changes, you have to use the "Friends" menu. To find it, follow this sequence: Map, tap the profile picture, tap Friends, choose the friend, tap both send and request life, rinse and repeat.
If a friend sends me lives then it shows they are still playing. In this case I will always return the compliment. Now I find that a few friends are continually begging lives, but never send any in return. The same feature has both functions of request AND send. I delete these friends after two unreciprocated requests.