To give an example, I don't want someone who is level 10 and VAC banned to send me a friend request, I want Valve to provide us with the settings for this.

I've been struggling with bot accounts for 3 months. Steam can't help me with this, but if such a setting comes, I think it will be an improvement that will make account management more inclusive.

There should be options such as making friends through mutual friends based on level, ban status, activity, and even an option to turn off friend requests. That's all I can think of for now, but you get what I mean.