I don't know if this is the same issue, but whenever my sim leaves her house, even if she isn't travelling to a different lot, random sims walk up to her and start talking to her. Even if I try to cancel the interaction it still happens! I click on the icon to cancel it, the X mark sits on it until the random sim gets to her, then the X mark is gone and it hasn't even canceled the interaction, so the random sim starts talking to her! It doesn't cancel until I try to cancel it again AFTER they start talking. It's so infuriating that I want to cull the random sim!
I have the same issue as Violet_Royale. Pretty sure it started after installing Nifty Knitting so might be related to original issue.
Just tested a new save without mods and it keeps happening on certain lots. I was able to reproduce this by traveling to Rattlesnake Juice.
Don Lothario's face and conversation appeared the second he arrived. I tried to cancel the chat with no luck. He had to come over and after he started talking I was able to cancel it.
I have made my peace with the fact that sims are too social by design, but I should be able to cancel the chat.
If you're not against mods you may want to try 'Just Go Away!' from teleport any sim (it works but another social butterfly will spawn in minutes).
I'm still testing Zero selective auto chat but it has been working like a dream so far.
