Everything settled. This thread is now used to communicate with TomB of Valve in what features/changes there should be to mod author tools/powers in the Steam/Skyrim Workshop.

Everything below is kept for posterity.

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URGENT! Valve, you have TON of explaining to do.

You let mod authors PERMANENTLY BAN USERS: http://oi50.tinypic.com/2dvqxvs.jpg

This has gone from the point of a mod thief to obviously, Steam just being incompetent. WTF is going on here?

Due to her ability to exploit Steam in order to permanently ban users at whim, I have now posted several posts in various subreddits on reddit to bring more attention to this huge flaw/exploit in Steam's system:

The same posts containing all images and details is x-posted to the following subreddits:

r/games - http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1a0qun/flawexploit_in_steams_workshop_discussionforums/

r/steam - http://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1a0qw1/flawexploit_in_steam_discussion_thread_system_mod/

r/skyrim - http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/1a0qww/flawexploit_in_steam_discussion_forum_system_mod/

r/gaming - http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1a0qy2/flawexploit_in_steam_discussion_system_mod_thief/

Hopefully one of these will be upvoted to maximum visibility. I want Valve to explain this and fix this exploit ASAP.


SupernaturalKath has stolen jonwd7's Footprints mod off the Nexus (original: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22745) and when he posted a Discussion on her mod page, she CHANGED HIS POST TO AGREE WITH HER: {LINK REMOVED}http://snag.gy/DxGax.jpg

"Edited by SupernaturalKath"

The real jonwd7 is on the Bethsoft forums right now (http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1349500-mod-stealing-and-recopying/page__st__120). On his page when people told him about it: "Yes, she apparently has the power to BAN me from Discussions on "her" mods. She also has the power to EDIT my original post, with a modified title/content."

WTF kind of Workshop policy is this? When I pointed this out on her mod page, now I'm banned for showing the Edited by-line!

Her Steam page for the stolen mod: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=131360601

Edit: She noticed her error and removed the Discussion post entirely. Thankfully, the internet remembers: {LINK REMOVED}http://snag.gy/DxGax.jpg

Edit2: She has the power to ban the real mod author from the entire Skyrim Workshop Discussion page : http://i.imgur.com/ZqYTDok.png

This isn't a forum, this is a disaster waiting to happen. Steam has given BANNING POWERS to any and all mod authors; mod thieves can remove and BAN dissenters. Do I even need to point out the abuse of power going on here?

Edit3: Knowing she's going down in flames, she tried to make a new 'discussion' here to promote her stolen mods. I believe that she was trying to bait people into posting there so that she can use the exploit to perma-ban them like the real mod author and several other people.