how can i report someone for harassment?

MadBone12 Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:04pm

If a Steam account is harassing you, report it via their profile - include details, then block them.

Last edited by MadBone12; Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:06pm

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Three English Letters شازام Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:04pm

Go to their profile, click the button in the top right that says "more" then select the second option, and provide details.

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♣♠♦♥ Apple On a Tree ♪♫♬ Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:07pm

what would happen to them if i report would it do something? i'm paying paying customer.
I play to have fun and these guys are harassing me.

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Three English Letters شازام Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:09pm

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
what would happen to them if i report would it do something? i'm paying paying customer.
I play to have fun and these guys are harassing me.

Of course your report does something.
If you report their profile, it will be reviewed by Valve's moderation staff.

Start out by just blocking their profiles.

And when you report them, just make sure you provide as much information as possible.

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Wolf Knight Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:10pm

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
what would happen to them if i report would it do something? i'm paying paying customer.
I play to have fun and these guys are harassing me.

report, block, move on. reports work, but for steam (or any company) to action someone for harassment, they have to have proof of it, not just your word. so there needs to be a clear history of you blocking and not responding to them and them trying to bypass the block and contact you.

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ShelLuser Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:32pm

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
what would happen to them if i report would it do something? i'm paying paying customer.
I play to have fun and these guys are harassing me.

Harassing you where and how exactly? Don't need to answer that but if you have issues with other players in whatever game you play then, yah, reporting them on Steam won't do you much good; maybe even the contrary. You should report that in whatever game you play (if applicable of course).

Also keep in mind that "bothering you" isn't necessarily an offense: easily avoided by blocking (as others have mentioned above me).

Maybe food for thought?

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Mad Scientist Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:33pm

Get thicker skin and move on like most users or learn to block people.

Also just because you claim it, doesn't make it so.

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Spawn of Totoro Jul 16, 2020 @ 4:49pm

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
what would happen to them if i report would it do something? i'm paying paying customer.
I play to have fun and these guys are harassing me.

The report gets investigated by Support.

Doesn't matter if you are a paying customer or not, they treat all users equally.

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♣♠♦♥ Apple On a Tree ♪♫♬ Jul 17, 2020 @ 8:02am

I have proof it’s saved in game history and you can rewatch the game play. So what happen if they keep on harassing me and other player in the future? And you know these guys are low life scum with no jobs no future they just go on here to hurt other people and ruin everyone game. Would you guys take action and try to make our environment better?

Last edited by ♣♠♦♥ Apple On a Tree ♪♫♬; Jul 17, 2020 @ 8:03am

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♣♠♦♥ Apple On a Tree ♪♫♬ Jul 17, 2020 @ 8:31am

yeah in game I just hope my report do something or give them a warning cause I have niece and nephew that play this on steam and other system on xbox they get ban. I was hoping the same on here you would understand if you have kids. I worry about their safety then anything eles my friend =).

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nullable Jul 17, 2020 @ 9:12am

Valve doesn't do public executions if that's what you're asking. They're not going to inform you of their actions towards the other party. So if that's the satisfaction you require you're probably going to be disappointed. And we all understand the need the primal desire for retribution and consequences. But I would also say it's pretty easy to avoid problems by blocking, muting and reporting jagoffs as they're encountered.

And it's going to be your responsibility to teach your kids that as opposed to teaching them that they can demand punishment of other people whenever they feel wronged. Most of the time anti-social types need an audience, if you don't give them that they're powerless.

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Mad Scientist Jul 17, 2020 @ 9:20am

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
I have proof it’s saved in game history and you can rewatch the game play. So what happen if they keep on harassing me and other player in the future? And you know these guys are low life scum with no jobs no future they just go on here to hurt other people and ruin everyone game. Would you guys take action and try to make our environment better?

Uh-huh, and re-watch it on what? Because watching someones entire twitch for probably a minute of trash talk in a game isn't worth bothering with at all. Nor are you saying exactly what's happening, you're just going with an overly vague claim of "harassment" as if it makes this so.

If you can't take trash talk from people in games, especially FPS, stick to singleplayer games. This kind of behavior will be everywhere especially in competitive games, I'm going with the educated guess that it's just trash talking.

Then there's the matter that since you don't like them, you start trash talking them claiming they are "low life scum with no jobs no future", this is yet another claim with no evidence whatsoever, plus is a generalization people use against those they disagree with or hate. At this point, you're no better than whatever infraction they may or may not have done, since you immediately get toxic over this matter to say such about them.

I honestly wouldn't mind seeing games more brutal to people that don't just ignore the chat, the games where devs/server admins kick you for complaining about it because you can't take it after being toxic yourself, which I'm also making an educated guess based upon your attacks of them, that you tend to provoke players then claim you're being harassed when it comes back to you.

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
yeah in game I just hope my report do something or give them a warning cause I have niece and nephew that play this on steam and other system on xbox they get ban. I was hoping the same on here you would understand if you have kids. I worry about their safety then anything eles my friend =).

They're video games, what exactly is unsafe? Don't use kids to excuse what you're participating in, and don't buy games rated T for Teen and M for Mature if you or the kids can't handle material for that age range.

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Crashed Jul 17, 2020 @ 9:30am

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
I wanna talk to someone that work here

Report the profile, and hope Valve does something about it. Valve does keep chat logs.

Originally posted by Orion - RUSTy Shopkeeper:
Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
yeah in game I just hope my report do something or give them a warning cause I have niece and nephew that play this on steam and other system on xbox they get ban. I was hoping the same on here you would understand if you have kids. I worry about their safety then anything eles my friend =).
They're video games, what exactly is unsafe? Don't use kids to excuse what you're participating in, and don't buy games rated T for Teen and M for Mature if you or the kids can't handle material for that age range.

The games themselves are safe, it's the online features where the danger lurks.

Last edited by Crashed; Jul 17, 2020 @ 9:30am

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Spawn of Totoro Jul 17, 2020 @ 9:35am

Originally posted by My dinosaurs is trying 2Kill Me!:
yeah in game I just hope my report do something or give them a warning cause I have niece and nephew that play this on steam and other system on xbox they get ban. I was hoping the same on here you would understand if you have kids. I worry about their safety then anything eles my friend =).

I have a kid. I don't let him play those kinds of games for those reasons. If we do allow it, we have to be there and playing with him.

It also depends on what one considered harassment. I've seen many accusations where people claim harassment, yet it is not. One example, I replied to a user, countering their argument, so they reported my post for harassment instead of replying and having an honest discussion.

I've seen people report someone new to the game for disruptive game play.

There are many things that are open to interpretation in a report.

Remember too, it is a free to play game, so they may not care as they could have multiple accounts and just use some of them for such activity. This is why it is better to teach the children, rather then to expect them to be protected by others.

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JacquesPatat Jul 17, 2020 @ 9:40am

like everybody is suggesting, best to report the user, block the user and move on. i know its easy to say it and i understand you have kids, but other then what we all suggest, what more do you want us to suggest. and also there is no one here on the forums what "work here" we all are gamers here just like you.

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