T1-M4T 6 AGO 2023 a las 17:38
A user can prevent you from commenting on their public review by blocking you?
So, there was a pretty well detailed review I saw that allowed comments. It was in the "most helpful" section so a lot of people can see it. They seemed pretty reasonable, but I disagreed with a small portion of their review, and made a comment about it. I assumed that because they allowed comments, they were open for discussion.

They then responded with a counterpoint, called me an idiot and a failure and then blocked me. Now, I have no intention of engaging with this individual and responding to the harassment, I just want to respond to their counterargument for other people to see and leave it at that, I don't care at all that they can't see my messages anymore or anything. I just wanted to bring up something for others reading that I thought was a reasonable point. But it seems the system allows for them to "own" you and then prevent you from responding. That seems really lame and basically pretty exploitative if you can just allow comments on your reviews, then someone replies and then you reply & block somebody before they get a chance to reply, ensuring you always have the last word on a public review. It also stops the blocked person from replying to anyone else that replied to them in that same discussion.

I was doing some testing and they didn't just disable comments, because that hides ALL comments, including the ones you yourself make. So them blocking me is the only possible explanation I have for the reason why I no longer have the option to reply.
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Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Publicado originalmente por American Dove Mitten:
I had conversations when same user would spam me for several days, even after I proven him wrong objectively.

I am not saying you did anything wrong, I am just telling you that block feature has a function.

People were also against the removal of public downvote, but from personal experience when people didn't like me they would downvote 300 reviews just to make a point

Can I pretty please just ask you a yes or no question, and promise me to think about it and answer honestly.

Imagine this hypothetical scenario:

Steam has decided that since this is MY post and therefore MY content, I can block you after making this post and you wouldn't be able to comment in this thread further. You can't reply to the question I'm asking you here. You can't reply anyone who replies to you here. It's simply impossible now. You can only watch the thread as people continue to post, because I, and only I, decided to block you and I'm the OP.

End of scenario.

As for the question I want you to answer, does this seem fair to you?


This is the reason why we have public forum, developer controlled hubs, and user owned content.

Valve controls public forums, developers moderate their own hubs, and users moderate their content.

If you engage in a conversation in the space that does not belong to you, you are not entitled to any rights.
Última edición por American Dove Mitten; 6 AGO 2023 a las 19:31
T1-M4T 6 AGO 2023 a las 19:37 
Publicado originalmente por Metal Izanagi:
Reviews are not discussion boards, man. They're not a place to debate someone.

I guess this is where we agree to disagree then. If you don't want a discussion, you don't turn on comments in the first place. If you tire of the discussion, you can turn the comments off. If I tire of this discussion, I can delete the OP and nobody in the future will know of its existence. You effectively turn your review into a form of forum post if you turn comments on, I don't know how else to see it. I keep bringing up the ridiculousness of me being able to block and thus, silence anyone, if we were instead having this discussion on a review, but nobody seems to be acknowledging that.
Mad Scientist 6 AGO 2023 a las 19:50 
Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Publicado originalmente por Metal Izanagi:
Reviews are not discussion boards, man. They're not a place to debate someone.

I guess this is where we agree to disagree then. If you don't want a discussion, you don't turn on comments in the first place.
Reviews are most definitely not a place primarily meant for discussions. That is what the Steam Discussion Forum is for.
They can leave it open or closed, or change their mind. Or block someone from being able to comment; thus others can still comment on it giving a by-default trust of other individuals going in with good faith. Others, might just want "yes men".

Some advice;
If someone blocks you, let it go. It's healthy to just walk away, not make a thread about it, not make it a community topic, not focus on it for so long. Move on, it's much healthier than to obsess about it.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
If you tire of the discussion, you can turn the comments off.
What they did simply means everyone else can have a chance especially if it doesn't bother the individual that made it. They don't have to do anything if someone has an issue with the action they made.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
If I tire of this discussion, I can delete the OP and nobody in the future will know of its existence.
You can't delete this thread though, you can however - unsubscribe if you get tired of it.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
You effectively turn your review into a form of forum post if you turn comments on, I don't know how else to see it.
It's just a review, not a discussion forum. Let it go.
KalGimpa 6 AGO 2023 a las 19:58 
Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Publicado originalmente por KalCuey:


it also means they get to change their mind

again


I've mentioned this in the thread as well, but I would have preferred that they just disable comments instead, .....


without being too blunt

who cares?
SLG 6 AGO 2023 a las 19:59 
Reviews are reviews, not discussions. If you want to debate someone about a certain game then go to the game hub for that certain game.
T1-M4T 6 AGO 2023 a las 20:42 
Publicado originalmente por American Dove Mitten:
If you engage in a conversation in the space that does not belong to you, you are not entitled to any rights.

Correct, except, Valve owns everything you decide to contribute. I just think it's a bit silly for Valve to say that users can turn their reviews into what is EFFECTIVELY a forum discussion (by enabling comments), but because its YOUR review (and not YOUR forum post) you can just do whatever. Let's imagine for a second that, for every review left on the store page a "discussion" thread of that review was created in the forums. I mean, there's nothing against the rules that says I can't just copy and paste their review, then discuss it on the forums, but that would just be petty and silly, in part because the person who made that review will probably never see that post. Hence, this is WHAT I PRESUMED THE REVIEWER IS TURNING ON COMMENTS FOR.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

Reviews are most definitely not a place primarily meant for discussions. That is what the Steam Discussion Forum is for.

See what I wrote above. I guess I'll just copy and paste their review and discuss it in the forums instead with randos and not the person that made the review.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:
They can leave it open or closed, or change their mind. Or block someone from being able to comment; thus others can still comment on it giving a by-default trust of other individuals going in with good faith. Others, might just want "yes men".

Time to start quoting you piece by piece and taking things out of context now. For your quote here, why is this not applicable to any post I make in here? Why am I not allowed to change my mind anymore? You're right, I can't delete the OP anymore because it's reached a certain amount of replies. To make things perfectly clear, I think its totally reasonable that Steam does this in the forums, i'm just wondering why it's ok to silence specific individuals in review comments? What makes a public review with enabled comments so different?

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

If someone blocks you, let it go. It's healthy to just walk away, not make a thread about it, not make it a community topic, not focus on it for so long. Move on, it's much healthier than to obsess about it.

But what if I live for discussions like these? I'm having a pretty good time, all things considered. Can't I just turn around and say don't worry about what little ol me has to say and unsubscribe to this thread if it bothers you? I enjoy conversing with you guys, no need to worry about me!

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

What they did simply means everyone else can have a chance especially if it doesn't bother the individual that made it. They don't have to do anything if someone has an issue with the action they made.

A wonderful argument you can make for the forums as well, so you don't have the same two people arguing back and forth ad nauseam, wouldn't you agree?

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:
You can't delete this thread though, you can however - unsubscribe if you get tired of it.

You're right, I forgot you can only do that only if there are under 5 posts or whatever it was.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:
It's just a review, not a discussion forum. Let it go.

I mean, I've already let the review go, it's not my game. I'm just saying Steam's policies are a bit silly in this matter, me thinks. I appreciate the advice but I'll be fine, promise!


Publicado originalmente por KalCuey:
without being too blunt

who cares?

I do. Sorry?

Publicado originalmente por SLGray:
Reviews are reviews, not discussions. If you want to debate someone about a certain game then go to the game hub for that certain game.

I've already addressed the ridiculousness of this earlier in this comment. What do you want me to do. If they allow comments, be all "Meet me at the forums, bub. We'll duke it out there." Lol.
Última edición por T1-M4T; 6 AGO 2023 a las 20:49
[F2P]N0ob 6 AGO 2023 a las 21:12 
Feels like OP really needs/like to have the last word in a discussion...

I truly don't understand why is so hard to move on
Mad Scientist 6 AGO 2023 a las 21:16 
Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Time to start quoting you piece by piece and taking things out of context now.
Cutting things up into pieces is generally done to take on specific points, in context of the entire read post. Other reasons for cutting up is to save space or to remove redundant or previously discussed things. Regulars tend to do so in good faith.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
For your quote here, why is this not applicable to any post I make in here? Why am I not allowed to change my mind anymore? You're right, I can't delete the OP anymore because it's reached a certain amount of replies.
The forum allows a potential easily answered question to be removed with the low reply count, anything else is a public discussion and doesn't belong to the OP. Reviews however, are solely in control of the review creator unless it violates rules, in which valve can remove it.
Reviews may face the public, but it's to give a review about a product specifically.
The forum is exactly that; a forum.
Differences between the two are clear, much like how Profiles also have options in regard to what another user cannot see or otherwise cannot use on an individuals profile especially if not friends.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
To make things perfectly clear, I think its totally reasonable that Steam does this in the forums, i'm just wondering why it's ok to silence specific individuals in review comments?
You're not being silenced. You're free to discuss the game in the games hub where discussions about a game belong.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Can't I just turn around and say don't worry about what little ol me has to say and unsubscribe to this thread if it bothers you?
People generally don't subscribe to threads, when you make one you're signed up for replies. So, that's not really an issue as people come & go in the areas they frequent or know what threads they are involved with, without the need for a subscription to them.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
A wonderful argument you can make for the forums as well, so you don't have the same two people arguing back and forth ad nauseam, wouldn't you agree?
Typically threads get locked by moderation when they end up with primarily 2 people having a non productive or off-topic argument.

It's preferred that the options can be either or change at-will, I have seen what happens when a user gives a valid bad review and the developer sends their discord followers to harass them, although people can have their accounts locked or receive community bans for doing so.
Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
But it seems the system allows for them to "own" you and then prevent you from responding.
If you have this much of an issue with this part of the blocking feature then I would strongly suggest you never use Reddit. This exact functionality has been a core part of Reddit for years (I wish it was something we could do with the steam forums). In reddit we can rely to someone's comment, leave our comment, then turn around and go block them and prevent them from replying. I do it all the time. I've also done this as you described with reviews in the steam forums for years. What you described is not a new behavior. Everyone has been able to do this with the steam reviews and blocking for many years. You're just now discovering it.
Satoru 6 AGO 2023 a las 21:59 
Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

It's not really. If they don't want tmyou to contact them through their content, this is how it's done.

:summercat2023:

In theory, yes, but think about it. I can't address their counterpoint, I can't address ANYONE ELSE IN THAT SAME THREAD? MY COMMENTS ARE STILL THERE! The only interaction I now have in that PUBLIC review is to delete the comments I made there previously.

This sounds a lot more like you are abusing another user and they simply don't want to tolerate you anymore.
Dr.Shadowds 🐉 6 AGO 2023 a las 22:22 
Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
That seems VERY abusable.
It's not, it meant they don't have to deal with said people they block on their profile, or content.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
In theory, yes, but think about it. I can't address their counterpoint, I can't address ANYONE ELSE IN THAT SAME THREAD? MY COMMENTS ARE STILL THERE! The only interaction I now have in that PUBLIC review is to delete the comments I made there previously.
Who cares, even if they don't block you, they can simply just delete your comments if they wanted, then still wouldn't server anything.

See unless they post on public forum, or places they do not have control, they can't stop you from quoting them, or delete your posts unless it was against forum rules.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
But if you allow comments on your review, you are essentially turning any further discussion into the communities, are you not? If I copy pasted everything I posted here and stuck it in a review of some random game, and then turn on comments, I suddenly own my post and can dictate the discourse as is convenient for me?
No, you allowed others to comment, still falls under user content.

The main forum is community, beyond to no one, if you make your own group forum, that your content group forum, has nothing to do with any other forums.

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Publicado originalmente por American Dove Mitten:

The irony of this thread is that you are using a private profile which serves the same purpose.

You also control who gets to look at your history and comment on your profile, so it's harder for people to see your previous conduct.

Goes both ways.

I'm not really sure how a private profile is related at all? If someone made a nasty comment on my profile, and then I made my profile private, NOBODY can see that profile now besides me. Comments made in my profile are not easily found, even if my profile is public, unlike public reviews. The guy made his review public and allowed comments, I'm not sure I follow here? He also didn't turn off comments, meaning my comments and his comments are still visible for all to see.

If all you wanted was for me to make my profile public, then go ahead, its all yours friend.
If one say they want all comments to be open to all, while wanting their own comments not to allow others, or block said people from commenting is double standard.

Either way you look at it, everyone has a right to block those they don't wish to receive comments from, or no longer wish see comments from them.
Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:
Either way you look at it, everyone has a right to block those they don't wish to receive comments from, or no longer wish see comments from them.
I really do wish that steam would prevent people from replying to us in the steam forums after we block them. It's super annoying to block people and then see "Blocked User" as their comment in the forums. If we block someone it should disable *ALL CONTACT* from them.
T1-M4T 6 AGO 2023 a las 22:59 
Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:


Cutting things up into pieces is generally done to take on specific points, in context of the entire read post. Other reasons for cutting up is to save space or to remove redundant or previously discussed things. Regulars tend to do so in good faith.


You took pieces of my argument and addressed only those. I'm having to repeat myself quite often. So to me, it does not seem like you are taking into account things I've been saying throughout the posts, including the ones you partially quote. It also tends to take one argument and turn it into 10, as we're beginning to witness here.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

The forum allows a potential easily answered question to be removed with the low reply count, anything else is a public discussion and doesn't belong to the OP.

So, I only own the content if I'm able to delete it before it reaches a certain amount of posts? I don't understand the reasoning behind that but ok.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

Reviews may face the public, but it's to give a review about a product specifically.
The forum is exactly that; a forum.

Again, if you enable comments, I presumed you want a discussion. Nobody in their right mind is going to discuss a review on the forum, I've already explained why this is silly but you didn't quote it so I'm SOL, I guess.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

Differences between the two are clear, much like how Profiles also have options in regard to what another user cannot see or otherwise cannot use on an individuals profile especially if not friends.

I had already discussed how this differs from profiles. The comparison is so odd. Profiles have 3 major settings: public, friends only, and private. I can still view this person's profile even though I am blocked, for the record.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

You're not being silenced. You're free to discuss the game in the games hub where discussions about a game belong.

Discussing part of review, not the game. I don't know how to make you understand. Yeah somebody just said in their review that you can't do X even though that is factually incorrect, let me go discuss that on the forums where nobody is going to read it, instead of just saying "small correction, you CAN do X" when they leave the comments open.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

People generally don't subscribe to threads, when you make one you're signed up for replies. So, that's not really an issue as people come & go in the areas they frequent or know what threads they are involved with, without the need for a subscription to them.

I'm not really sure what you're saying, here. You're not subscribed to this thread, you say? But you're still clicking on the discussion and reading my comments, so..? You don't have to be here, I'll excuse you if you wish.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

Typically threads get locked by moderation when they end up with primarily 2 people having a non productive or off-topic argument.

And that's.. fine? That doesn't really go against anything I'm saying here. Steam forums have their rules and regulations, and it's been made extremely clear to me by everyone here that reviews are not subject to these rules even if they get the community involved by enabling comments, and thus the poster is welcome to make an echo chamber to their hearts content.

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

It's preferred that the options can be either or change at-will, I have seen what happens when a user gives a valid bad review and the developer sends their discord followers to harass them, although people can have their accounts locked or receive community bans for doing so.

But.. but.. the reviewer can simply.. turn comments off in that scenario, and that would be vastly more effective than blocking users one by one. *sigh* I don't get what people are trying to say, anymore.



Publicado originalmente por F2PN0ob:
Feels like OP really needs/like to have the last word in a discussion...

I truly don't understand why is so hard to move on

Honestly, you got me in a box here. I literally can't respond to anybody without looking like I need the last word. Easy argument victory.

Publicado originalmente por Satoru:

This sounds a lot more like you are abusing another user and they simply don't want to tolerate you anymore.

Would you say the same about yourself if I blocked you?

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

It's not, it meant they don't have to deal with said people they block on their profile, or content.

Or review discussions.

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Who cares, even if they don't block you, they can simply just delete your comments if they wanted, then still wouldn't server anything.

They can, and this has also been criticized in the past. It just didn't occur to me that they could block you and thus, from the outside view, it looks like you just gave up and stopped responding, rather than not having your comments exist in the first place.

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

See unless they post on public forum, or places they do not have control, they can't stop you from quoting them, or delete your posts unless it was against forum rules.

Right, so quote their entire review and preach to a bunch of forum users that don't care, got it.

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

The main forum is community, beyond to no one, if you make your own group forum, that your content group forum, has nothing to do with any other forums.

It's a public review that you don't have to go out of your way to see and allows anyone to comment if enabled. Seems like a pretty massive difference to me.

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

If one say they want all comments to be open to all, while wanting their own comments not to allow others, or block said people from commenting is double standard.

Can you rephrase this? I'm not sure what you're saying here.

Publicado originalmente por Aquafawks:

f you have this much of an issue with this part of the blocking feature then I would strongly suggest you never use Reddit. This exact functionality has been a core part of Reddit for years (I wish it was something we could do with the steam forums). In reddit we can rely to someone's comment, leave our comment, then turn around and go block them and prevent them from replying. I do it all the time. I've also done this as you described with reviews in the steam forums for years. What you described is not a new behavior. Everyone has been able to do this with the steam reviews and blocking for many years. You're just now discovering it.

Sounds like a reddit moment. Sorry I'm late to the party but I still wanted to bring up a discussion, hope you don't mind.



I appreciate everyone who has contributed to this discussion. Hope we've given each other things to chew on. I'll probably respond more tomorrow if anyone wants to keep discussing this.
Última edición por T1-M4T; 6 AGO 2023 a las 23:06
En 6 AGO 2023 a las 23:10 
You've got to learn to let it go. From some of your replies, it really sounds like you're worried about not looking like you "gave up" on the argument. Who cares? It'll be alright.
Dr.Shadowds 🐉 6 AGO 2023 a las 23:15 
Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

It's not, it meant they don't have to deal with said people they block on their profile, or content.

Or review discussions.

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Who cares, even if they don't block you, they can simply just delete your comments if they wanted, then still wouldn't server anything.

They can, and this has also been criticized in the past. It just didn't occur to me that they could block you and thus, from the outside view, it looks like you just gave up and stopped responding, rather than not having your comments exist in the first place.

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

See unless they post on public forum, or places they do not have control, they can't stop you from quoting them, or delete your posts unless it was against forum rules.

Right, so quote their entire review and preach to a bunch of forum users that don't care, got it.

Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

The main forum is community, beyond to no one, if you make your own group forum, that your content group forum, has nothing to do with any other forums.

It's a public review that you don't have to go out of your way to see and allows anyone to comment if enabled. Seems like a pretty massive difference to me.
Explain why you must be entitled to harass others on their comments via their content?

Publicado originalmente por T1-M4T:
Publicado originalmente por Dr.Shadowds 🐉:
If one say they want all comments to be open to all, while wanting their own comments not to allow others, or block said people from commenting is double standard.
Can you rephrase this? I'm not sure what you're saying here.
What is unclear?
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