Steam mods ban my Ukranian flag avatar but leave Z comments unmoderated

[Sergiy]

Are there Russian bots working for Valve?

[Volfogg]

Personally I'd rather wash my hands of this damn conflict. How does it affect video games I play anyway?

[Maria]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von -OrLoK- Слава Україн:

I think it's more dangerous to take a "centerist" view and not speak out.

It's good to not cause argument but one has to stand up and be counted on occasion.

To be fair, you have made your position quite clear by only using the flag.

[mldb88]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von -OrLoK- Слава Україн:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mad Scientist:

You can appeal it, though I would recommend just the flag and nothing that indicates a position of a conflict as that tends to cause arguments.

Best to save the "I stand with (side)" for other places, IMO.

I think it's more dangerous to take a "centerist" view and not speak out.

It's good to not cause argument but one has to stand up and be counted on occasion.

There's also a time and a place, and a discussion board about videogames and a gaming platform 99% of the time is neither of those.

[The End]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 76561198046917546:

Steam mods ban my Ukranian flag avatar but leave Z comments unmoderated

No that seems like the ban is a bit off. Do as other told you, appeal and then upload the flag without text. Or better, keep the flag to your artwork.

[Mad Scientist]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von -OrLoK- Слава Україн:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mad Scientist:

You can appeal it, though I would recommend just the flag and nothing that indicates a position of a conflict as that tends to cause arguments.

Best to save the "I stand with (side)" for other places, IMO.

I think it's more dangerous to take a "centerist" view and not speak out.

It's good to not cause argument but one has to stand up and be counted on occasion.

This is a video game platform, they prefer to avoid things that cause individuals to argue/attack/insult each other, so removing things like that is better than banning users that become too hot-headed over having different political views on war.

Best to keep the platform about gaming as much as possible. People can signal their side of a conflict on other sites.

[Dagnabbit]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mad Scientist:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von -OrLoK- Слава Україн:

I think it's more dangerous to take a "centerist" view and not speak out.

It's good to not cause argument but one has to stand up and be counted on occasion.

This is a video game platform, they prefer to avoid things that cause individuals to argue/attack/insult each other, so removing things like that is better than banning users that become too hot-headed over having different political views on war.

Best to keep the platform about gaming as much as possible. People can signal their side of a conflict on other sites.

If they really wanted that, they're failing miserably. This guys non-hateful avatar got removed but this post here ( https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/4625854789815652112/ ) has continued despite multiple reports. If the Russians can post actual propaganda freely, the OP has every right to use that avatar and should be contacting Support to get the ban lifted and restore their avatar.

EDIT: They finally removed it. Took them long enough or they didn't like being called out in last report.

[xBCxRangers]

If it's just the Ukrainian Flag, you were likely "report spammed" and moderation, yet again not looking at reports before they institute the ban.

[bluesky66621]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 76561198046917546:

Steam mods ban my Ukranian flag avatar but leave Z comments unmoderatedAre there Russian bots working for Valve?

Ukraine and Russia is at war. You should have kept your profile and pictures private. There's no "Russian bots" here at steam. It users expressing their anger against Ukraine considering the fact both of those nations at war.

The only thing you can do is make an alternate account for community forums only and leave your main for gaming only. Support is report based, so.. unfortunately you got report spammed by other users.

[June]

The Steam discussions aren't the right place to dispute specific bans. We encourage you to contact Steam Support.