Ban Ragebait, let us blacklist words like "woke"

[Dreamer72]

This place is diseased. Honestly would be a better community without ragebait. Moderation is much too lax and we need ways of filtering content to get honest discussions. Because not doing so leads to arguments which makes threads like these show up constantly. Custom filters will at least make it easier to use Steam Forums for it's desired purpose.

[superblake_]

Woke means multiple things.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

Custom filters will at least make it easier to use Steam Forums for it's desired purpose.

What's stopping you scrolling past the titles you deem rage-bait or skipping the same based on their opening post preview?

[Justice]

blacklist worlds like "lgbt" and "hate speech" too in that case. To be fair and democratic and not look like an obvious biased one sided baiter

[Dreamer72]

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

Custom filters will at least make it easier to use Steam Forums for it's desired purpose.

What's stopping you scrolling past the titles you deem rage-bait or skipping the same based on their opening post preview?

I've been doing that. But it's starting to get exhausting. You can also tell those who create these posts then infiltrate other posts with the same talking points. If we just were able to filter these out then the user experience would be much better. Removing ragebait would also just make the whole community less toxic as discussions would be more in good faith and obvious posts meant to rattle others wouldn't be as prominent.

[Taebrythn]

let's ban works i don't like or that are used poorly. if a thread breaks the rules you simply report it.

[Dreamer72]

Originally posted by Justice:

blacklist worlds like "lgbt" and "hate speech" too in that case. To be fair and democratic and not look like an obvious biased one sided baiter

This is the rage bait I'm talking about. Discussing queer themes shouldn't be off the table and shouldn't be lumped in with obvious trolls. The only way it should be removed is if it's obvious bait and is severely off topic. You can tell who's here for honest discussion if you see they are Level 0 for example, and obvious alt account.

[Taebrythn]

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

What's stopping you scrolling past the titles you deem rage-bait or skipping the same based on their opening post preview?

I've been doing that. But it's starting to get exhausting. You can also tell those who create these posts then infiltrate other posts with the same talking points. If we just were able to filter these out then the user experience would be much better. Removing ragebait would also just make the whole community less toxic as discussions would be more in good faith and obvious posts meant to rattle others wouldn't be as prominent.

Who determines what is toxic? people in different countries have different views. So is it simply we ban things that i disagree with or simply ignore it. To be honest i get exhausted seeing people call people racist, bigot etc when it doesn't fit their narrative. I also get tired of seeing religious people going nutty.

A democrat mayor of Colorado Springs worked with someone else to fake a racist thing. you had a student in college fake racist stuff on his door when he actually did it. This is why things get viewed so poorly. When someone disagrees with a view now they're whatever buzz word. So again why should one be banned while other stuff is not. If it doesn't break the rules then nothing can be done.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

I've been doing that. But it's starting to get exhausting. You can also tell those who create these posts then infiltrate other posts with the same talking points. If we just were able to filter these out then the user experience would be much better. Removing ragebait would also just make the whole community less toxic as discussions would be more in good faith and obvious posts meant to rattle others wouldn't be as prominent.

If you're seeing the same people rage-baiting all the time, you can block them. That will remove their posts and disguise any topics they start. But filtering words probably isn't a viable solution in the long run as those intent on stirring hornet nests will simply find different words with which to do it.

On the other hand, this is the age of LLMs. Perhaps if you're viewing the forums via a browser, you can find a plugin that utilises an LLM (AI) to redact paragraphs, etc., featuring the keywords you input. That is, if such a thing exists. I don't know; I've not looked.

[76561199723167594]

This place is woke. Honestly would be a better community without woke. Moderation is much too woke and we need ways of filtering woke to get honest discussions. Because not doing so leads to arguments which makes woke threads like these show up constantly. Custom filters will at least make it easier to use Steam Forums for ITS desired purpose.

[76561199723167594]

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

Originally posted by Justice:

blacklist worlds like "lgbt" and "hate speech" too in that case. To be fair and democratic and not look like an obvious biased one sided baiter

This is the rage bait I'm talking about. Discussing queer themes shouldn't be off the table and shouldn't be lumped in with obvious trolls. The only way it should be removed is if it's obvious bait and is severely off topic. You can tell who's here for honest discussion if you see they are Level 0 for example, and obvious alt account.

Ah, so anything you don't like is ragebait. We already knew that but you just showed it to us so there is no doubt left whatsoever. Thanks.

[Dreamer72]

Originally posted by Taebrythn:

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

I've been doing that. But it's starting to get exhausting. You can also tell those who create these posts then infiltrate other posts with the same talking points. If we just were able to filter these out then the user experience would be much better. Removing ragebait would also just make the whole community less toxic as discussions would be more in good faith and obvious posts meant to rattle others wouldn't be as prominent.

Who determines what is toxic? people in different countries have different views. So is it simply we ban things that i disagree with or simply ignore it. To be honest i get exhausted seeing people call people racist, bigot etc when it doesn't fit their narrative. I also get tired of seeing religious people going nutty.

A democrat mayor of Colorado Springs worked with someone else to fake a racist thing. you had a student in college fake racist stuff on his door when he actually did it. This is why things get viewed so poorly. When someone disagrees with a view now they're whatever buzz word. So again why should one be banned while other stuff is not. If it doesn't break the rules then nothing can be done.

It's pretty obvious. Ban those who insist on starting arguments. Like talking out of context about a mayor they don't like and purposefully watering down terms with vague talking points like "narratives" when people are obviously talking about hateful people and not some small squabbles like differences in opinion. Because we both know what crosses that line. It isn't about the opinions it's about the way they go about it.

[Dreamer72]

Originally posted by ghost:

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

This is the rage bait I'm talking about. Discussing queer themes shouldn't be off the table and shouldn't be lumped in with obvious trolls. The only way it should be removed is if it's obvious bait and is severely off topic. You can tell who's here for honest discussion if you see they are Level 0 for example, and obvious alt account.

Ah, so anything you don't like is ragebait. We already knew that but you just showed it to us so there is no doubt left whatsoever. Thanks.

Again people like you need to be banned. Your username is just a list of numbers with a fresh account. You aren't here for honest discussion and that's obvious. I've seen you posting on several of these threads. It wouldn't even shock me that you are a ai bot made specifically to waste people's time. I know what woke means to you, it means minorities like gay people. Which is why you had a problem with me defending queer discussion. It's obvious so please post thoughtful discussion or I will block you.

[76561199723167594]

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

Originally posted by ghost:

Ah, so anything you don't like is ragebait. We already knew that but you just showed it to us so there is no doubt left whatsoever. Thanks.

Again people like you need to be banned. Your username is just a list of numbers with a fresh account. You aren't here for honest discussion and that's obvious. I've seen you posting on several of these threads. It wouldn't even shock me that you are a ai bot made specifically to waste people's time. I know what woke means to you, it means minorities like gay people. Which is why you had a problem with me defending queer discussion. It's obvious so please post thoughtful discussion or I will block you.

Just because of my account, it is obvious to you that I am not honest??? Are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ serious? How prejudiced you are, how quick to judge and dismiss others. Aren't you supposed to be against those things? You are just like a racist or all of those "phobes" you think to see.

[Dreamer72]

Originally posted by ghost:

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

Again people like you need to be banned. Your username is just a list of numbers with a fresh account. You aren't here for honest discussion and that's obvious. I've seen you posting on several of these threads. It wouldn't even shock me that you are a ai bot made specifically to waste people's time. I know what woke means to you, it means minorities like gay people. Which is why you had a problem with me defending queer discussion. It's obvious so please post thoughtful discussion or I will block you.

Just because of my account, it is obvious to you that I am not honest??? Are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ serious? How prejudiced you are, how quick to judge and dismiss others. Aren't you supposed to be against those things? You are just like a racist or all of those "phobes" you think to see.

What games are you playing?

[Ben Lubar]

Originally posted by Dreamer72:

Custom filters will at least make it easier to use Steam Forums for it's desired purpose.

Good news! You can make custom word filters: https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences#CommunityContentPreferences