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peener_v2 Jan 7 @ 3:12pm
Community ban
My friend got a community ban a couple of days ago for something he commented on a friend's profile and got a ban till 2038, whats the appeal process and what are the odds of getting unbanned?
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Originally posted by Brian9824:
Originally posted by Si vido? peener_v2:
Originally posted by Brian9824:
Afaik 2038 is a place holder and it's permanent. For them to do a ban like that usually means he has had quite a few community bans before

Actually, its his first community ban ever, and probably his last since he officially gave up on steam, steam support just closes his support tickets almost instantly and wont even let him disable the account.

Then that sounds like a compromised account, not a community ban. What makes him think he is community banned? I'd post the link to his account here and we can tell you immediately if he is community banned or not
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Sam the big Toucan Jan 7 @ 3:15pm 
Originally posted by Si vido? peener_v2:
My friend got a community ban a couple of days ago for something he commented on a friend's profile and got a ban till 2038, whats the appeal process and what are the odds of getting unbanned?
2038? For what?

This is why we need the duty process for Steam!
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Vox Jan 7 @ 3:17pm 
Contact support that's the only thing your friend can do. Chances of getting banned, depends on what that person did, if it's a mistake it'll get reversed.
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peener_v2 Jan 7 @ 3:17pm 
Originally posted by Mr. Stego:
Originally posted by Si vido? peener_v2:
My friend got a community ban a couple of days ago for something he commented on a friend's profile and got a ban till 2038, whats the appeal process and what are the odds of getting unbanned?
2038? For what?

This is why we need the duty process for Steam!

he jokingly commented about being an admin of a certain website meant for adult content and that the user hasnt been seen in a long time and after that 2 days later he got a ban
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 7 @ 3:26pm 
Originally posted by Si vido? peener_v2:
Originally posted by Mr. Stego:
2038? For what?

This is why we need the duty process for Steam!

he jokingly commented about being an admin of a certain website meant for adult content and that the user hasnt been seen in a long time and after that 2 days later he got a ban

That'll do it, yeah.

Your friend needs to use the link within the account alert to contact support.

:nkCool:
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Brian9824 Jan 7 @ 4:08pm 
Afaik 2038 is a place holder and it's permanent. For them to do a ban like that usually means he has had quite a few community bans before
Last edited by Brian9824; Jan 7 @ 4:08pm
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Charles Jan 7 @ 4:30pm 
The moderators are very overzealous and will give out warnings and bans for the most petty reasons.
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29933545203998740 Jan 7 @ 5:01pm 
Originally posted by Charles:
The moderators are very overzealous and will give out warnings and bans for the most petty reasons.
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29933545203998740 Jan 7 @ 5:04pm 
Originally posted by Vox:
Contact support that's the only thing your friend can do. Chances of getting banned, depends on what that person did, if it's a mistake it'll get reversed.
The chance of reversing false ban is nonexistent. Support is lost cause, its been told many times.
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THE LORD Jan 7 @ 6:12pm 
They use AI to moderate the forum and comments.

Ask support if they could remove it.
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morrisseyshair Jan 7 @ 6:14pm 
Originally posted by Charles:
The moderators are very overzealous and will give out warnings and bans for the most petty reasons.

Facts on facts.
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Crashed Jan 7 @ 6:15pm 
Originally posted by THE LORD:
They use AI to moderate the forum and comments.

Ask support if they could remove it.
They have a copy-paste reply to deny the appeal as well as threatening to cut you off from Support.
Appeals are probably thrown back into the moderator queue where overworked moderators have about 4 seconds to act on each report.
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rawWwRrr Jan 7 @ 6:15pm 
Originally posted by THE LORD:
They use AI to moderate the forum and comments.
They do?
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Crashed Jan 7 @ 6:20pm 
Originally posted by rawWwRrr:
Originally posted by THE LORD:
They use AI to moderate the forum and comments.
They do?
It could just be that moderators have too little time to make a decision.
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Electric Cupcake Jan 7 @ 6:25pm 
Originally posted by Brian9824:
Afaik 2038 is a place holder and it's permanent. For them to do a ban like that usually means he has had quite a few community bans before

Unix time.
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Ben Lubar Jan 7 @ 6:34pm 
Originally posted by rawWwRrr:
Originally posted by THE LORD:
They use AI to moderate the forum and comments.
They do?
That's what that gray italicized text you sometimes see when the forum is busy is about. If it stays there even after the processing finishes (usually on scam stuff but occasionally false positives), that means the computer program reported the post. It doesn't have the ability to delete posts on its own, and it definitely can't issue community-wide bans.
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