What actually happens when people report you for "spamming" or "harassment"

[Alaskan Bull Worm]

I mean say person 1 called person 2 a n word and person 2 reports him. I personally dont think they do anything, especially if the account is above level 15 and has multiple years on record. I dont really care im just curious as to what their actual process is and if there is any kind of punishment.

[Alaskan Bull Worm]

Originally posted by RuckPie:

Originally posted by CornHub:

Well actually i just wanted to see what happens because i messaged my friend and called him a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (inside joke because we both like the movie clerks 2) and he reported me and i got banned from xboxlive for 5 days. I just wanted to know what steam did.

You have bad friends. Steam will probably laugh at the report.

nah it was a joke. we do it all the time. Also yeah, I kinda knew they do absolute ♥♥♥♥ due to the fact that there are so many scammers and hackers allowed to browse steam freely

[Satoru]

If you report then it will be looked at by the moderators and assessed

I've reported users for spamming and their posts were merged or such

If you post something that breaks the rules, then the moderators look at it from that perspective. using the 'n-word' is simply not appropriate. Its part of the word filter for a reason.

[Ruckpie]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by CornHub:

...i messaged my friend and called him a {racist term} (inside joke because we both like the movie clerks 2)...

1. reported for racism

2. it is not only an inside joke from the movie. it is a derogatory term that has been in use for decades.

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This is going of the thread a little bit but how did you come up with your username?

[Alaskan Bull Worm]

Originally posted by Satoru:

If you report then it will be looked at by the moderators and assessed

I've reported users for spamming and their posts were merged or such

If you post something that breaks the rules, then the moderators look at it from that perspective. using the 'n-word' is simply not appropriate. Its part of the word filter for a reason.

In messaging tho. i want to know what happens when you message people

[Alaskan Bull Worm]

Originally posted by RuckPie:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

1. reported for racism

2. it is not only an inside joke from the movie. it is a derogatory term that has been in use for decades.

:qr:

This is going of the thread a little bit but how did you come up with your username?

It was a meme lol. it should be dead but i will never let it die. long live cornhub and gabe the dog(rest in pece pupper) http://corn-hub.blogspot.com/

[Ruckpie]

Originally posted by CornHub:

Originally posted by RuckPie:

This is going of the thread a little bit but how did you come up with your username?

It was a meme lol. it should be dead but i will never let it die. long live cornhub and gabe the dog(rest in pece pupper) http://corn-hub.blogspot.com/

Not you. I know that meme.

[=Snappy=]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by CornHub:

...i messaged my friend and called him a {racist term} (inside joke because we both like the movie clerks 2)...

1. reported for racism

2. it is not only an inside joke from the movie. it is a derogatory term that has been in use for decades.

:qr:

not that this would prevent any mainstream-internet discourse-quashing machine like steam from meting out some stupid "punishment", but in this particular context the term was being used for editorial/educational purpose and IMO you were out of line and rather fascistic for reporting.

(if anything, he should be reported for "using forbidden terminology", not "being racist" per se. translation: get a grip.)

that being said, the OP could have got his point across without saying the actual term.

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by CornHub:

Well actually i just wanted to see what happens because i messaged my friend and called him a ***** ******* (inside joke because we both like the movie clerks 2) and he reported me and i got banned from xboxlive for 5 days. I just wanted to know what steam did.

Well i guess it depends if they get the inside joke or not
The basic idea, they look into it and decide what to do case to case