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Brian9824 Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:29pm

Can Steam see comments people left on your profile if you delete them?

Have a little kid who got banned for stalking me and he spammed my profile with the usual drivel. Already reported him for harrasment but don't want to delete the comments in case steam moderators are unable to view what he typed if I do so.

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Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Yes. Comments/posts are never actually deleted.

Support has the full comment/post history to see.

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B-o-B Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:31pm

Flag them all for review.

DirtyFishy Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:31pm

For threads and the like if a poster deletes a post in the thread then moderators and Valve staff still see it. I can't say for Steam comments on profile pages but I imagine they have something similiar.

Levi Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:32pm

If they have a community ban, they are unable to leave comments.

If you block them, the same applies.

You should've reported the comments.

Last edited by Levi; Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:33pm

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:32pm

Yes. Comments/posts are never actually deleted.

Support has the full comment/post history to see.

Brian9824 Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:33pm

Originally posted by 2Phew™:
Flag them all for review.

You can't flag comments on your own profile, only delete. I already flagged his account for review and posted the text of some of them, but can't report again with new ones.

Originally posted by DirtyFishy:
For threads and the like if a poster deletes a post in the thread then moderators and Valve staff still see it. I can't say for Steam comments on profile pages but I imagine they have something similiar.

Yeah i'd think so too. I know they can for forums, but wanted to make sure for profile.

Brian9824 Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:34pm

Originally posted by Robin3sk:
If they have a community ban, they are unable to leave comments.

If you block them, the same applies.

You should've reported the comments.

:yinyangflip:

Can't report comments left on your own profile.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:34pm

Originally posted by brian9824:
Originally posted by 2Phew™:
Flag them all for review.

You can't flag comments on your own profile, only delete. I already flagged his account for review and posted the text of some of them, but can't report again with new ones.

Originally posted by DirtyFishy:
For threads and the like if a poster deletes a post in the thread then moderators and Valve staff still see it. I can't say for Steam comments on profile pages but I imagine they have something similiar.

Yeah i'd think so too. I know they can for forums, but wanted to make sure for profile.

Block the user and show the comment. Deleting the comment again auto flags the comment for review.

Si-Fi Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:34pm

You don't have to delete nor it is necessary to because it would be more evident to warrant Steam to take action if they have to.

DirtyFishy Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:36pm

Originally posted by brian9824:
Originally posted by 2Phew™:
Flag them all for review.

You can't flag comments on your own profile, only delete. I already flagged his account for review and posted the text of some of them, but can't report again with new ones.

I flagged a couple of them for you but blocking and ignoring is best. He's got too much time on his hands.

B-o-B Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:37pm

Well well, didnt know this.

Clearly a troll account with a very salty user.

Id report anyways so i did.

No you didnt name and shame

Last edited by B-o-B; Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:38pm

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Brian9824 Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:39pm

Yeah i'd assume they can always see it, when you flag it on someone elses profile you hide and report it, but on your profile its just called delete. So figuired i'd get confirmation, and I think if deleting doesn't flag them for review we need the same option on our own profile.

We should be able to do more then just delete the comments people leave and be able to report them.

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Sep 17, 2018 @ 5:41pm

Originally posted by brian9824:
Yeah i'd assume they can always see it, when you flag it on someone elses profile you hide and report it, but on your profile its just called delete. So figuired i'd get confirmation, and I think if deleting doesn't flag them for review we need the same option on our own profile.

We should be able to do more then just delete the comments people leave and be able to report them.

That is why they added the block for comments and posts a month or so ago. When you show that comment/post, clicking delete will auto flag it.

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