Banned for having ecchi as pfp

[NoxEternis]

Okay, to start of, im aware that porn in general is bannable in steam. I put ecchi as my pfp, and i return to see my account getting banned for a month. I won't put in much, but one thing i should note is that : How was i banned for having ecchi as my pfp? For thoe of you who were wondering how my pfp looked like, it's a picture of an anime girl from her upper midriff to her head with her nipples erased with MS Paint.

[Galactic Yoshi]

Because they wanted to. You shouldn’t complain about a ban though, you’re risking another ban

[Z i o ⚡]

Did you get a message for what your account was banned for?

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

1. pfp= personal profile picture?

2. did the steam moderator who threw the ban hammer explicitly said you were banned for a month for the 'lewd picture' ?

to be safe, use steam-issued background pictures (available as crafted/traded/bought from steam market) as your profile picture.

[Zefar]

Steam support might still act on avatars that are borderlines nudity. Just because you erased the nipples with paint it just isn't enough.

Next time how about you just use anything else than naked girls?

[konoha]

yea,steam nice simple

[NoxEternis]

All i got was that i was pfp banned for a month. but my biggest question is : is ecchi considered as porn? In my eyes, They aren't. That's why i bring this topic up

[NoxEternis]

Ecchi. Is it porn? No. Is it explicit? Maybe. But if thats a rule, 99% of anime are banned everywhere. It's a matter of common sense with depiction of these kind of things in an animation world. To agree or to disagree, You got to admit that anime in general is filled to the brim with fanservice and lewdies. But ultimately, Ecchi is never synonymous to porn. That's why i felt unjustified regardless.

[Snapjak]

Valve's rules, and they state no nudity or really near-nudity.

[NoxEternis]

And finally, I am not complaining. I am questioning if ecchi is bannable. Because If thats the case, and in my logic, We wont even see any of the ecchi games that's being released in steam currently. Hell, Wasn't the latest news told that steam has released their first uncensored hentai game? So why was i banned for having ecchi? It's not porn, is it? Explanations are greatly appreciated

[Snapjak]

It is not safe for work. NSFW = no.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4045-USHJ-3810

[FFL2and3rocks]

When your mom tells you to stop poking your brother in the face, would it be unfair if she still got mad at you when you keep poking the air a quarter of an inch away from his face? I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!

[NoxEternis]

Fine. I'll drop this discussion. I will accept the fact i get banned for having ecchi, But i will never let go of the fact that ecchi is never porn. Sure, it's NSFW. And so are girls wearing only bikini, which i believe makes up lots of the people around here. Apparently pfps with females having bikini on and being almost nude is legal while anime girls having bikini on and being almost nude is illegal.

(edit) : I forgot to add in the sideboob factor, underboob factor, etc etc. Which I have seen a startling lot of times and for some reasons those are legal.

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by xKito:

And finally, I am not complaining. I am questioning if ecchi is bannable. Because If thats the case, and in my logic, We wont even see any of the ecchi games that's being released in steam currently. Hell, Wasn't the latest news told that steam has released their first uncensored hentai game? So why was i banned for having ecchi? It's not porn, is it? Explanations are greatly appreciated

Games are behind age gates and devs still have limits on how much they can show in the store page and other public areas.

Your profile picture is visible to everyone and must follow the UGC rules.

[NoxEternis]

Originally posted by Count_Dandyman:

Originally posted by xKito:

And finally, I am not complaining. I am questioning if ecchi is bannable. Because If thats the case, and in my logic, We wont even see any of the ecchi games that's being released in steam currently. Hell, Wasn't the latest news told that steam has released their first uncensored hentai game? So why was i banned for having ecchi? It's not porn, is it? Explanations are greatly appreciated

Games are behind age gates and devs still have limits on how much they can show in the store page and other public areas.

Your profile picture is visible to everyone and must follow the UGC rules.

point made

[NoxEternis]

oh yeah, btw before i go, have a look on this https://store.steampowered.com/app/993640/Boy_Teen_Dream/

is this legal? It's sure as hell nsfw. no gate and you can see it as the front pic (ig)