Help with a stalker?

[Io]

Hi there I've been having an issue with a very specific profile that has been following me around from post to post on a specific game's forum harassing me, leaving the same false information on every post, making defammitory statements about the game that are factually untrue and insulting me personally at every given oppertunity.

I have blocked this person, reported their profile to Steam, and report every single one of their low effort trolling posts, harassment and stalking but it's been days and days now and this person still hasn't been given a warning to stop stalking me or banned from the forum for repeatedly trolling and being abusive.

How long do I have to wait until a trolling abusive stalker is actually dealt with? I have seen other people on the same forum doing far less and being much less abusive banned from there for several days but the same person that comes back day after day to insult, stalk and harass people on the forums is totally fine?

Can we get some moderators to please either look into this or contant me or something to have this person dealt with?

A week of the exact same stalking, harassment and non-changing behaviour seriously needs to get dealt with

[Ttiki]

Report him and block him. That's the best you can do at the time

[Io]

You'd think after reporting his profile and literally 50+ comments in a week with insults, false information and stalking they would have dealt with him by now.

I know I'm not the only person reporting him to Steam either which is why it's so odd.

[agu]

The best way to deal with people like this is blocking them and moving on, don't give them attention, don't reply to their posts. If you have reported them the mods will look into it and take action if needed

[crunchyfrog]

The cardinal rule is to do this in ALL scenarios - report, block, move on.

There's a number of reasons for this. Most importantly it's because retaliating in any way only makes matters worse, and likely brings you into getting infractions too.

Just leave it to the authorities to deal with it - they have the data and evidence to make the best judgement, so just leave it for them.

But NEVER ever kid yourself by falling for the myth that because they are continuing to do stuff that they didn;t get reprimanded. That doesn't follow. The ONLY way you are able to tell if a user has received penalty is if their account gets banned, because you can see that data on their profile. But you CANNOT tell if the user has been warned, or any other type of punishment.

And it's fruitless to bother yourself doing so, because that way doesn't do anything good for your sanity.

Also, I'm not saying this is the case with you, but some people have a twisted idea of what rule breaking is. We see a few posts like this every now and then, and a lot of the time, it's because the user has no idea what an infraction really is, so they think Valve aren't doing anything.

So you see, the best way to avoid ALL of this is simple - report, block, move on.

It's also true that many harrassers get bored eventually when you don't engage in ANY way.

Of course, there is a line to be drawn here. If at any point the harrasser gets your personally identifiable info and harrasses you that way, then it's police time. Keep the evidence, file a report, and keep Valve in the loop too, as the police might ask them for evidence.

SO, yes, report, block, move on.

[ElvisDeadly]

İlk olarak crunchyfrog tarafından gönderildi:

The cardinal rule is to do this in ALL scenarios - report, block, move on..

^ this

STOP RESPONDING

And remember, just because you find another forum user really annoying doesn't always mean they are in violation of the actual rules.

Be careful you don't send so many 'false' reports that you don't start to look like the problem.

[crunchyfrog]

Oh yes, and do remember - when you report, just give a brief description (if it's possible). No screenshots or silliness like that as they're not usable as evidence).

Again, just report, block, move on.

[Iceira]

Do not use other client like discord or other app that tell what you are doing.
and if they are online friends only you cant trust who is who.

You might rethink every step you are doing as you do now with a private profile. do go invisable
take a timeout dont follow or tell anyone you are play a game. or play with that charector if he know who you are.