Mass-Reporting of my profile

[Howly 👑]

Hello all,

I do not want to whine about this topic now, so I ask this question factually.

In my Steam profile, the domain of my own website is advertised in my name and description.
Just like millions of other Steam users have.

Now I had two users banned for violating our TOS (on my website). These users have now reported my Steam account with many fake accounts. Now my name is gone, my description, just like my artwork.

Why can you theoretically destroy any Steam profile with a couple of fake accounts?

Thank you for the help :)

[K𝗂w𝗂 bucuresti.llg.ro]

Цитата допису Crashed:

Цитата допису Drab:

Incorrect.

Because OP's site most likely violates Valve TOS and/or copyrights?

Yeah but most people when they see the nickname Howlycoins they will assume it's just a nickname, not a site unless they search it on Google and maybe most moderators will not soft-ban him after being reported (Edit: if they will be lazy and not search his nickname further after they see a report on his account)

[AustrAlien2010]

If your website is about taking money away from people, so you can profit from them, or in any other way take advantage of them, then you're advertising something.

That's how I see it.

[J4MESOX4D]

Цитата допису Kiwi #bucllg:

I see, just use Howlycoins for your name without www or .com and you should be fine in my opinion

That's called filter bypass and a second offence regarding this results in a permanent name ban at the very least.

[crunchyfrog]

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Цитата допису Theblaze:

Advertising was never allowed in the first place.

I know that and many people do it.
but Steam deletes content when a huge amount of reports strikes an account. (That's what I assume)

Your assumption is wrong.

Number of reports doesn't suddenly make something more true. That would be ridiculous wouldn't it?

Sure, if more people report a profile, then chances are that in the grand scope of things, Valve may come across a report more quickly. But here's the kicker - that ONE report will depend upon one thing - EVIDENCE.

If you have been reported for something invalid you can have thousands of reports and nothing will be done. It simply cannot work like that. Imagine how they'd be sued to hell and back if that were the case.

The fact is what you did WAS against the terms and they have been cracking down on it lately.

All it took was ONE report for that to happen.

[[Overlook] word.exe]

Цитата допису MadBone12:

Support doesn't take action against profiles just because people report them. They have to agree that there is some violation of the rules, and apparently, they think so and have acted accordingly.

Not true, my friend got banned for having a expensive knife and some fake bots reported him and now his whole inventory is cleared. I really want to help him, can you help?

[MancSoulja]

Цитата допису edgy_jcy:

Цитата допису MadBone12:

Support doesn't take action against profiles just because people report them. They have to agree that there is some violation of the rules, and apparently, they think so and have acted accordingly.

Not true, my friend got banned for having a expensive knife and some fake bots reported him and now his whole inventory is cleared. I really want to help him, can you help?

Your friend was scammed, support doesn't "clear" people's inventories, they just trade ban accounts.

[Wolf Knight]

Цитата допису edgy_jcy:

Цитата допису MadBone12:

Support doesn't take action against profiles just because people report them. They have to agree that there is some violation of the rules, and apparently, they think so and have acted accordingly.

Not true, my friend got banned for having a expensive knife and some fake bots reported him and now his whole inventory is cleared. I really want to help him, can you help?

have your friend secure their account, its compromised.

1. Scan for malware https://www.malwarebytes.com/
2. Deauthorize all other devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
3. Change passwords from a clean computer
4. Generate new backup codes for your Mobile App https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
5. Revoke the API key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey (there should be nothing in the APIKEY)


Please review how you are logging into Steam, you somehow gave them your log in information. This could of been due to the computer being compromised and redirecting to a fake login, or you using a 3rd party site to login to steam.

if may be helpful for your friend to post on the forum in their own thread. it makes it much easier to keep the discussion focused on their problem, and you dont wind up spamming people with notifications from a thread that has been dead for over a year.

[0321312]

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[J4MESOX4D]

Цитата допису edgy_jcy:

Цитата допису MadBone12:

Support doesn't take action against profiles just because people report them. They have to agree that there is some violation of the rules, and apparently, they think so and have acted accordingly.

Not true, my friend got banned for having a expensive knife and some fake bots reported him and now his whole inventory is cleared. I really want to help him, can you help?

No offence but if you believe that then you aren't the sort of person who should be helping him. Valve do not ban people based off of bots or mass reports and they certainly don't for simply having an 'expensive' item. Your buddy was scammed and if they need assistance then they should create their own thread.