Steam says my profile is private when it's not

[UltranovaArceus]

I just had some steam server connection issues... When I checked my profile, it said that I was offline 17 hours ago and that my profile is private... It's fixed now, but I was wondering if that ever happened to anyone else.

[Anamon]

I get this regularly at the moment. Since a couple of days ago, most of the time when I try to open a page associated with my profile (achievements, inventory...) it instead brings up a page with only my avatar, name, and the red notice that my profile is private. Which really doesn't make any sense, because it should be visible to me anyway as I'm logged into that very account. I usually have to reload the page 1-3 times before it will load fine.

I have recently made my profile private for a day, but have since made it public again. Maybe it's connected to that, as the error has started appearing at around the same time.

[T H I C C]

fix?

[ReBoot]

Consider that a glitch and relax, to everyone else (that's not you), your profile isn't private.

[Charles Entertainment Cheese]

It is a glitch but the fact that every site that I go on that needs a public profile, it still says its private regardless of the fact that all my settings are public so nearly 4 years later there still isnt a fix. So yes its a glitch. But for everyone else, it still is private.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Christmas Egofaptor:

It is a glitch but the fact that every site that I go on that needs a public profile, it still says its private regardless of the fact that all my settings are public so nearly 4 years later there still isnt a fix. So yes its a glitch. But for everyone else, it still is private.

Your profile is public. If some web site claims otherwise, the web site is wrong.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by Christmas Egofaptor:

It is a glitch but the fact that every site that I go on that needs a public profile, it still says its private regardless of the fact that all my settings are public so nearly 4 years later there still isnt a fix. So yes its a glitch. But for everyone else, it still is private.

What "sites" are you talking about ? Some of those sites may be good places to get scammed/compromised, depending on what sites you are talking about.

[Anamon]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

What "sites" are you talking about ? Some of those sites may be good places to get scammed/compromised, depending on what sites you are talking about.

There are many sites that offer tools like collection statistics or achievement reports, that require access to a public profile. That's perfectly fine, and what the Steam API is for. As long as the website only asks for the username (or uses the Steam OpenID Provider), it's safe. But they only get verification of the user name. So if they want to, for example, estimate the money you spent on the games you purchased, your collection still must be set to public.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by Anamon:

There are many sites that offer tools like collection statistics or achievement reports, that require access to a public profile. That's perfectly fine, and what the Steam API is for. As long as the website only asks for the username (or uses the Steam OpenID Provider), it's safe. But they only get verification of the user name. So if they want to, for example, estimate the money you spent on the games you purchased, your collection still must be set to public.

Sure, those are fine, like you said. I was just saying there are some out there that we see users going on and that have the problems I mentioned. Thanks for the reply, though. Appreciated.