Steam Trading forum requires login to read posts

[UltraMonk]

I've seen here multiple suggestions to use the Steam Trading forum, however to be able to read the individual posts in the forum you have to be signed in which requires the creation of yet another account.

Some people may just want to read the messages without making an account or even signing in.

[em_t_hed]

that sux for you man... i was pretty sure it required linking your forum account to your steam account. if you mean by 'creating an account' it could mean a fourm account and isn't a big deal.

im fairly certain most fourms require creating a separate account from whatever service you're using affiliated with the forum.

in anycase, trading seems wack. used to i could read about failed/bad trades in the forums. why put yourself through that kind of anxiety? it was bad just reading about that junk.

i just hope trading doesn't migrate to the discussions. the whole concept 'blah blah looks bad on the gaming community blah blah' doesn't seem to apply to game trading. say one thing and do another. lulz

[Felix]

Originally posted by em_t_hed:

in anycase, trading seems wack. used to i could read about failed/bad trades in the forums. why put yourself through that kind of anxiety? it was bad just reading about that junk.

To be fair, if you just follow the guidelines/rules that Valve put up about trading (In short: Just do everything in ONE Steam trade window. Don't do multiple trades. Don't trade for something that can't go in the trade window (such as CD Keys)) then trading doesn't go wrong.

It's more that people don't follow those pretty obvious guidelines that they get problems.

[em_t_hed]

still seems wack. lulz...

[Satoru]

It was designed as a way for forum users to ensure that people they were trading with were who they claimed they were. Many times scammers would say 'Oh I'm user X" link to a profile with the inventory, then scam the user later.

[em_t_hed]

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/882961328403494001/

wack

truth or not... wack... some kid getting paid by steam/valve to plant ideas in the discussions/forums to steer away from trading for monetary gain... doesnt matter. trading in general, even outside of these games is wack. there's no honor system anymore.

lulz...