Censor offensive profile names.

[Χάρης]

I think it's self explanatory. Or maybe make it unable for people to include bad words in their profile name. Bypassing that would result in a ban.

[Crazy Tiger]

Last year the filters finally got expanded to the profiles. Perhaps in Valve time they will expand to profile names.

Has been requested before, but as usual it takes Valve time to do things.

[Mailer]

I think they could very well censor malicious domains to skinsites and such that use it as some sort of loyalty bonus rubbish as a way to stop the spread.

But that also has the downside of making it harder for us to determine whether an account has a history of getting compromised or not, so in hindsight maybe it's just better for such skinsites to continue uncovering themselves instead.

Unless you just leave the name history uncensored for that sake. Maybe they should do the same with offensive words too?

[Dadpool]

Ban for writing a "bad word" in a nickname? I understand if there was an adult website in a nickname, that would be probably a bad idea, I mean, for children below sexual age, although I don't really know about this topic much but just to be safe.

Imagine going to jail, because you said something offensive, how does that sounds like to you? What kind of associations?

[Gin]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Newborn Spawn:

Ban for writing a "bad word" in a nickname? I understand if there was an adult website in a nickname, that would be probably a bad idea, I mean, for children below sexual age, although I don't really know about this topic much but just to be safe.

Imagine going to jail, because you said something offensive, how does that sounds like to you? What kind of associations?

AFAIK can some "bad words" lead to increasing cooldown and a permanent name ban. But nevertheless OP stated that bypassing the system would lead to a ban. Not the name itself.

[Crashed]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Newborn Spawn:

Imagine going to jail, because you said something offensive, how does that sounds like to you? What kind of associations?

You are on private property. If you don't follow the rules set by the property owner you are trespassing.

[Zekiran]

Remember that Valve and Steam are public. ANYONE - including those who are younger than 18 years - sees their site, including profiles, comments, user names, and the like.

They MUST adhere to rules governing all-ages in the USA. Period. You don't get to opt out of censoring, for this reason.

I do hope that they do eventually nix all the crap nicknames that people can use. Some of them are truly horrible.

[Lightningblizerd]

This already happens in CSGO if you have filter enabled

[76561198407601200]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Lightningblizerd:

This already happens in CSGO if you have filter enabled

But csgo is not Steam.

[Lightningblizerd]

Opprinnelig skrevet av The Living Tribunal:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Lightningblizerd:

This already happens in CSGO if you have filter enabled

But csgo is not Steam.

It is a big part of steam, owned by the same company

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The Steam Labs update did say they may filter other User Generated Content in the future.

[The HopelessGamer™]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mailer:

I think they could very well censor malicious domains to skinsites and such that use it as some sort of loyalty bonus rubbish as a way to stop the spread.?

They already do. Alot of third party websites are filtered out. ♥♥♥.com for example.

[Mailer]

Opprinnelig skrevet av The HopelessGamer™:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mailer:

I think they could very well censor malicious domains to skinsites and such that use it as some sort of loyalty bonus rubbish as a way to stop the spread.?

They already do. Alot of third party websites are filtered out. ♥♥♥.com for example.

Yes, but not in the context of profile names like this thread is discussing.
For example, you can search for a term... https://steamcommunity.com/search/users/#text=CS.MONEY
https://steamcommunity.com/search/users/#text=G2A.com (You'll have to put back the pieces yourself for this one, obviously)
...and have it openly shown with several users. It is a very reliable telltale sign of where users have been in the past thanks to the name history, especially when deducing scams.

[The HopelessGamer™]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mailer:

Opprinnelig skrevet av The HopelessGamer™:

They already do. Alot of third party websites are filtered out. ♥♥♥.com for example.

Yes, but not in the context of profile names like this thread is discussing.
For example, you can search for a term... https://steamcommunity.com/search/users/#text=CS.MONEY
https://steamcommunity.com/search/users/#text=G2A.com (You'll have to put back the pieces yourself for this one, obviously)
...and have it openly shown with several users. It is a very reliable telltale sign of where users have been in the past thanks to the name history, especially when deducing scams.

Yeah it needs some work.