Suggestion: the ability to delete other people's comments on your own threads

[Chalupacabaras]

Valve's TOS states that it's the user's sole responsibility to manage the content they post on Steam's forums. However, there doesn't appear to be a way to delete other people's comments on a thread you post in Steam Forums.

Logistically, it would make sense that if it's our job to keep things civil then we should have the tools available to do so. The paid moderators should be a means of last resort, not a means for trolls, bots and burner accounts to abuse the system.

Or am I using too much common sense? Anyhoo, thank you for hearing me out.

[Aachen]

You don’t possess a discussion merely because you initiate it.

If content is problematic, report it.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Once you "start" the thread its no longer yours.

However if you make a steam group you can do all that moderation to threads/topics in that group.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Chalupabaras:

Suggestion: the ability to delete other people's comments on your own threads

Valve's TOS states that it's the user's sole responsibility to manage the content they post on Steam's forums. However, there doesn't appear to be a way to delete other people's comments on a thread you post in Steam Forums.

Logistically, it would make sense that if it's our job to keep things civil then we should have the tools available to do so. The paid moderators should be a means of last resort, not a means for trolls, bots and burner accounts to abuse the system.

Or am I using too much common sense? Anyhoo, thank you for hearing me out.

Threads aren't yours. They are the community's.

Artwork, screenshots, reviews, guides, your profile... Those are yours.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

However if you make a steam group you can do all that moderation to threads/topics in that group.

This^.

[Aachen]

Why would the capability you’re requesting improve discussion? Surely forcing people to create threads to discuss what users compose in other threads doesn’t.

[Mad Scientist]

No, users aren't going to be given the ability to remove other users posts in a forum. That is what moderators are for. Users are responsible for the content they post themselves, and thus may be held accountable for their own posts, not other peoples posts.

[Pierce Dalton]

Originally posted by Mad Scientist:

No, users aren't going to be given the ability to remove other users posts in a forum. That is what moderators are for. Users are responsible for the content they post themselves, and thus may be held accountable for their own posts, not other peoples posts.

Why are you talking like a Valve employee/representative?

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

Suggestion: Community ban people who want to delete/remove others from threads for a year, then they can see what basically...the kind of community they're trying to reinforce.

We'd see how adamant people are, wanting to control who posts where, when they're hit with that same restriction.

[Pierce Dalton]

Originally posted by Stabra Kedabra Alakablam:

Suggestion: Community ban people who want to delete/remove others from threads for a year, then they can see what basically...the kind of community they're trying to reinforce.

We'd see how adamant people are, wanting to control who posts where, when they're hit with that same restriction.

I mean, I couldn't care less if the op wanted to delete my posts here.

It's a bit funny how much importance people attribute to these forums.

[d3str0y3r]

Forum thread are public, they're not yours.

Top of the main forum page

Everyone is invited! The Steam discussions are for everyone, new and advanced user alike!

It shouldn't be up to any user to choose who can and can not be apart of a discussion.

Thankfully Valve knows this, and we will never have to worry about it.

[Aachen]

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

I mean, I couldn't care less if the op wanted to delete my posts here.

It's a bit funny how much importance people attribute to these forums.

Why? You don’t think people actually valuing or caring about them is better than not?

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

Originally posted by Stabra Kedabra Alakablam:

Suggestion: Community ban people who want to delete/remove others from threads for a year, then they can see what basically...the kind of community they're trying to reinforce.

We'd see how adamant people are, wanting to control who posts where, when they're hit with that same restriction.

I mean, I couldn't care less if the op wanted to delete my posts here.

It's a bit funny how much importance people attribute to these forums.

Nor I, however people who make these sorts of threads, are fine and dandy with it until it happens to them.

[Pierce Dalton]

Originally posted by d3str0y3r:

Forum thread are public, they're not yours.

Top of the main forum page

Everyone is invited! The Steam discussions are for everyone, new and advanced user alike!

It shouldn't be up to any user to choose who can and can not be apart of a discussion.

Thankfully Valve knows this, and we will never have to worry about it.

And they also know that some comments must be deleted to keep the community healthy.

Oh, that's what moderation is for, right?

Yeah, I'd agree but when you see some of the things they ignore...

[Aachen]

Originally posted by Chalupabaras:

Valve's already made it very clear that moderating our content isn't their job. Our threads ARE "our content", and therefore WE are the moderators that manage our own respective threads.

The argument that Valve isn't obligated to enforce "free speech" on Steam is 100% legally correct. Steam's users aren't obligated to enforce "free speech", either, even though Valve fully abdicated all responsibility of moderating Steam unto the users through the ToS.

I'm not asking for the moon, folks, just the means to do what Valve legally can't.

To what language do you refer?

They rather seem to reserve a lot of rights, e. g., in “…. Please note that Administrators/Moderators reserve the right to change/edit/delete/move/merge any content at any time if they feel it is inappropriate, abusive, or incorrectly categorized ….”

[Pierce Dalton]

Originally posted by Stabra Kedabra Alakablam:

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

I mean, I couldn't care less if the op wanted to delete my posts here.

It's a bit funny how much importance people attribute to these forums.

Nor I, however people who make these sorts of threads, are fine and dandy with it until it happens to them.

The op is not suggesting combans to anyone. Idk why you're bringing this up.

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

Originally posted by Stabra Kedabra Alakablam:

Nor I, however people who make these sorts of threads, are fine and dandy with it until it happens to them.

The op is not suggesting combans to anyone. Idk why you're bringing this up.

They want the ability to dictate who can post what and where, so should they not also experience that as a caution beforehand?