Full block needed when blocking a user

[❄️The Last Frontier 😊]

So I had this player the other day that I let join my world in a game I play. Turned out was a mistake as the user became annoying very fast so I told him I was going to remove him and after that he got abusive in nature so I blocked him fully.

Shortly after that I started getting alot of clown rewards given to alot of my posts and have to assume being it is the same game and the number of rewards that is being given that it is this same user now abusing the reward system to harass me.

Being I have the guy blocked there really needs to be a way to fully 100% block the user that includes their ability to send rewards to the person that blocked them.

So I suggest that rewards be added to the blocked features when a user blocks a player that player can't communicate including sending rewards of an abusive nature to the user.

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por bluesky66621:

I dont understand the pushback of blocking figure for steam. Facebook, Twitter and Reddit had it almost 20 years now without a problem.

As I said Facebook and Twitter blocks get routinely sidestepped easily as long as the user keeps having a public profile.

Publicado originalmente por bluesky66621:

It's long overdue for steam to provide the same figure as those social media websites..

Be wary you may not be happy with the end result.

Publicado originalmente por bluesky66621:

In respect to twitter and Facebook, it alot harder to just create another account or using alts.

Except it really isn't.

Publicado originalmente por bluesky66621:

Not at all, full blocking figure prevents you from even seeing the person's comments. It as if the user never existed.

But you'll always hear echoes. And that's unless they come back through a new account. Playing alt blocking whack-a-mole gets tiring real fast.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Publicado originalmente por MonkehMaster:

100% agreed, blocking a user should make them not be able to interact with each other at all, basically they dont exists for each other.

some day soon, maybe valve will overhaul the function and make it worth using and work properly.

as for comments against said suggestion, im not interested and we all know why one would want to keep it as is... anywho, point stands and valve needs to fix it and no amount of argument will change that it needs an overhaul.

as for "self control" seems it isnt the person wanting to block that requires it, more like the person who cant control their behavior, who needs to learn self control.

also, no replies needed, im not interested in bait comments/arguments.

That's a great example.

[Pipe]

Publicado originalmente por SlowMango:

It does work properly. Just requires self control.

except the part where it sends you notifications of someone you blocked
pretty sure both of us agree at least that part is dumb, right?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

I have 10,029 people blocked.

What happens when you can no longer see your block list to thus unblock someone?

After so many blocks, you cannot see the list anymore and the only way to unblock is by the users profile.

[Pipe]

Publicado originalmente por The Incredible Magical Cupcake:

I have 10,029 people blocked.

dude, that number would make sense if you were a twitter account with a big following
but steam forums? yeeesh

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por The Incredible Magical Cupcake:

I have 10,029 people blocked.

But... Why?

Publicado originalmente por Pipe:

except the part where it sends you notifications of someone you blocked
pretty sure both of us agree at least that part is dumb, right?

It also sends notifications for deleted posts. These forums have a lot of rough edges. But changing the block option because of that is kind of solving the wrong problem.

[Sleepy Yoshi]

Publicado originalmente por Pipe:

Publicado originalmente por SlowMango:

It does work properly. Just requires self control.

except the part where it sends you notifications of someone you blocked
pretty sure both of us agree at least that part is dumb, right?

100% agreement on this. It just feels like an oversight that just then never got fixed. Granted Valve works on it's own schedule which I'm not even sure Einstein could have calculated that time dilation.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Publicado originalmente por Pipe:

Publicado originalmente por SlowMango:

It does work properly. Just requires self control.

except the part where it sends you notifications of someone you blocked
pretty sure both of us agree at least that part is dumb, right?

Only if you're subscribed to the thread.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Publicado originalmente por Pipe:

Publicado originalmente por The Incredible Magical Cupcake:

I have 10,029 people blocked.

dude, that number would make sense if you were a twitter account with a big following
but steam forums? yeeesh

You do understand the block list covers all Steam accounts not just in forums but also in games, comments, reviews, etc...

When people push my buttons, I also push a button.

Some people also get unblocked so therefore I would like to continue to see blocked peoples posts/reviews/content, but gaming with them should stay blocked as most are grievers.

Maybe leveled tiers of blocking users?

Publicado originalmente por Tito Shivan:

Publicado originalmente por The Incredible Magical Cupcake:

I have 10,029 people blocked.

But... Why?

All types of reasons. Some people are just blatantly mean, racist, sexist, etc...

But the majority of the blocking is from grievers within games.

[Volfogg]

Honestly I stopped subscribing to threads long ago, it's more of a problem/nuisance than an useful feature.

Meanwhile I'd like again an option to block all "friend" requests automatically in case I get tired of doing so manually.
Do I look like someone who is here to make "friends"? I don't. I get one, I block 'em for offending me with an attempt at wasting my time.

[cinedine]

It's funny that counter to this quite frequent suggestion mostly boils down to "but I want to keep arguing with users!!" with a side dish of "People will block me, so I cannot police the forums any longer!!".

I don't find them to be compelling reasons.

[Brian9824]

Publicado originalmente por cinedine:

It's funny that counter to this quite frequent suggestion mostly boils down to "but I want to keep arguing with users!!" with a side dish of "People will block me, so I cannot police the forums any longer!!".

I don't find them to be compelling reasons.

Actually the most common counter is that no user has the right to dictate what another user is able to see on PUBLIC forums. Users however can block them from their own groups, their personal content, etc.

[Brian9824]

Publicado originalmente por Ettanin:

Awards yes, topics/replies, no. You shouldn't be able to control what someone else posts.

This, as its been repeatedly said. Personally i'd rather they give me rewards though. Free points are free points and if they think giving me awards upsets me then I hope they keep doing it.

Under no circumstances will any user ever be able to dictate what threads other users are allowed to participate in. No matter how much some users want to troll and try to claim thats how it should work

[MonkehMaster]

Publicado originalmente por cinedine:

It's funny that counter to this quite frequent suggestion mostly boils down to "but I want to keep arguing with users!!" with a side dish of "People will block me, so I cannot police the forums any longer!!".

I don't find them to be compelling reasons.

100% agreed, thats about all they can come up with to deflect the suggestion.

but ofc they will continue trying to argue over and about it, as they want to keep it as it is currently, for obvious reasons.

[Brian9824]

Publicado originalmente por MonkehMaster:

Publicado originalmente por cinedine:

It's funny that counter to this quite frequent suggestion mostly boils down to "but I want to keep arguing with users!!" with a side dish of "People will block me, so I cannot police the forums any longer!!".

I don't find them to be compelling reasons.

100% agreed, thats about all they can come up with to deflect the suggestion.

That statement doesn't seem to be backed up by facts....

What people ACTUALLY say is stuff like

Publicado originalmente por Ettanin:

Awards yes, topics/replies, no. You shouldn't be able to control what someone else posts.

Correctly pointing out that no user should have the right to dictate where other users are allowed to participate on public forums. YOU are not a moderator, thus you don't get the right to say if someone is or isn't allowed to post on a public thread.

You only have the right to not engage with them, they are free to post and participate.