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Teefa 19. Juli 2022 um 8:49
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Threads getting locked for "non-productive argument" should lead to moderation penalties
How many times do we have to see "We're locking this thread as it has devolved into non-productive argument" in this forum?

I think the Steam Community forums would be improved if a thread getting locked also involved moderation penalties for those involved in the arguments.

Instead we see the same pattern over and over again, eg the same small group of forum regulars harassing and dogpiling every OP until it gets locked.

It is toxic and it ruins so many otherwise productive threads. Allowing these regular altercations without consequences stifles the community. I personally know over a dozen users that have stopped using this forum due to harassment and otherwise feeling unsafe by the culture moderation has permitted here.

Moderation needs to take a more active role in punishing the bad-faith actors that are technically following the rules.
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Ursprünglich geschrieben von K13Cove:
Locking a thread and essentially punishing the creator of it as a result doesn't resonate well with me either, since the creator was probably uninvolved. I get that it's easier to lock it than have a moderator babysit it and ban any idiot who tries to force whatever irrelevant subject of fixation they have into it, but it's not particularly fair either.
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FOXDUDE69 30. Juli 2022 um 23:03 
Ursprünglich geschrieben von TDPS:
As is, moderation is limited to clear cut rule violations.

Not even that, unfortunately.

When these "bad actors" get their disingenuous arguments torn apart, which is extremely often, they throw a tantrum and abuse the report system. I suspect they go on a reporting spree and target every post they can until an unscrupulous mod takes the bait.

This results on a person who hasn't broken any rules being silenced by inept mods who should be punishing those who abuse the report system instead.

I was the author of the thread that got closed right before this thread came up. They couldn't get me banned for anything I wrote on that thread but they did get me banned for posting "This thread is comedy gold" on another thread.

One of these "bad actors" even posted a screenshot of both me and another user banned in his "Artwork" section with the line "Two birds one stone". There were multiple other screenshots of other users banned, clearly illustrating who is actually being combative on the forums and who is abusing the report system. This screenshots are gone now, but to my knowledge, this person suffered no consequences for his behavior.

This is how bad moderation is. And judging by the posts I've been banned for. I'm fairly sure I'm being banned more for my ban history than what I actually write. So I guess I can thank volunteer mods for all those absurd bans I got at their hands. Even though you lost your privileges, the effects of your bad moderation still echo in these forums.

Let's not forget that these "bad actors" were already behaving this poorly under the watch of volunteers mods who claim to be oh so much more attentive to context, and not only did they not do anything about them, they punished those who called them out for their behavior.


Ursprünglich geschrieben von Tito Shivan:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Psymon²:
so, yeh, trolls won again...
So you assume.

Here you go. An Ex-Volunteer mod turning a blind eye to their behavior... I guess just so we are 100% clear why things were already this bad when volunteer mods could have done something about it and why the effects of their thoughtless actions, to put it gently, still reverberate through the forums.

Letting volunteer mods hold this position for so long was the worst thing that happened to these forums, and it's why it's been overran by the unprincipled they've turned a blind eye to for so long and still have the gall to defend.

The state of these forums is nothing but a reflection of their thoughtlessness.
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Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
One of these "bad actors" even posted a screenshot of both me and another user banned in his "Artwork" section with the line "Two birds one stone".

Hah. Well art is subjective. So as long as it doesn't break any rules, I don't see a problem 🤷🏻‍♀️
Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
Not even that, unfortunately.

When these "bad actors" get their disingenuous arguments torn apart, which is extremely often, they throw a tantrum and abuse the report system. I suspect they go on a reporting spree and target every post they can until an unscrupulous mod takes the bait.

They definitely are not disingenuous but when "you" want to shut down a conversation disingenuous is often used.

Proof not speculation as to who reported you.

Proof as in targeting forum regulars as admitted by.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von TDPS:
I think the current situation is obvious. It is obvious by the reports I and others make.


Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
I was the author of the thread that got closed right before this thread came up.

A thread you and your friends contributed to getting closed.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
They couldn't get me banned for anything I wrote on that thread but they did get me banned for posting "This thread is comedy gold" on another thread.

Proof not speculation.

Did "comedy gold" contribute to the discussion or just used to bait other posters. Seemingly support saw it as bait and not contributing to the thread.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
One of these "bad actors" even posted a screenshot of both me and another user banned in his "Artwork" section with the line "Two birds one stone". There were multiple other screenshots of other users banned, clearly illustrating who is actually being combative on the forums and who is abusing the report system. This screenshots are gone now, but to my knowledge, this person suffered no consequences for his behavior.

Were those screenshots removed? If the answer is yes then support acted on a report because of a perceived violation. Maybe the poster had a warning yet you would not know but again speculate nothing happened.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
This is how bad moderation is. And judging by the posts I've been banned for. I'm fairly sure I'm being banned more for my ban history than what I actually write. So I guess I can thank volunteer mods for all those absurd bans I got at their hands. Even though you lost your privileges, the effects of your bad moderation still echo in these forums.

So the premise is moderation is bad because i was banned and moderation is bad because people i want banning are not.

In both cases a rule needs to broken for action to be taken.

Your bans were from paid moderators.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von KillahInstinct:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
Wonderful news.
Sorry to burst your party but the people who handed your bans are not the ones being retired. So nothing will change in that regard.
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Ursprünglich geschrieben von brian9824:
Well again, since i wont let you bait me into breaking any rules feel free to report me if im breaking the rules.
I have zero intention to "bait" you into doing anything. I'm just stating my take on the matter, telling it like it is.



Ursprünglich geschrieben von gamerhelligon:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von brian9824:
Well again, since i wont let you bait me into breaking any rules feel free to report me if im breaking the rules. Your "Interpretation" of the rules is apparently not shared by the only people's who opinion matters aka the moderators. You can accuse me of being rude, toxic, etc all you want. The moderators clearly disagree hence why you can report all you want and no moderation will be done as you clearly do not have an understanding of what the rules are.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von brian9824:
Anyone else want to take bets on when the OP will be back and/or start whining when he moves to whatever other game service he goes to when they don't implement his demands?

If anyone else would have said things like this in a post (it is off topic and is NOTHING but trying to start something and belittling someone for there opinion) they would have been banned for sure, yet here is only one of the MANY examples I could bring up. How about the half a page threads where forum "regulars" do a back and forth of ragging on the OP or anyone else they disagree with?

Poster A: Aww poor thing isn't getting his way. Can't handle the real world.
Poster B: Yep, probably lives in his parents basement and doesn't know how the real world works yet.
Poster A: I know right, probably some 35 year old mouth breather who has never seen a real woman in his life.

And it keeps going on and on until the thread gets locked due to this kind of behavior. Not on topic and just belittling someone yet the thread gets locked due to "Thread has gone off topic, time to lock it." insteasd of punishing the offenders.

I can pull up TONS of this kind of stuff if you wish. Just look at the old medical problem threads that got locked due to "regulars" doing NOTHING but calling those of us with medical issues caused by the new UI liars, and all kinds of other names and rude / vulgar attitudes toward others. Only red Banned you saw in that thread was those who tried to defend themselves and NOT the ones who instigated it.

Or how about things like "First world problems" , "Don't like it then leave", "aww poor baby gonna cry now?", "Go back under the bridge you crawled out from", or how about the ever popular " I don't have that problem so it's not really a problem" statement? None of those are on topic, some are toxic and some are just down right being rude, yet only the "select" individuals get banned for stuff like this while the "regulars" who spout this kind of garbage get off scott free.

I can sit here and throw out all kinds of passive aggressive comments form the "regulars" that would have gotten anyone else a big old bann hammer.

So please don't sit there and act like you and the others are innocent. I have tons of proof that you are not.
Yep. This is behavior that keeps on happening on the Steam forums.



Ursprünglich geschrieben von gamerhelligon:
Also thank you for reminding me of yet another off topic tactic that people use to get things shut down, can't argue the point, attack the person by bringing up profile sayings. Has ZERO relevance on the topic at hand but used to try and discredit the person.
This happens in pretty much every thread asking for changes to the award system, with the OP being accused of making "jester bait".

This sort of ad hominem also happens elsewhere. Very frequently suggestion threads just get a handful of people insisting that there's no room for improvement on anything that Steam is doing with a variety of dismissive comments directed at anyone making or supporting those suggestions.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Nx Machina:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
They couldn't get me banned for anything I wrote on that thread but they did get me banned for posting "This thread is comedy gold" on another thread.

Proof not speculation.

There's no speculation required, the user responsible was the one posted the "Two birds one stone" screenshot. He couldn't argue his position so he abused the reported system to get me banned and celebrated it with the screenshot.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Nx Machina:
Did "comedy gold" contribute to the discussion or just used to bait other posters. Seemingly support saw it as bait and not contributing to the thread.

If a person can even remark that they find a thread humorous without targeting anyone or displaying any kind of negativity, than everything you say might constitute "baiting".

Over the years, I've seen multiple posts from you that contribute absolutely nothing to the discussion and are brimming with hostility and actual intent to bait, so you shouldn't be lecturing others on what they post.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
There's no speculation required, the user responsible was the one posted the "Two birds one stone" screenshot. He couldn't argue his position so he abused the reported system to get me banned and celebrated it with the screenshot.

You speculated no action was taken against them simply because they were not banned and ignored what i posted.

Were those screenshots removed? If the answer is yes then support acted on a report because of a perceived violation. Maybe the poster had a warning yet you would not know but again speculate nothing happened.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
If a person can even remark that they find a thread humorous without targeting anyone or displaying any kind of negativity, than everything you say might constitute "baiting".

Over the years, I've seen multiple posts from you that contribute absolutely nothing to the discussion and are brimming with hostility and actual intent to bait, so you shouldn't be lecturing others on what they post.

If it was humorous you would not have been banned instead you contributed nothing to that thread.

And finally when you post people are disingenuous and have no real argument you forget.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
Either way, these are discussion forums, not affirmation forums, I'm not required to agree with your posts.
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pizDuke 31. Juli 2022 um 2:50 
Disagree. The only thing that makes me feel unsafe is ovemoderation and people advocating for it. I mean other users can derail conversation all day, but at the end of the day they have equal rights with me. If a nice conversation is born only because a gunpoint placed to someone's head, you really have to wonder whether that niceness worth anything.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Austrian Painter:
Disagree. The only thing that makes me feel unsafe is ovemoderation and people advocating for it. I mean other users can derail conversation all day, but at the end of the day they have equal rights with me. If a nice conversation is born only because a gunpoint placed to someone's head, you really have to wonder whether that niceness worth anything.

We are not talking about overmoderation, just good, or at least decent, moderation.

And if you don't think that moderation is bad right now, just wait till you find yourself on the opposite side of the debate of these same users derailing the threads with their nonsense and they'll abuse the report system to get you banned. Oh, and good luck getting help with support if that ever happens.

If there was good moderation in the first place this thread wouldn't exist.
Brian9824 31. Juli 2022 um 4:48 
Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:

I was the author of the thread that got closed right before this thread came up. They couldn't get me banned for anything I wrote on that thread but they did get me banned for posting "This thread is comedy gold" on another thread.
Well judging by frequent moderator comments, and your public complaints about repeatedly getting banned it sounds like a LOT of people report your posts. Interesting how you claim to know exactly what user reported you...

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
One of these "bad actors" even posted a screenshot of both me and another user banned in his "Artwork" section with the line "Two birds one stone". There were multiple other screenshots of other users banned, clearly illustrating who is actually being combative on the forums and who is abusing the report system. This screenshots are gone now, but to my knowledge, this person suffered no consequences for his behavior.
IF the artwork is gone then that person can appeal it via support to have it overturned, and the removal would be the consequence. Again your exposing the core of your issue. Its not that moderation doesn't occur, you just want to weaponize moderation and complain when your moderated more strictly then others ignoring your own repeated violations that result in stricter moderation.

When you are moderated repeatedly you are shown less slack and face stricter penalties then someone who barely ever gets moderated

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
This is how bad moderation is. And judging by the posts I've been banned for. I'm fairly sure I'm being banned more for my ban history than what I actually write.
Its a combination of both. Your moderated for your actions but the penalties are stricter when you repeatedly break the rules. What would be a warning for someone else becomes a ban for you

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
So I guess I can thank volunteer mods for all those absurd bans I got at their hands. Even though you lost your privileges, the effects of your bad moderation still echo in these forums.
Yes YOUR actions follow you. Again it all boils down to that. YOU are responsible for your actions, you get banned because you break the rules, not because a group of moderators have a vendetta against you. If their bans were unjust or wrong support would be more then willing to remove them as i've shown repeatedly.

Unless support is now also against you, in which id have to question if Volunteer moderators, paid moderators, and support are all in agreement, its sounds more like an issue with users breaking the rules then some conspiracy against you....
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Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
We are not talking about overmoderation, just good, or at least decent, moderation.
Nothing has changed other than response time.
Seems like the quality is still good, other than slower times due to being reactionary and not having proactive volunteers. They remove troublemakers and problem content, I see no issue with that.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
And if you don't think that moderation is bad right now, just wait till you find yourself on the opposite side of the debate of these same users derailing the threads with their nonsense and they'll abuse the report system to get you banned.
Less than a handful of users keep blaming "the regulars", but ultimately ones own actions and behavior is the root cause of all punishment from moderation. If a few are constantly punished but not their opposition, then is the problem really a group of supposed boogeymen? Or is it that people refuse to take responsibility for their own actions?

It seems these mods have learned to get context from the volunteers as well, so at the moment their actions align with actionable material and context being present to make a determination that someone has done something wrong.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
they'll abuse the report system to get you banned.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
so he abused the reported system to get me banned and celebrated it with the screenshot.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
Over the years, I've seen multiple posts from you that contribute absolutely nothing to the discussion and are brimming with hostility and actual intent to bait, so you shouldn't be lecturing others on what they post.
Reports do not result in action, actionable content and context results in moderation taking action.
Accusing users of things as retaliation for being moderated, really isn't having a discussion it's blaming others for ones own behavior. All one has to do is have a civil discussion.

The primary difference in here is most are having a discussion, and a few appear to be only accusing those they dislike of things and trying to argue rather than discuss. The point is to have a constructive discussion; accusations and finger pointing are not constructive and do not display good faith. The reason threads like this were closed so quickly by volunteers is they knew this, and knew each time a thread is made about mods or users or groups of users there is no good intent, and it just turns into rather circular posts. That is displaying quality moderation by having a proactive group rather than reactive only, by ceasing it all and not letting users get themselves heated up and more likely to result in a ban from paid mods by having them cool off by locking threads so it can't sustain.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von TDPS:
As is, moderation is limited to clear cut rule violations.

Not even that, unfortunately.

When these "bad actors" get their disingenuous arguments torn apart, which is extremely often, they throw a tantrum and abuse the report system. I suspect they go on a reporting spree and target every post they can until an unscrupulous mod takes the bait.
Projecting again I see.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
This results on a person who hasn't broken any rules being silenced by inept mods who should be punishing those who abuse the report system instead.
Fox. Even You know that's not how that works.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
I was the author of the thread that got closed right before this thread came up. They couldn't get me banned for anything I wrote on that thread but they did get me banned for posting "This thread is comedy gold" on another thread.
The nebulous 'They'. again.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
One of these "bad actors" even posted a screenshot of both me and another user banned in his "Artwork" section with the line "Two birds one stone". There were multiple other screenshots of other users banned, clearly illustrating who is actually being combative on the forums and who is abusing the report system. This screenshots are gone now, but to my knowledge, this person suffered no consequences for his behavior.
M'dude. Did you ever stop to think.
Even if these 'bad actors' are doing what you claim, that they wouldn't get any where if you and other weren't doing things to break the rules? Reports only work if there is an actionable offense being reported.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
This is how bad moderation is. And judging by the posts I've been banned for. I'm fairly sure I'm being banned more for my ban history than what I actually write.
Yeah when you manage to stack up bans as you have the moideration is less likely to show leniency. Just like any court will be more lenient with a first offender as opposed to a repeat offender.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
So I guess I can thank volunteer mods for all those absurd bans I got at their hands. Even though you lost your privileges, the effects of your bad moderation still echo in these forums.
Except as they have said, that most of the bans were handed out by the the Paid-Mods.
So basically your past deeds are having extended consequences. Maybe irf you actually learned from your mistakes you wouldn't keep making them over and over. Just saying.


Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
Let's not forget that these "bad actors" were already behaving this poorly under the watch of volunteers mods who claim to be oh so much more attentive to context, and not only did they not do anything about them, they punished those who called them out for their behavior.
But as we see here you'd rather blame EVERYONE else for your state than YOURSELF.


Ursprünglich geschrieben von FOXDUDE69:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Tito Shivan:

So you assume.

Here you go. An Ex-Volunteer mod turning a blind eye to their behavior... I guess just so we are 100% clear why things were already this bad when volunteer mods could have done something about it and why the effects of their thoughtless actions, to put it gently, still reverberate through the forums.

Letting volunteer mods hold this position for so long was the worst thing that happened to these forums, and it's why it's been overran by the unprincipled they've turned a blind eye to for so long and still have the gall to defend.

The state of these forums is nothing but a reflection of their thoughtlessness.

TYes. FOx. Everyone is out to get you.
They are everywhere, scheming to get you banned.
They are rewritting the rules, and bribing the entired moderation staff some how.
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I also think moderators should crack down on people trolling in games they don't own, however i'm sure a few of the regular people here that think the moderators are out to get them, wouldn't like that as it would result in them getting banned (again) even though that is ACTUAL harassment versus their made up definition.
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Ursprünglich geschrieben von brian9824:
I also think moderators should crack down on people trolling in games they don't own, however i'm sure a few of the regular people here that think the moderators are out to get them, wouldn't like that as it would result in them getting banned (again) even though that is ACTUAL harassment versus their made up definition.
Wel;l. Game hubs have their own moderation teams.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Start_Running:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von brian9824:
I also think moderators should crack down on people trolling in games they don't own, however i'm sure a few of the regular people here that think the moderators are out to get them, wouldn't like that as it would result in them getting banned (again) even though that is ACTUAL harassment versus their made up definition.
Wel;l. Game hubs have their own moderation teams.

Yeah but im sure those moderators are also corrupt and out to get those users as well...
Ursprünglich geschrieben von brian9824:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Start_Running:
Wel;l. Game hubs have their own moderation teams.

Yeah but im sure those moderators are also corrupt and out to get those users as well...
Yealh as if moderation across steam and all the game hubs was part of some cosmic alien hive mind.
Hah Ha. Such a ridiculous notion concocted by some silly fleshy human brain.
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