Always show Steam URL address bar when available

[Arken]

Just a suggestion to possibly stop future scams and impersonations. Have Steam remove the option of displaying the URL address bar and instead ALWAYS have it displayed for everyone?

[BoredCo2]

Are you talking about moments where it isn't available? (Which I can't think of right now) Or having the option on by default? Because you can toggle it by clicking Steam>Settings>Interface, and it will be displayed there.

[Arken]

I'm saying that instead of having the option to toggle it off and on, it should be on permanently. I help moderate a report section on a trading site that deals with Dota 2 trades (primarily), and the amount of reports that come through by people being scammed by impersonators and known scammers is very high.

With the URL bar always enabled it makes it easier for people to review a person's account before trading and if/ when a person does get scammed the evidence provided by them would then be valid as it would have the exact persons SteamID64 or Custom URL visible.

The Steam URL address bar isn't intrusive and this change would help benefit that side of the community greatly.

[Black Blade]

Sorry i don't really see the point of these... i mean if you report someone to support they will have there account info any how
So what is the point here?

[«Gғм» Kid Of The Century]

Originally posted by Black Blade (getting cards):

Sorry i don't really see the point of these... i mean if you report someone to support they will have there account info any how
So what is the point here?

By having the address bar displayed permanently, OP is hoping that newbie traders will be more aware of the other trader's identity, will less likely fall to impersonators and won't contact OP to get support as much as now.

To be honest, if users just jump into trading right away in a careless manner, they're asking to get scammed in the first place. And an address bar diplayed permanently won't save them either.

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by «Gғм» Kid Of The Century:

By having the address bar displayed permanently, OP is hoping that newbie traders will be more aware of the other trader's identity, will less likely fall to impersonators and won't contact OP to get support as much as now.

To be honest, if users just jump into trading right away in a careless manner, they're asking to get scammed in the first place. And an address bar diplayed permanently won't save them either.

Sorry i think i am really missing something... lets say my profile address is:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Black4Blade
how dose that help any one know if i am a scummer?? did i miss something?

[«Gғм» Kid Of The Century]

Originally posted by Black Blade (getting cards):

Sorry i think i am really missing something... lets say my profile address is:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Black4Blade
how dose that help any one know if i am a scummer?? did i miss something?

The address bar is the only part an impersonator can't replicate.

Let's assume you are a very famous SourceOP Admin/middleman who usually is being asked to keep very high valued items in your backpack: I, a master impersonator, could acquire everything is needed to change my community page to make it exactly like yours and trick people into giving me items for hundreds -if not thousand- of dollars.

Albeit nowadays there are way more differences in Steam User's pages than a few years ago I could still replicate everything (and investing a moderate amount of money to do it is not so unlikely if I'd manage to snatch a $1,000 TF2 Unusual TF2 hat or DOTA2 courier), except that "Black4Blade" of yours - which I can only mimic in BlackABlade/Black48lade/Black-4-Blade/you name it.

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by «Gғм» Kid Of The Century:

The address bar is the only part an impersonator can't replicate.

Let's assume you are a very famous SourceOP Admin/middleman who usually is being asked to keep very high valued items in your backpack: I, a master impersonator, could acquire everything is needed to change my community page to make it exactly like yours and trick people into giving me items for hundreds -if not thousand- of dollars.

Albeit nowadays there are way more differences in Steam User's pages than a few years ago I could still replicate everything (and investing a moderate amount of money to do it is not so unlikely if I'd manage to snatch a $1,000 TF2 Unusual TF2 hat or DOTA2 courier), except that "Black4Blade" of yours - which I can only mimic in BlackABlade/Black48lade/Black-4-Blade/you name it.

I see then... but i don't really think any one will start looking in the address bar before trading.. if all ready maybe Valve really needs to make something that will be unique on the profile
Unlike names and so on...

[«Gғм» Kid Of The Century]

Originally posted by Black Blade (getting cards):

I see then... but i don't really think any one will start looking in the address bar before trading.

My point exactly. If they're into trading and they don't even care to confirm the identity of who is trading with them, they're getting into trouble voluntarily.