Custom URLs

[Tadpole]

are you able to grab a steam custom URL from user's who are inactive?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Nope. Custom URLs are not removed and are a part of that account until the user logs in and removed it.

[Tadpole]

Well, when i search the URL with the name I want it says "profile could not be found" what does that mean? Even though I tried to change my URL to it it said it was already in use

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

You don't search for custom URLs in the search. You search for names. Make up a new one.

[Tadpole]

I know... I meant in a browser I searched for the URL

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

What URL are you trying?

[Tadpole]

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/Tadpole

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Try this one... http://steamcommunity.com/id/Tadpole

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by Tadpole:

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/Tadpole

http://steamcommunity.com/id/tadpole/

That's the person with the "tadpole" custom url

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It's "id" not "profiles" in the URL.

[Tadpole]

oh :( thanks

[Contractor]

Sorry to necro this thread but I must express my disappointment and profound disbelief in this policy. I recenly enquired about trasnferring a custom URL from a user who had not logged on for 11 years. Sorry, apparently 'he' owns it for perpituity despite not supporting steam or the community in any way.

My profile is around the same age and for those 11 years i have purchased games, been a consistent contributor with no flags or vac bans, purchace trading cards etc. yet I am straight out of luck (SOL) when it comes to this other abandoned account.

Surely a 10 year limit (even just on custom URLs) for accounts that don't logon for a decade would be reasonable?!

[Snapjak]

Originally posted by Contractor:

Sorry to necro this thread but I must express my disappointment and profound disbelief in this policy. I recenly enquired about trasnferring a custom URL from a user who had not logged on for 11 years. Sorry, apparently 'he' owns it for perpituity despite not supporting steam or the community in any way.

My profile is around the same age and for those 11 years i have purchased games, been a consistent contributor with no flags or vac bans, purchace trading cards etc. yet I am straight out of luck (SOL) when it comes to this other abandoned account.

Surely a 10 year limit (even just on custom URLs) for accounts that don't logon for a decade would be reasonable?!

Being "offline for xxx days" does not 100% mean the account is inactive. There ARE people who chose to never log into friends.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Contractor:

Sorry to necro this thread but I must express my disappointment and profound disbelief in this policy. I recenly enquired about trasnferring a custom URL from a user who had not logged on for 11 years. Sorry, apparently 'he' owns it for perpituity despite not supporting steam or the community in any way.

My profile is around the same age and for those 11 years i have purchased games, been a consistent contributor with no flags or vac bans, purchace trading cards etc. yet I am straight out of luck (SOL) when it comes to this other abandoned account.

Surely a 10 year limit (even just on custom URLs) for accounts that don't logon for a decade would be reasonable?!

Last online status does not update anymore for the client or browser if you stay invisible. Me, I'm logged into the friends network right now in the Client and have been chatting away the last 11 days it has said I've been offline.

Offline status is irrelevant. You do not know if an account is inactive.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Riedy:

If anything, Steam should contact inactive users after 5-10 years and inform them that their account will be deleted if they don't login within a year. But they shouldn't take something away from an user just because they didn't start the Steam client in years.

Thats quite contradicting.
And deleting an account for inactivity is a very bad idea.

[ayde]

i hope this is the last time it gets necroed.
i reached out to steam for a similar reason (account inactive almost 15 years) and they have confirmed that they will never do this, no matter the case, unless you can prove you own the account.