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Hamsterpeek 2020 年 11 月 7 日 上午 9:52
Criticism about moderators
This is my third thread throughout the past years about this, and community mods aswell as many veterans of the forum agree with this.

Whenever someone who is writing a ton in the forum gets banned I'll do my research because I'm interested why someone gets banned. I received more than 500 ban messages of people including the ban reason and the quote of the text of the so called bannable offensive.

In nearly all those cases the ban wasn't justified.

In half of those cases the user wrote a ticket and the ban was removed.

In other cases the steam support says the ban was correct.

The thing is, that in all those cases the reasons and the content of the ban was exactly the same. And we see those comments every single day.

Just few days ago someone got banned because his post was "non constructive", because in a looking for player thread in a game he wrote "use this subforum", he got banned for that. It was "offtopic".

I got banned 2 days ago for "baiting into offtopic discussion". For what? This thread:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513803348132/

We get at least 1.000 of those threads every single day in the community hub. And the answers of us veteran forum user is the same: We do our research and based on that we decide if it's trustable or not. And all people write the same. "Throw away acc", "not legit stats", etc.
In this case I wrote:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513803348132/#c2999921513803482927

That his acc is fresh made, he brags about his stats, those stats are very obvious, so I don't trust him.

He then posted this, which is a silly post at all since I've my mains on my profile linked and I've thousands of hours, so his point clearly stated that he wants to bait me into a flamewar:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513803348132/#c2999921513803589850

My post then got deleted, but I wrote:
Imagine beeing so toxic that you ignore obvious things like links to other accs on purpose to make you feel better. Reminds me of trump. Tz.

He was toxic, he ignored my links and just tried to make a point against me even when the facts are different. I added trump into that, not as a political thing, but because he is a person who always tries to turn it so it fits to him even when facts are different.

Either way, I didn't get a ban for that, I got banned for this:
Please refrain from attempting to bait users into non-constructive arguments
There was not a single sign of me "attempting to bait user into non-constructive arguments"

It was a thread about a cheater who says he didn't cheat.
I said I did a bit of research and based of that I don't believe him.
He flamed me.
I said his flames (which btw. is a attempt to bait me into a non-constructive argument) aren't correct and proved it with the links.

That was all.

And for that I get banned for 3 days. :steamfacepalm:

This ban was so ridiclious that I even thought the mod made a mistake and he wanted to ban the other guy and missclicked. Why I thought that? Because that happend already. In my case alone THREE times.
I also received THREE community bans by mistake which got removed 2 days later because it always took the support ages to response.
I also received bans for "naming and shaming" while I made a screenshot ingame of the scoreboard and I blanked out all names. That was also removed later but shows that the paid mods have no clue at all and don't even take their time to investigate the situation.

But the support just answered me 2 days later and said the ban was correctly applied, which is a joke.

Just one thing more to add, which is very important. When this is the point of banning people, valve has to use that point for all further bans. I see people writing bad things ON PURPOSE for months, even years. They do it so obvious and guess what? Tons of people report them but they don't ban them. I've to contact a community moderator personally so that guy gets banned. So the point of balance is completely destroyed. It is completely randomized who gets banned for what.

Just one out of 1.000 threads of today as an example:
This is again, just a thread about a guy who got vac banned, the first I saw when opening the forum right now:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/

Let us just focus on the first 15 replies and look which post is written the same as mine:
Baiting into non constructive discussion:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/#c2999921513810456697

Offtopic:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/#c2999921513810467274

Offtopic:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/#c2999921513810470999

"Your acc is fresh made":
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/#c2999921513810586559

"Week old acc":
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/#c2999921513810593530

"main acc rofl":
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/#c2999921513810632016

This is basically the same as my post why I got banned:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/2999921513810446661/#c2999921513810688917

So. Out of 15 posts we got:
7 posts breaking the forum rules on the same level as my post, some even worse/on purpose
2 posts from the thread opener

So just 6 out of 13 posts were "okay", the rest was breaking the rules.

Don't get me wrong. I don't name and shame them. I don't say they should get banned. Those posts are all fine. It is just an example of how many people need to get banned if the level of banning user is set to this place.

And guess what? When this is the level, then ALL forum user with at least 100 posts would be banned already.

To the guy who reads this - to those who disagree with this - and even to community moderator beeing active in the forum: Yes. I also talk about YOU. You guys would be permanently banned aswell IF this level would count to everyone all the time.

The ban will end tomorrow. I don't need a ban removal at this point. I just show where the weaknesses of the current solution are.

And after 30.000 forum posts throughout my three accs I'll finally leave the steam community forum because this is the worst moderation I've seen since 1995 with more than 150.000 forum posts. I'm a person who loves equal rights and clear rules. I don't like bad decision making, making mistakes all the way and then even can't admit that a mistake was made.

This is the last glance of me improving the forum.

Wish you guys good luck - because this is what you need when beeing an active and good behaving forum user on steam. It's pure luck whenever or not you get banned for any of your written posts because even the most common and normal post can give you a ban.
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vadim 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 1:27 
引用自 davidb11
VAC bans are 99.98% effective.
I can trust them enough.
So if in the VAC Discussion forum you see a message from a cheater that he was allegedly banned for no reason, can you write to him "you cheated - you got banned"?
vadim 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 1:35 
引用自 davidb11
Sure, if I wanted to be a jerk.
Well, I received a weekly ban for this message as for trolling. Explain which rule I broke?
vadim 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 1:41 
引用自 davidb11
The one thing you need to know, is all your previous bans are brought into account when you get in trouble from the moderators.
Stop causing problems, and the moderators won't beat you up.
Don't shy away from answering. You and your like-minded person expounded the theory so well, show how it works in practice. What clause of the Steam rules did my message break?
vadim 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 1:46 
You don't have much to say, do you? :steammocking:
This always happens when theory breaks down on practice.
Washell 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:00 
引用自 vadim
What clause of the Steam rules did my message break?
As a Steam subscriber you agree to abide by the following conduct rules.

You will not:

Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Thus:
引用自 Washell
I always say that their account was used in conjunction with a cheat, so they either need to look in the mirror or at the person they loaned their account or share a PC with.

Don't attack people. It really isn't that hard.
Crazy Tiger 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:06 
Quite a read, this thread. No point in responding to the OP, as he says he won't be coming back.

引用自 vadim
They give a link to the rules that I already know and do not comment on specific cases in any way!
The rules aren't black & white and cover more ground than one thinks. Generally it's common sense. But sometimes the moderator messages included in the warning/ban notices could be better, I agree on that.

引用自 vadim
You literally said "do not participate in forum discussions and you wouldn't be banned".
Actually, Washell said "Don't engage", which is the general advice when people are baiting and being toxic. Don't engage them, simply report, block and move on. Just because someone else is breaking the rules, doesn't mean you should lower yourself to the trolls level and join him. You simply are being wrong yourself then.

引用自 vadim
But is there an opportunity to participate in the discussion without the risk of getting banned?
Generally speaking, yeah, there is. It's done by simply following the rules and not being a total asshat.

That said it does depend on a few factors and that's mostly who processes the report:
- Global Steam mods, they generally are spot on, understand context and can be lenient;
- Game hub mods, they are appointed by the developers and depending on the game hubs they go from being a delight to absolute fanboy trash;
- Paid Valve mods, they often miss context and try to view things black & white, or so it feels.

引用自 vadim
If we believe OP, he gave an example of such a ban.
Is it? I agree the other person wasn't being a nice person either, but for example the deleted post most certainly was baiting with the Trump remark in it. Plus we don't know the past history of bans and warnings of either person, which are taken into account when the ban length gets decided.

Simply put, we don't have all the info, we only have what OP wants to show us. For all we know the other person was on his first offense and received a warning, while OP was racking up warnings and bans. Taking such things at face value shouldn't be done, cause we don't know.

引用自 vadim
So if in the VAC Discussion forum you see a message from a cheater that he was allegedly banned for no reason, can you write to him "you cheated - you got banned"?
That entirely depends on how it was worded. If those were your exact words? Yeah, I can understand action taken against it.

But was it a post explaining that VAC bans are based on the system finding known cheats and that the ban is permanent, then I wouldn't understand it.

The former is simply making fun and can be considered trolling/flaming, the latter is being informative.

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Moderators are humans, they can make mistakes. People who come complaining are also humans, they don't always tell everything. The world isn't black & white, neither is this subject. Threads about moderation are therefore considered to be a subject to not discuss in the forums. Other people shouldn't be dragged into it, cause other people don't have all the information, like for example warning/ban history.
vadim 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:12 
引用自 Washell
As a Steam subscriber you agree to abide by the following conduct rules.

You will not:

Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
1. If I said that user WITH VAC BAN IN PROFILE cheated, is it abuse or defame? How could he get banned if he didn't cheat?
2. Let's look what I have been told:
引用自 davidb11
All I know is your behavior is rude, toxic, and causing problems.
Is it against the rule you quoted?
Zilkenian Davenport 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:36 
This is why I usually tell people is not worth following someone into a nonsensical argument.
You can use that time to do other productive things, like actually helping people who really need help.
Anyone who's highly frustrated and starts trolling (yes, trolls are usually frustrated and they take it out on others) will need time to cool down before they can listen to reason, so ignoring them is the best method to allow them to leave and cool their heads.

I've never been banned per se, so I can't tell from experience, but I can say this:

If it's not worth your time, just move on.
Washell 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:38 
引用自 vadim
How could he get banned if he didn't cheat?
I often pre-empt counter arguments, so do give me the courtesy of reading the whole thing:
引用自 Washell
I always say that their account was used in conjunction with a cheat, so they either need to look in the mirror or at the person they loaned their account or share a PC with.
The only certainty is that their account was used while a cheat was installed/running on a PC. It doesn't have to be their PC. It doesn't have to be them actively playing on the account. It's perfectly possible they didn't cheat. They may have even had a more universal cheating tool open that they used on a single player game before moving to a VAC secured game. Therefor, labeling them a cheater could be construed as abuse, libel, defamation. Also posting in your manner is basically gloating, which doesn't lead to a nice and constructive forum atmosphere. I know it's fun to gloat, but do it in private, at the screen, not on the keyboard.

Again, it's really simple, don't attack the people. Name the behaviour.
最后由 Washell 编辑于; 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 3:55
Zilkenian Davenport 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:41 
引用自 Washell
引用自 vadim
How could he get banned if he didn't cheat?
I often pre-empt counter arguments, so do give me the courtesy of reading the whole thing:
引用自 Washell
I always say that their account was used in conjunction with a cheat, so they either need to look in the mirror or at the person they loaned their account or share a PC with.
The only certainty is that their account was used while a cheat was installed/running on a PC. It doesn't have to be their PC. It doesn't have to be them actively playing on the account. It's perfectly possible they didn't cheat. They may have even had a more universal cheating tool open that they used on a single player game before moving to a VAC secured game. Therefor, labeling them a cheater could be construed as abuse, libel, defamation. Also posting in your manor is basically gloating, which doesn't lead to a nice and constructive forum atmosphere. I know it's fun to gloat, but do it in private, at the screen, not on the keyboard.
This is exactly what happened to a lad in the VAC subforums: his brother took hold of his account, played CS with cheats, and earned him a VAC ban.
I told him to change his password and avoid leaving it open when he left the PC. He actually followed the advice, and we ended up on good terms.
Crazy Tiger 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:42 
引用自 Zef Davenport
引用自 Washell
I often pre-empt counter arguments, so do give me the courtesy of reading the whole thing:

The only certainty is that their account was used while a cheat was installed/running on a PC. It doesn't have to be their PC. It doesn't have to be them actively playing on the account. It's perfectly possible they didn't cheat. They may have even had a more universal cheating tool open that they used on a single player game before moving to a VAC secured game. Therefor, labeling them a cheater could be construed as abuse, libel, defamation. Also posting in your manor is basically gloating, which doesn't lead to a nice and constructive forum atmosphere. I know it's fun to gloat, but do it in private, at the screen, not on the keyboard.
This is exactly what happened to a lad in the VAC subforums: his brother took hold of his account, played CS with cheats, and earned him a VAC ban.
I told him to change his password and avoid leaving it open when he left the PC. He actually followed the advice, and we ended up on good terms.
That and people using public PCs in internet cafes and such. There are many ways people can collect a cheating ban without themselves being an actual cheater.
Zilkenian Davenport 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:53 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
引用自 Zef Davenport
This is exactly what happened to a lad in the VAC subforums: his brother took hold of his account, played CS with cheats, and earned him a VAC ban.
I told him to change his password and avoid leaving it open when he left the PC. He actually followed the advice, and we ended up on good terms.
That and people using public PCs in internet cafes and such. There are many ways people can collect a cheating ban without themselves being an actual cheater.
I'm pretty sure there's already some place where this is adviced to be careful with, but apparently a lot of new lads won't even reach them.
I feel like learning this from trial and error is not the best way, but the most efficient in the end. Sadly, it gets the worst results.

Those warnings should be more available, and sooner in the creation of the account.
Maybe there are there, but since last time I created a Steam account was back in 2008 (this one), I can't tell for sure.
最后由 Zilkenian Davenport 编辑于; 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:54
vadim 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 2:58 
You should understand that this discussion and the discussion in the VAC forum are very different. Here a person does not demand anything and does not expect anything. Just exchanging opinions. There, the user wants to be unbanned and is waiting for an explanation why he got the ban.
However, what do we see? In this topic, the participants are extremely aggressive and insult others for no reason. At the same time, they consider their behavior to be completely normal and are not ready to receive a ban on the forum for it.
They refer to the forum rules as an easy way to find out if you can get banned for a particular message or not.
What turns out in practice? When they are presented with a test message, they pretend it doesn't break the rules. But they change their minds when they find out that I was banned for this message. Then they say that calling a person with a VAC ban in his profile a cheater is an insult. ...and add that the speaker is rude, toxic and causes problems. However, they are not able to explain why for three years before I did not get bans, if I am so toxic. But that doesn't bother them.

What can we conclude? You yourself do not know what should you do in the forum to not get banned. Q.E.D.
Zilkenian Davenport 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 3:06 
引用自 vadim
What can we conclude? You yourself do not know what should you do in the forum to not get banned. Q.E.D.
The easy way to avoid a ban is to never answer anything or anyone, not post anything.

But we won't do that, right? That's why the forums are a conversation, not a monologue.

Everyday we need to talk to others, see their points and express ours, but we seem to live in the "I'm right and you're wrong" reality. Not many are willing to step back and take a look at the whole picture. Sadly, that usually comes with age and experience.

Nobody is perfect, not even the mods. Everyone is prone to make mistakes and, hopefully, learn from them. We can't control "not being banned", but we can control what we leave out there for others to read.

And that's why I mostly just worry about what I can control, so I take my iced lemon tea and my book, and read through a calm, nice afternoon.

引用自 davidb11
Can you please stop attacking everyone?
Seriously. Knock it off.
He's not attacking anyone, my lad, he's just presenting his side of the situation.
最后由 Zilkenian Davenport 编辑于; 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 3:08
Tito Shivan 2020 年 11 月 7 日 下午 3:19 
引用自 Washell
Again, it's really simple, don't attack the people. Name the behaviour.
Play the ball, not the man.

It's a very simple rule people often fail to follow. Specially when heated. Which happens quite a lot around cheating discussions because no one likes to have their gaming night spoiled by a cheater. And lots of people write hot-blooded there trying to get a bit of payback.

引用自 vadim
You yourself do not know what should you do in the forum to not get banned. Q.E.D.
Easy peasy. Just follow these rules:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4045-USHJ-3810

Most of the people posting in the forums manage to do it quite well through their lifetimes. A few have to be reminded with a warning just once. Only a few of those end up banned for forgetting to follow the rules they were reminded of. And only a very few from those few gather enough links to those rules in their community messages they should know them eyes closed already.

引用自 vadim
引用自 Washell
1. If I said that user WITH VAC BAN IN PROFILE cheated, is it abuse or defame? How could he get banned if he didn't cheat?
The one with the VAC ban is the account, not the person using it.

You may know the account has a ban but you don't know anything of the person making the post or its circumstance.

You can't even tell if this post was made by the guy in the profile picture or if I'm actually a girl, a kid, a retired 80 year old bald wrestler or a smart conversational bot.

Think about that and how you should approach 'I've been banned' threads in the future with that piece of information in mind.

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