"Community ban" causes perman ban?

[Hunter]

This is the second time I've received a "Community Ban" in my main account.
First time it lasted a week, just because I was temporarily ban on two games forums.
This time it was because I made a comment criticizing Diablo 4 and comparing it to BG3.
I was temporarily banned on the Diablo forum saying it was spam, then I received "Community Ban", my main account has been completely blocked for 2 weeks.

"Your Steam Community privileges have been suspended for 2 weeks because of multiple bans across several Steam Community Hubs."
"Community privileges will automatically be restored on 6 Dec"

Now am I at risk of losing my account if this happens again? or do they just increase the ban duration next time?

Imagine spending my money on this platform and losing my account for such a stupid reason, I did not commit a crime..

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

Bans escalate so the ban will increase, it's an automated system to avoid trolls/bots from spamming game hubs.

However, continual bans from hubs can also escalate to permanent. It takes real effort to get a permanent community ban, but they do exist.

[Lithurge]

There's a difference between being able to participate in the community and being able to play your games. Being banned from participating in the former does not mean you lose the latter.

[Hunter]

Originally posted by Lithurge:

There's a difference between being able to participate in the community and being able to play your games. Being banned from participating in the former does not mean you lose the latter.

If my account were permanently ban from the community, it would be the same as throwing my account in the trash.

[Pscht]

Cool. Solution: Stop getting banned.

[Slavyk_FR]

Just stick to the rules and voilà ! No more bans for you and better forums, win-win!

[Satoru]

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4045-USHJ-3810

Stop breaking the rules in MULTIPLE game hubs then

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Hunter:

Originally posted by Lithurge:

There's a difference between being able to participate in the community and being able to play your games. Being banned from participating in the former does not mean you lose the latter.

If my account were permanently ban from the community, it would be the same as throwing my account in the trash.

No. Throwing your account in the trash would mean losing access to your (paid) games. A permanent community ban doesn't mean that.

[HikariLight]

A community ban is a ban from ALL forums.
You have to be causing a LOT of trouble getting banned multiple times from multiple forums hubs to get community banned.
You can still purchase and play games, you just can't post in any forum.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Hunter:

Originally posted by Lithurge:

There's a difference between being able to participate in the community and being able to play your games. Being banned from participating in the former does not mean you lose the latter.

If my account were permanently ban from the community, it would be the same as throwing my account in the trash.

It definitely wouldn't. The forums are a privilege, and it can be revoked. You would still have the items you paid for. The simple solution is to stop breaking the rules and you wont have to worry.

[Anonymous Helper]

Originally posted by Hunter:

Imagine spending my money on this platform and losing my account for such a stupid reason, I did not commit a crime..

Permanent Community Ban will not cause you to lose your account. It will however put heavy restriction on what you can do with it:

Trading, inviting, editing your profile, uploading content, commenting and otherwise interacting with the Steam Community will be permanently disabled.

[Hunter]

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

Originally posted by Hunter:

Imagine spending my money on this platform and losing my account for such a stupid reason, I did not commit a crime..

Permanent Community Ban will not cause you to lose your account. It will however put heavy restriction on what you can do with it:

Trading, inviting, editing your profile, uploading content, commenting and otherwise interacting with the Steam Community will be permanently disabled.

What are the chances of me getting permanently banned after two Community bans if this happens again? That's my fear.

I was just temporarily banned on the Diablo forum (24 hours), that shouldn't be a reason to receive a second Community ban for 2 weeks.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by Hunter:

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

Permanent Community Ban will not cause you to lose your account. It will however put heavy restriction on what you can do with it:

Trading, inviting, editing your profile, uploading content, commenting and otherwise interacting with the Steam Community will be permanently disabled.

What are the chances of me getting permanently banned after two Community bans if this happens again? That's my fear. :winter2019sadbulb:

I was just temporarily banned on the Diablo forum (24 hours), that shouldn't be a reason to receive a second Community ban for 2 weeks.

The reason for the second is because it's an automated system. You can appeal it and they might even overturn it.

When you get banned from multiple hubs within a certain timeframe, an automatic community ban happens.

If this keeps happening, the bans escalate in time.

It's usually 3 days -> 2 weeks -> 1 month -> 6 months -> permanent.

[Mad Scientist]

Multiple game hub bans within a short period of time cause community bans to prevent people from generally causing more trouble for a period of time. It will say permanent if it's permanent, else it will show a date&time it'll expire.

If this is happening more than once, then it really comes down to how you're handling discussions which I like to emphasize it's what you say and how you say it being the difference between getting into trouble and actually having a discussion, so have caution when posting.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by Mad Scientist:

Multiple game hub bans within a short period of time cause community bans to prevent people from generally causing more trouble for a period of time. It will say permanent if it's permanent, else it will show a date&time it'll expire.

If this is happening more than once, then it really comes down to how you're handling discussions which I like to emphasize it's what you say and how you say it being the difference between getting into trouble and actually having a discussion, so have caution when posting.

I thought the ban just has a date for like 10 years or something if it's permanent?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Hunter:

What are the chances of me getting permanently banned after two Community bans if this happens again? That's my fear.

I was just temporarily banned on the Diablo forum (24 hours), that shouldn't be a reason to receive a second Community ban for 2 weeks.

If you are banned in two or more hubs, with in a short period of time (at least with in 24 hours, maybe more) then you automatically receive a community ban. Each community ban received like this, increases the length of the community ban. It is an automated system to stop people for going in and doing things to get banned, then moving to another forum to repeat the behavior.

If you wish to contest the ban, then you can follow the link provided in the ban message to contact support.