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Bust-E-Pona Jun 15, 2018 @ 5:04pm
Can someone explain steam's stance on Adult content?
Okay so previously we went by the Community Guidelines found here.

In this it says do not post any of the following:
Porn, inappropriate or offensive content, warez or leaked content or anything else not safe for work

So that means no porn in your art section, screenshots, or avatar. Basically do not put porn on steam's servers.

Now however we have two new things confusing me, as is my namesake, we have the steam auto-filter bot that scans content for: excessive violence, sexual things, gore, etc and it blurs it out unless you click yes to see it or turn those filters off in your settings. The second thing we now have in the chat client beta is the ability to quickly upload content directly to chats. Does this content follow the community guidelines too?

What about steams semi-recent blog post relating to the steam store: Here

If anything is allowed on steam save for illegal materials why would the STORE PAGE, the most PUBLIC thing about steam be okay with porn yet user content is not? Steam legally should be able to allow porn posting from users because your age is required for an account, steam legally covers their own butts doing this.

So my question is, how is this going to be handled going forward now? Will lewd avatars rule the day once more? Will profile content be eased up on? Why is it okay to post porn on the store page and in group chats but not on your profile? And what of those still actively getting banned over this?
Last edited by Bust-E-Pona; Jun 15, 2018 @ 5:08pm
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Bust-E-Pona Jun 15, 2018 @ 5:33pm 
Anyone?
cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jun 15, 2018 @ 5:40pm 
1. Nothing has changed. It is exactly the same stance they have always had.

2. This is the Steam Chat Beta sub-forum.

4. Read https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1697175413669725045/

It was locked for going too far with the conversation.

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Bust-E-Pona Jun 15, 2018 @ 5:47pm 
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
1. Nothing has changed. It is exactly the same stance they have always had.

2. This is the Steam Chat Beta sub-forum.

4. Read https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1697175413669725045/

It was locked for going too far with the conversation.

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That does not help at all.

In that discussion it only shows how random steam bans things, this isn't helpful and even the mod in-question was confused.
Bust-E-Pona Jun 15, 2018 @ 6:04pm 
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
You went through all 652 posts?

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1697175413669725045/?ctp=3#c1697175413672676515

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This is not what you originally linked.
cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jun 15, 2018 @ 7:36pm 
I was hoping you would read through some of the thread to get to that and others like it.

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jun 15, 2018 @ 7:43pm 
The rules have not changed. And if it is reported, support will take action if it is not appropriate.

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Bust-E-Pona Jun 15, 2018 @ 10:25pm 
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
The rules have not changed. And if it is reported, support will take action if it is not appropriate.

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Is there even a report post feature? Pretty sure all reports must be manual.
cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jun 15, 2018 @ 10:29pm 
They can report it through your profile and support will have all the logs on their end.

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Bust-E-Pona Jun 15, 2018 @ 11:09pm 
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
They can report it through your profile and support will have all the logs on their end.

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There is no option to do so.
cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jun 15, 2018 @ 11:12pm 
You select the closest one. Support will handle it.

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