Macioeus Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Yeah as the title says: I got Community banned. Ive looked up other cases when people were falsly banned and it's scary. Sometimes they get unbanbed (as it should be) but sometimes they say they steam support just dosent answer them. Anyways I saw that on my friend list one other traded got it as Well but about 2 weeks before me (lime). He still have it and idk if he did sth wrong but its still There. Help? Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FP jh34ghu43gu Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Contact steam support like the message told you? What do you expect us to do? Moose-tache, Jen Only, TheTexanTiger and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macioeus Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 minute ago, FP jh34ghu43gu said: Contact steam support like the message told you? What do you expect us to do? Give some adclvise. But yeah I already did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolt Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 don’t worry lmao, i’ve been community banned three times in the most 60 days, steam mistakes you for a scammer - just message steam support and they unlock your account once you provide proof you are the owner of the account good luck Macioeus and RussellSproutz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Johnson Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Is it me or a ton of people are reporting being unfairly banned without doing nothing illegal ToS-speaking recently? This is scary. Macioeus, AwesomeSause, puf and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macioeus Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, Kolt said: don’t worry lmao, i’ve been community banned three times in the most 60 days, steam mistakes you for a scammer - just message steam support and they unlock your account once you provide proof you are the owner of the account good luck Thank god, cassuly helping a man in a stressful situation. Common kolt W. Ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Junior Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 16 minutes ago, Colonel Johnson said: Is it me or a ton of people are reporting being unfairly banned without doing nothing illegal ToS-speaking recently? This is scary. You mean still banned without commenting sell/buy/trade/inventory/backpack etc? Because those words will get you killed RussellSproutz and Kwas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Johnson Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 41 minutes ago, Zeus_Junior said: You mean still banned without commenting sell/buy/trade/inventory/backpack etc? Because those words will get you killed I'm referring to all those who have reported being banned on Steam for apparently doing nothing wrong (usually because people report genuine people instead of the impersonators, I think?). I remember Shadows' episode 1-2 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macioeus Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Zeus_Junior said: You mean still banned without commenting sell/buy/trade/inventory/backpack etc? Because those words will get you killed Why? Are thoes banned or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeSause Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 You probably said "added to trade" on someones profile Steams staff are fucking stupid, they roll out rubbish half-assed shit and then when we get auto banned tell us off for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolt Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 The things that got me banned were “if you ever want to cashout, I would offer $5500 USD for your backpack” or “would you take $800 for X item?” anything that scammers do is usually flagged - so just avoid comments like that 2 hours ago, Colonel Johnson said: I'm referring to all those who have reported being banned on Steam for apparently doing nothing wrong (usually because people report genuine people instead of the impersonators, I think?). I remember Shadows' episode 1-2 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Kolt said: don’t worry lmao, i’ve been community banned three times in the most 60 days, steam mistakes you for a scammer - just message steam support and they unlock your account once you provide proof you are the owner of the account good luck i try to be extra careful these days but sometimes you really need to leave a comment on a trader / seller profile to notify them you're adding them for a certain item or to ask if they're willing to negotiate etc they might as well remove the ability to comment on people's profile if that can get you falsely banned so easily anyway,about the "proof that you are the owner" bit : i am curious , what exactly do you need to say or do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Junior Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Macioeus said: Why? Are thoes banned or what? Basically yeah. That seems to be the most common in all these bans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolt Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, fran said: i try to be extra careful these days but sometimes you really need to leave a comment on a trader / seller profile to notify them you're adding them for a certain item or to ask if they're willing to negotiate etc they might as well remove the ability to comment on people's profile if that can get you falsely banned so easily anyway,about the "proof that you are the owner" bit : i am curious , what exactly do you need to say or do ? personal details - addy, name, credit card info if you have ever used it before on steam - or paypal transaction proof if you’ve ever used paypal as a payment method on steam fran and Bentry Suster 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macioeus Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 45 minutes ago, Zeus_Junior said: Basically yeah. That seems to be the most common in all these bans But they are false bans right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aysentaro Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Happens to the best of us, i got community banned twice already. fran and Macioeus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Kolt said: personal details - addy, name, credit card info if you have ever used it before on steam - or paypal transaction proof if you’ve ever used paypal as a payment method on steam oh,i see . easy enough then i remember reading about really old steam accounts that needed some sort of code given to you upon installation / creation aka you were 99% shit out of luck if locked out of your account because most people would lose track of that code after 10-15 years i don't think i ever received such a code but my account is fairly recent and those details you mentioned are impossible to forget good to know , thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Macioeus said: But they are false bans right? Seems that the new system has a chance to automatically ban anyone who says those words/phrases. Looks like it was implemented to help impede the rise in CSGO scammers; however, many regular traders have been caught in the crossfire. Every single case of Tf2 traders getting hit from this have been resolved in 1-2 days of filing a ticket with Steam Support. Please update us if you need help with, or after, your Support ticket. RussellSproutz and Macioeus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellSproutz Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Sorry that happened homie. Best of luck! OFWGKTA and Macioeus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seminal Inhalation Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I've been community banned for posting a link to a backpack.tf suggestion a year ago even though backpack.tf is whitelisted on steam... fran, Bentry Suster and Macioeus 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macioeus Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 Bruh I got unbanned. Thanks to everyone that gave me advice or a word of confidence! Ty all fran, STEVE and Seminal Inhalation 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Johnson Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Macioeus said: Bruh I got unbanned. Thanks to everyone that gave me advice or a word of confidence! Ty all That was fast! I'm happy for your unban. Macioeus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FP jh34ghu43gu Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 12 hours ago, Colonel Johnson said: nothing illegal ToS-speaking recently They updated ToS to include no commercial activity which trigger words like buy/sell are related to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Johnson Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 2 hours ago, FP jh34ghu43gu said: They updated ToS to include no commercial activity which trigger words like buy/sell are related to. Oh yes I read about it on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khailby Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Also just got Community banned for commenting something like "Hey, im interested in buying your 1:1 unu, sent an add to discuss" cause most people like to have comments before adds for trading its the weekend so I doubt steam support will be fast but hopefully i'll be unbanned in the next 48 hrs fran and Seminal Inhalation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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