Anyone else ever been banned for nothing?

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Gracey Face 15 hours ago

I was recently banned for nothing. And I do not mean "banned unjustly", that's a normal experience for conservatives, I mean banned for nothing. No message as to why I was banned, no explanation of it, I asked the steam support to tell me why I was banned 4 times and each time they replied "we checked the reason for your ban and have determined that it was applied correctly", but without being able to say what the reason for the ban was.

Also while I was banned I noticed that the (Banned) text next to my name would be there some times, and not there other times, and some times I would be able to type replies (which would get an error message when you tried to post) and other times it would just completely prevent me from typing a reply altogether which is what it is supposed to do.

I have seen a few other people who have had the (Banned) text appear and disappear so I am wondering if it is some kind of steam server glitch that is affecting multiple people. It would also explain the weirdness from the steam support messages. If they're simply chatbots and not people and just posting template messages then they'd see the ban but either wouldn't be able to see the non-existent ban notification or would just not have the capability to explain the reason.

Also it was a 3 day ban and I have never seen a 3 day ban before, it's either 1 or 7.

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Solvnblom 15 hours ago

You wrote quite a lot 2nd October, surely someone didn't do that out of nowhere, why that is? I don't know, but at least there's one clue.

Boblin the Goblin 14 hours ago

Check your community messages.

Gracey Face 14 hours ago

Originally posted by Solvnblom:
You wrote quite a lot 2nd October, surely someone didn't do that out of nowhere, why that is? I don't know, but at least there's one clue.

You'd think surely not, but as far as is apparent they did. I got no notifications and the steam support couldn't say why even when asked 4 times.

Tito Shivan 14 hours ago

Originally posted by Gracey Face:
Also while I was banned I noticed that the (Banned) text next to my name would be there some times, and not there other times

That's an ongoing visual issue with the ban status not showing consistently.

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DutyCallsBackNextYear 14 hours ago

Contact Steam Support, if it was not for bannings I would feel I was not getting my money's worth from steam.
Games are secondary to my experiences of Steam.

Gracey Face 14 hours ago

Originally posted by Boblin the Goblin:
Check your community messages.

I did, there's nothing in there.

76561198791567445 14 hours ago

Never experienced this so no...

DOOMGIRL69 14 hours ago

Most of mine have been from arguments with people or saying silly stuff so not really, i have seen users get banned for seemingly nothing though, but i am not sure if that's because people were spam reporting them

Kamiyama 14 hours ago

I'm still banned from Uma Musume forum for posting some elder scrolls clips in response to a thread. 30 day ban for "off topic posting"

I still play Uma Musume every day and like to upload screenshots of the umas I train. I can't upload screenshots until the ban is finished. WTF.

I would argue there was no crime. It's not like I was spamming the forum. I was posting in 1 thread and got slapped by a corrupt mod on a power trip.

Stroke that epeen, mod. Stroke it hard. You big manly man, you. Look at how big a man you are. The forumites tremble in fear at the sight of such long bans!

LOOOOONG BANS! LOOOOONG! (like your epeen)

Γαῖα 14 hours ago

Steams become quite relaxed if all you got was a 3 dayer.

Trust me when i say no matter how innocent you may feel your comment is, once steam has made its mind up it almost always never changes it.
Aint no coming to off topic thats going to generate a legion to take on the dark forces.

Take your bans, learn from them and eventually your be able to say stuff in the right way that wont get you another.

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Rɛƈƈȶǟʟ_ɛӼքʟօֆɨօN 14 hours ago

been bonked over the head a few times for ascii art. I hate this place

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Doctor Go-Go 14 hours ago

Harassment, personal attacks? Yes. Suddenly they're enforcing every minor trivial thing because it's personal. I think everyone experiences it.

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Kamiyama 14 hours ago

Originally posted by Γαῖα:
Steams become quite relaxed if all you got was a 3 dayer.

Trust me when i say no matter how innocent you may feel your comment is, once steam has made its mind up it almost always never changes it.
Aint no coming to off topic thats going to generate a legion to take on the dark forces.

Take your bans, learn from them and eventually your be able to say stuff in the right way that wont get you another.

Not true. I've been banned for just posting links to SFW youtube videos.

Like I said, elder scrolls clips got me a 30 day ban.

Mods have power and will abuse that power. If they don't like what you have to say, even if you convey what you say in a nice way, or even convey it in a way that doesn't require words, they will still ban you.

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Γαῖα 13 hours ago

Originally posted by Kamiyama:
Originally posted by Γαῖα:
Steams become quite relaxed if all you got was a 3 dayer.

Trust me when i say no matter how innocent you may feel your comment is, once steam has made its mind up it almost always never changes it.
Aint no coming to off topic thats going to generate a legion to take on the dark forces.

Take your bans, learn from them and eventually your be able to say stuff in the right way that wont get you another.

Not true. I've been banned for just posting links to SFW youtube videos.

Like I said, elder scrolls clips got me a 30 day ban.

Mods have power and will abuse that power. If they don't like what you have to say, even if you convey what you say in a nice way, or even convey it in a way that doesn't require words, they will still ban you.

Ive been resided over by the same mods as you and never have i felt i was being singled out.
I have been a mod and then administrator of other sites and have never had the time to become personal. You make a decision and you move on.

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Gracey Face 13 hours ago

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:
Originally posted by Gracey Face:
Also while I was banned I noticed that the (Banned) text next to my name would be there some times, and not there other times
That's an ongoing visual issue with the ban status not showing consistently.

I wonder what has happened to steam this year. I don't remember it ever being as broken as it currently is.

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