So I just came across a weird realization. Apparently the phrase "of CSGO one" gets filtered into hearts. (e.g. http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/discussions/forum/10/1693785669857338580/#c1693785669857389694 "if you get bored of CSGO one day").

A quick google search suggests it may be due to the existence (or prior existence?) of a site called CSGO.one, which was implicated in a match-fixing scandal.

Originally posted by 🐱Sir Edmund's Spoopy Kitteh:

Originally posted by Quint, Queen of the Giant Rabbit:

I'm more curious how often they do this.

It prevents potential hijackers from basically being able to change the contact information among other indicators that would change how the original owner's profile identifies itself accrdingly to Steam's servers. For example, if a potential hijacker attempts to change the account's support contact information, that verification is sent to the old email address that the original owner already had in place to verify that they were the ones changing it rather than the hijacker.

I know why they do it. I just want to know how often they do it.

I'm more curious how often they do this.

Do the e-mail verification reminders go out in waves or something?

I just received one for the first time.

But I remember people complaining about receiving them constantly, several months ago. I was confused I hadn't received any at that time.

You usually have to go to each profile's SteamRep page, in order for it to update.

Guides for using the exclusion filter in Steam search:

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/4fi3bp/til_you_can_exclude_tags_when_searching_on_the/
2. https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=496634447

Locked now. We should probably not gravedance at this point.

dafuq

Reported for making thread extra stupid.

For anyone who's looking for Steam's announcement back in late 2015 regarding why they implemented the mobile authenticator feature: http://store.steampowered.com/news/19618/

It includes the now-famous "We see around 77,000 accounts hijacked and pillaged each month."

That comment and its predecessor seem to have been deleted from the thread...