As the title says, I no longer feel safe on Steam, thanks to Steam support.

My account received a community ban on 15th of Feb (Was lifted later via support within 24hr/s).

Till this moment everything is perfect, I got my account back, but I can't help but wonder. What exactly caused that ban in the first place?
So, I went ahead to read Steam Rules & Guidelines. but I did not find anything related to something that I might have posted.
That is where I was confused, did I just get a false ban?
So, I made another reply on the same ticket.

Later, I did a full search on my account comment history to find what I might have posted that goes against Steam rules.
I noticed a single deleted comment of mine that I had made exactly a day before. I did not delete any comments of mine recently.
I had to only assume that this comment was the one that got removed via support and caused the community ban.
My comment clearly does NOT go against any rule steam has, it's simply me offering a few of my Steam items (TF2 Keys) for another user's Steam item (Gift).
There wasn't any related 3rd party payment method involved, only in that case it goes against the rules for those who don't know.

At this point, I am expecting an apology from Steam support that their AI system detects money talks and made a mistake.

Not they only insist that my comment goes against Steam, but they force-closed the case. Leaving me wondering what wrong I have done.
I constantly make such comments since I'm a trader. I add new people and comment my offer to them.
Now I no longer feel safe on Steam wondering when it will decide to give another false ban that might never be lifted.

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"I'm ready for a ruff ruff rescue!"

Marshall, Paw Patrol

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I won't go as far as calling it "ripping people off" I basically offer a certain amount of cash which gives me a space to make profit.
Some accept my offer, some don't. Regardless I don't force my offers at anyone.
There is no bad intention in low-balling itself, as long as I send the promised offer then I don't exactly see where the issue is.
I only make comments at screenshots when the comment section is closed, I've got no bad intentions to hide.
Besides, almost all huge traders I know low-ball delists even at lower prices than me you'd be surprised.
Not to mention that your comment is irrelevant to the topic, though it's appreciated.

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I don't mind getting reported, not at all.
I just don't see how issuing a community ban is the first step that had to be done with this situation.
Issuing a warning and removing my comment is all support needed to do to bring my attention to that matter.
Or at least that's my opinion. everyone is free to share theirs.

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It's not just Steam. You got hit by AI detection. If you've bene paying attention to the hype about ChatGPT and the like lately, you should see how underwhelming it actually is, and how it can be abused. This isn't a new thing, but the overhype is making it be pushed in the wrong direction. You're not safe practically anywhere.

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Steam is getting worse,if thats not it its a ban for complaining about the high prices & the wokes that disturb there for yrs now the prices have been getting higher and higher because of the VPN,thats why Im preferring EGS and GOG ¬¬

2 years ago
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In what way are you being harassed by woke people?
If it's serious we might have to make a YouTube video about it.

2 years ago
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Woke is bad around here. Any thing that goes against Woke agenda automatically get banned at steam. I am amazed that a company that caters internationally doesn't obey other countries laws that has against woke agenda. In the country I am currently living in would have banned many woke users and any comments would have been removed.

You're better off using other websites besides steam.

1 year ago
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Did you register just to respond to a message from a year ago?

1 year ago
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he just woke

1 year ago
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Lol they did, I wonder who's alt it is

1 year ago
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Your post is not relevant.

Please see this non relevant pic too:

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1 year ago
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You woke up on the wrong side of the bed I see.

1 year ago
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Big picture... Imagine if everyone posted trade offers wherever they pleased. Steam would look like a back-alley graffiti wall.

Take the lesson and move on.✌

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on steam, you can never feel safe.
post a link to the official website of the game company that produced a game in the official hub to that game...life time community ban. (i had this this year, could get the support to unban me)
post a screenshot from a game, ban.
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the best is you do nothing, post nothing, write nothing. -_-

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I just got a community support message - a deletion of my previous names aliases used on steam last name was 10-12 years ago. 15 year account and they suddenly found violation of community rules in past names like Batman, Punisher, Survival Noob. I have no idea whats happening here. A couple of harmless names more I cant remember. Whats violation in such names?

EDIT: Support tells me it was reported by some users who are these losers I wonder with nothing better to do than try to get good accounts in crap? Can refusing friend requests trade offers from bot accounts make their owners so petty?

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This is interesting. Can you post the screenshot of that message from steam support?

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After 10 years since last name change or 12 some people report me for previouis names? They can't even know what tuype of nicknames we have in India. Or context.

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This is the message:
Hello, thanks for writing in to Steam Support.

The content was removed by our staff based on an investigation of reports from other Steam users. After reviewing the decision, I can confirm that it isn't a good fit for Steam. I encourage you to read our Community Avatars & Profile Names article, which explains content removal in greater detail.

I have gone ahead and removed the ban. Please feel free to update the account as long as it abides by Rules and Guidelines For Steam.

As with everything on Steam, we rely on feedback from our community to calibrate our decisions. I have forwarded this report to other members of Valve to be a part of our conversation as we continue to improve our service.

Please feel free to get back to us if you have any other questions.

Steam Support
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I know I never used any offsensive name.
I replidd to know better:

Thank you very much. I just realized my account is 15 eyars old and my last name change was over 10 years back likely maybe 11-12 years. Can I see list of deleted names so I can understand better where the issue could be?
I remember Survival Noob, Batman, Punisher, Bhendi Micheal [a film type name popular slang nick name among street gangs in Mumbai mostly among guys working in garages, bars etc]. I do not remember any more. a little mroe information and I will close ticket. I am worried.

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Final support message:

Hi there,

The content was removed by our staff based on an investigation of reports from other Steam users. Since the content has been removed and Steam do not store history information, so we're unable to re-evaluate or restore it.

To prevent our team from having to remove content from your profile in the future, please make sure the content that you add to your profile or the community falls within Steam's rules:
Steam Subscriber Agreement
Steam Community Rules
Steam Online Conduct

Steam Support
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Conclusion: Clearly some people decided to report me for nothing. Now that weapon is gone. I have been turning down lot of low CSGO - TF2 bot friend requests of late. I suspect their dirty work.

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Maybe it was this one that you used back in 2014. "I GiVe U mErCyFuL dEaTh FuCkeRs!"

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Hmmm. I had no memory. How did you find what even support has no access to. I probably used it childishly in playing serious sam first and second encounters back then. Can you find list of all names? I want to be double sure there were no more slip ups. How to locate this list?

1 week ago
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The site I use you wouldn't be able to access. I'm sure there's other sites out there though.

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Here is a public one
https://steamhistory.net/id/76561198028199661

That username was only for a couple of days

1 week ago
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Yes I randomly likely changed it short time. I see that crap name was the only red herring. I had no memory of it. LOL.

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I have a VAC ban for te last 10 years. (People got out of prison in that time)
From the time even screen recording devices might cause a ban.
My account was hacked (foreign IP, name change etc) and it is obvious but they don't even reply.

So I will say you are lucky that you gt your account back.

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