Remove the Trades button leading to an unrelated scam site

I actually do agree on this, if we are not allowed to talk about it and what not, why not just remove the button, now it can look to people as if the mods are connected or whatever and that brings confusion.

I suppose it's still there just to point out that trades are not allowed in the discussions, as in "if you wanna trade go over there".

That's actually a pretty good suggestion, I'm not sure why the button is still there at all.

Create a listing for Disney Winnie the Pooh and ask for Democracy 3. Then cg (Chinese government) will block it.

+1, I see no reason why the trades site should be linked here.

No poll? I agree to remove the trades button. In fact I wouldn't even mind if cg takes the trades site off completely.

Are you trolling right now, or what? How is it has nothing to do with SG? It's cg's site.
Also, you can trust the reputation of people if you want or not. In the end of the day it's your fault if you didn't check the person you are trading with.

How exactly is SteamTrades a scam site...?

I mean if it's so useful to the people that use it I'm sure they could put in the effort to go directly to ST rather than click a link on SG.

Something tells me that it wouldn't survive long in that case.

I had 60+ trades in four years. Not much I know, but never had any bad experience with traders there... Golden rule to not trade with somebody, who has many -reps...
But why is it bothering you so much OP? Did somebody scam some cheap game out from you?

When was it ...
Not using SteamTrade.
However, according to the SteamTrade guidelines ...

SteamTrades Guideline
Trades
Trade feedback should only be used to describe your personal trading experience with a user. It should not be used (i) to post negative comments when you disagree with someone's offer, (ii) for revenge or retaliation when someone leaves you negative feedback, or (iii) for unrelated comments or trading experiences not directly involving you.

There was a SteamGifts user who wrote a certain SteamTrade user to vote "bad".
I have pointed out that I was able to confirm that it violated the SteamTrade terms.

We may need an implementation to force the SteamGifts FAQ to be read.
Q.SteamTrade
A.Content. It is a brother/sister site.
However, it is a completely different service depending on the terms.
Posting all Comment related to SteamTrade on SteamGifts is punishable.

May have to write such a thing.

+1, this way it will be clear(er) to everybody that the two sites are unrelated, and problems with one should not pop up in the other. :)

I don't understand some people.

You complain about being scammed on steam trades and they say that site has nothing to do with this one.

You tell them to remove links to it from the UI and suddenly its a related site so we shouldn't do it.

Listen up geniuses. You can't have it both ways.

We either related and all valid criticism should be welcome on this site, or we aren't and this site should distance itself from steam scams.

Wonder why this exists...

1. Your SteamTrades.com Account. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account and any other actions taken in connection with your account. You must immediately notify SteamTrades of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. SteamTrades will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

ToS

it should be removed, along with the giveaways button. 💃

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For me, the trades button is irrelevant as I don't use ST so removal is fine and that will mean a few less threads about people venting and asking moderators from SG to moderate ST and people moaning about -rep. I also agree about the big fat red label saying that ST is unmoderated and any use is completely at your own risk. I would move it to the right of the help button if I still had to have it on the screen as part of the page.

Its also odd that on the steamtrades page, there is no link or buttons linking to the Steamgifts giveaway section.

Maybe CG is only paying for one site with his host and so needs to link them as a formality to avoid being charged for a second site?

I agree that the link to SteamTrades should be removed.

I also think there is absolutely zero chance whatsoever that cg will remove the link.

Yea gonna agree that it would be a good idea to get rid of the link

I think it would be more fitting to remove the button.
However, if cg wants SG to be linked to a site with no moderation and no registration restrictions (with all the opportunities for potential and unchecked abuse) that is his choice.

OK let me ask you this, how would you moderate steamtrades?

You claim to want other to help you, what do you want them to do? ban people? under what grounds? what type of proof would you require?

How many support tickets do you think steamtrades would generate per day? As it stands steamgifts support struggles to keep up with ticket volume.

Steamtrades was designed to be self policing, if someone is scamming give them - rep and warn other people so they won't be also scammed. If someone is "farming rep" and you see that, also make a message on their profile letting others know, Then read people's profiles before trading with them, it's the best metric on if you can trust someone.