I'm going to ask the obvious before anybody else does. Is there any possibility that we could see a screenshot of the ban message?

I mean if it's just a rant that's fine but if you expect a discussion we kind of need some context

Your posting history is public.

If the moderators are telling you that you need to take a break, maybe you need to take a break.

Oh man I'm going to flag your post for "This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

That is how it works, ANY post can be considered a violation of that rule.

But no, that would put it square in line for this thread to be locked. You can't have threads even using a specific ban as an example with out running afoul of the rule about disusing specific bans.

But say I post "this game is full of hackers". That post "contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community." Yet forums are full of such posts.

"Oh you just need to get good" "This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

"I don't think you know what you're talking about" "This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

Even "man I love this game, best ever" "This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

The rule is so ambiguous it can be used to cover any post in any forum.

"oh that game is woke" "This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

"I didn't like that character design"
"This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

Starting to understand? "This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

Originally posted by Deacon the destroyer:

Oh man I'm going to flag your post for "This post contains content that is inflammatory and likely to create arguments. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community."

That is how it works, ANY post can be considered a violation of that rule.

But no, that would put it square in line for this thread to be locked. You can't have threads even using a specific ban as an example with out running afoul of the rule about disusing specific bans.

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The rule is so ambiguous it can be used to cover any post in any forum.

You might want to take a quick look at what the dictionary defines "inflammatory" (or the synonym used in some laws, "seditious") as.

I know what you are hinting at but read the previous post that was a response to, how is that not the post that should have gotten the flag?

Then we are back to the flag issue. Any forum dependent on community flags for moderation becomes a popularity contest.
Flags stop being about violations and only get tossed when feels get hurt.
And then they only get tossed at the out of click people.

Originally posted by Deacon the destroyer:

how is that not the post that should have gotten the flag?

If you think someone else is violating the rules, report their post. Posts are generally only actioned on when they are reported. Outside of some game forums, moderators aren't reading every post looking for people breaking the rules.

If you think you were incorrectly moderated, then appeal it.

Your best bet is to stop posting on the forums. I came to this conclusion several years ago.

If an infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters will eventually type the complete works of William Shakespeare, then you as an individual posting enough on the forums will eventually write something that will come afoul of someone with the ability to issue you a ban, whether that ban is justified or not.

Hell, you might even get a ban by mistake, as happened to me. I got banned once for something someone else posted. They violated the rules, I reported it, and I got banned for their post because a moderator clicked my account by mistake when they looked at my report.

So just don't bother. Somebody somewhere is going to take issue with something you wrote, and eventually that will line up with someone who has the ability to ban you for it.

If you don't have the leeway to possibly offend someone, then you don't have the ability to speak freely. The best thing you can do for yourself in that situation is to simply walk away. Your individual thoughts are not being valued or welcomed.

This post is going to be left up for a while, and then I'm going to delete it. If the thread doesn't get locked, that is. As I recall, you are unable to delete posts in locked threads.

I just need to get off that pubg forum, it's nothing but toxic.

Originally posted by Deacon the destroyer:

I just need to get off that pubg forum, it's nothing but toxic.

If you hate toxic stay away from any PVP game forums

Maybe they just don't want to discuss cheats because people would have to search for them first to discuss them. Maybe they just want to prevent that?

Steam Support can clarify this. You should contact them if you don't understand what they mean. There has to be a logical explanation, right?

It's probably a matter of understanding what they mean. If it's not clear what they mean then it should be elaborated upon, otherwise people can't understand it. Obviously you do not know what they mean, if you do not know what they mean. But if you know what they mean, then it may become clear.
I don't know what they mean either. That's why you should ask the correct person. I can only guess what they mean with it, because I haven't read the report.

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:

Perhaps they just don't want a discussion about cheats, because people would have to looking for them in order to be able to discuss them.

Steam Support can clarify. You're supposed to contact them if you don't understand what they mean with it.

Yeah that won't help much. If they decide you broke the rule there will just tell you to read the rules. I s*** you NOT, that's exactly what they did when I appealed my last BAN.

Because apparently calling Donald Trump a pig is insulting a fellow steam USER or some s***. I'll let you connect the dots of why this is RIDICULOUS.

But you know it's not my platform not my rules so i just want elsewhere until the BAN expired

Red:
You're gonna fit right in. Everyone in here is innocent. Heywood, what're you in here for?

Heywood:
Didn't do it. Lawyer f***ed me.