So, since our discussions later became kinda hostile

I decided to check "Rules and Guidelines For Steam Discussions", "Steam Online Conduct" and "Steam Subscriber Agreement" again, to find something related to our situations and choose something to show here. I didn't read hard enough, but i found some stuff.



We can't:

- "Flame or insult other members".

- "Bump threads" - too bad, all these old threads about still existing bugs will die, we suppose to create new ones.

- "Derail a thread's topic".

- "Openly argue with a moderator".



Also, we can't post topics containing:

- "Cheating, hacking, game exploits " - so, our threads in Bug Reporting forum about game-breaking bugs which can be consider exploits (like, bug with Winters on Rats with infinite fade-phase) are prohibited. Go find them yourselves, OVK.

- "Soliciting, begging, auctioning, raffling , selling, advertising , referrals" - posts about advertisments (which basically means Point Break DLC, John Wick, Hotline Miami DLC and such) are prohibited. And those giveaways too? Or do we need to pay money for it to be a lottery?

- "Abusive language, including swearing".



To some members we can apply this rule:

- "No Backseat Moderating. Backseat moderating is when people who are not moderators try to enforce the forum rules. If you see a person breaking the rules, take advantage of the Report button or simply ignore the offensive post(s),...".



And, speaking of bans:

- "Administrators/Moderators reserve the right to change/edit/delete/move/merge any content at any time if they feel it is inappropriate, abusive, or incorrectly categorized."

- "Repeated offenders of the above rules and guidelines will be banned from the Steam Community. Any moderator has the ability to ban a user for violating the rules at their discretion."



As been said earlier we can't "Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying Steam services, software or other content.".



We can't "Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.". Does it work on game developers? I'm sure many people send OVK e-mails to get Jacket from their own e-mail addresses.



And we also can't "Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.". Don't know how it works with expressing opinions and ability of moderators to delete posts or ban that person.



Also, i didn't find anything regarding misinformation. Maybe i just missed it or they just use a synonim for it which i don't know (since english is not my native language).



TL;DR - the rules are mess, i don't understand how all this work. I don't understand how all this CAN work. But basically, community has no rights, moderators has all rights.