Rules and Guidelines

[Admin 2463]

General Rules

Do not do any of the following:

Flame or insult other members

Bypass any filters

Abuse or encourage abuse of the Post Reporting System

Post personally identifiable information (i.e. name, address, email, phone number, etc.)

Bump threads

Derail a thread's topic

Post links to phishing sites

Post spam (i.e. +1, 10char, rickrolls) or Re-post Closed, Modified, Deleted Content

Repetitively post in the incorrect forum (example: trade requests belong in trading forum)

Openly argue with a moderator

Artificially manipulate the User Review system or voting/rating systems

Content Rules

Do not post any content on Steam containing the following:

Porn, inappropriate or offensive content, warez or leaked content or anything else not safe for work

Discussion of piracy including, but not limited to:

Cracks

Key generators

Console emulators

Cheating, hacking, game exploits

Threats of violence or harassment, even as a joke

Posted copyright material such as magazine scans

Soliciting, begging, auctioning, raffling, selling, advertising, referrals

Racism, discrimination

Abusive language, including swearing

Drugs and alcohol

Religious, political, and other “prone to huge arguments” threads

No Backseat Moderating

Let the moderators do the 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), thread, or review. 

Report Posts to Moderators

Should you observe a fellow Community member breaking these rules please report the post or item by clicking the Report () button located on every item, post, and review.

Repeated Offenders

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.