Steam mod censors ⚡ emoji from weev - internet sorcerers fucking each other's power runewords up

[Haramburger]

Lifted from KiA, where @14weev88 posted this himself:
https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAc...ojigate_steam_moderators_banning_problematic/

#EmojiGate: Steam Moderators Banning "Problematic" Emoji. (self.KotakuInAction)

submitted 2 hours ago by weev

I have been a Steam user for 14 years (it's a great number). I have at the time of this post's writing purchased over 900 games on the platform.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/weev

I have never been toxic, insulting, or unreasonable to anyone on Steam. I have earned my Community Leader badge through constructive participation on the platform. I have given Valve a fair amount of commercial gain by my presence and the presence of all my friends on the platform. I have been a loyal Steam customer to a fault. While my best friends were pre-ordering Fallout 76 this year, I told them I would not participate because it would not be released on Steam. I have considered Steam the gold standard for video games publishing up until this point, because it has been the only place that I can simply play games with my friends without being hounded by shitlib nutjobs.

That, however, is over. Up until yesterday I have had two instances of Unicode's U+26A1 in my profile name. It's the high voltage warning emoji: . It has been there for several years now-- since 2014. Yesterday I had a Community Manager remove my Persona Name, making my profile adorned by a serial number as if I were a prisoner. I filed a ticket and was told that the emoji was "rather problematic" by a moderator.

Rather problematic.

I have now responded asking how it is "problematic" and why it was removed despite "problematic" emojis not being listed as a banned offense in the Community Content rules, but I don't expect a fair answer on this front.

I don't know who has been put in charge of Steam support, but the platform is about to irreversibly change for the worse if we have moderators hunting down people using problematic emojis. The mind reels at how ridiculous this is. Gaben, if you're reading this I've been a faithful Valve customer for the entirety of my adult life. You need to make this right before it gets out of control. Your bluehairs in support are out of control here, and need to be replaced with actual gamers who represent your real customers.

 

[frozenrunner]

> problematic

And here I had foolishly assumed Valve wasn't infected with SJW retards.

God damn it, Gaben.

 

[CrunkLord420]

Surely GabeN will come down from his throne to reverse this decision just like when Hatred was banned.

 

[Desire Lines]

What's the problem here? They are not banning the emoji, they are banning his name because he is using it like a fascist symbol. Yes it's stupid, but Steam actively goes against fascist and nazi content.

 

[IV 445]

USE ANCIENT RUNES
TO CURSE THE COONS

 

[ICametoLurk]

>not having Ϟ Ϟ

 

[Tramadol]

Someone removed a friend's of mine description which was just "I did nothing wrong"

 

[IV 445]

Someone removed a friend's of mine description which was just "I did nothing wrong"

They literally proved him right

 

[Haramburger]

What's the problem here? They are not banning the emoji, they are banning his name because he is using it like a fascist symbol. Yes it's stupid, but Steam actively goes against fascist and nazi content.

There are very complex discussions and interactions being had, here and elsewhere in online society, where very little is actually being said, but at the same time a lot is being said. It's seemingly impossible to get a straight answer from someone like this steam mod, to simply say "hey I'm aware of ADL's interpretation of this symbol and based on x & y media examples you also support this interpretation of the symbol, and your use of it therefore merits my moderation action on you. Also here is why it's happening out of the blue, I was made aware of it via z." Why can't we have this discussion openly and clearly? Christ.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

So...no more Pence memes in emoji form?

 

[OhGoy]

Why can't we have this discussion openly and clearly? Christ.

>implying the mods would even consider talking to the unwashed masses

 

[Joey Caruso]

Probably not coincidental that this happened immediately after all those articles trying to paint Steam as some kind of nazi haven, I really wish all these big companies would quit bending to over-exaggerated clickbait written by people who are just out for a quick buck.

 

[IV 445]

Probably not coincidental that this happened immediately after all those articles trying to paint Steam as some kind of nazi haven, I really wish all these big companies would quit bending to over-exaggerated clickbait written by people who are just out for a quick buck.

Press has too much unofficial power; Sam Hyde is right

 

[ThePurpleProse]

 

[FatMann]

Problematic

Does any other word better epitomize the so-called SJW?

Pompous, vague, and totally without substance. It communicates nothing more than, "I object to this for reasons I can't quite express". It also has a decided 'social science' flavor to it, a field where you'll often see -ic and -ness pretentiously affixed to words. It's almost as if these people are just uncritically regurgitating the ideas of a small but highly influential group of verbally proficient charlatans.

 

[SiccDicc]

making my profile adorned by a serial number as if I were a prisoner.

Arbeit macht frei, meinem freund.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

they got rid of the lightning bolt emoji but they kept that damn crying laughing emoji?

 

[HG 400]

Now how is he going to let people know what an electrical hazard he is?

 

[Nobunaga]

Steam bans AC/DC when?

 

[AF 802]

> problematic

And here I had foolishly assumed Valve wasn't infected with SJW exceptional individuals.

God damn it, Gaben.

I present to you, Campo Santo.

Video game studio bought by Valve in April, known for it's exceptional CEO who threatened to DMCA any PewDiePie Lets Play with his games because of the PUBG stream where he said nigger.