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I had a person tell me in game they hate black people, then left a comment on my profile referring to black people as black monkeys. I reported them. About five times. Steam does nothing. Their comment would be still up if I haven't removed it manually after one of many reports resulting in nothing. Their profile is full of proof of it being a long term continuous effort. Their account has a high level, which makes me think it may be why Steam seems to be protecting them. I reported people in the past and stuff was done about it. It's my first time dealing with blatant racism AND no moderation effort from Steam. I even ended up messaging steam support about my concerns and got a generic response which amounted to nothing.

I see people speaking up about poor moderation on other platforms, so I chose to speak up about Steam's as I'm really tired of this bullshit.

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[–] hakstc@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I'm so sorry to hear that happened to you. I reported a racist game I saw on Steam and I don't think anything ever came of it. You can turn off non-friends leaving comments on your profile, it's not a great solution but at least it'll prevent shitty comments on your profile in the future.