I think its just trading constantly with them and benefitting off them, because they scammed an unusual and they want it off their backs as soon as possible so they sell it dirt cheap.
Ask A SteamRep Admin: Questions & Comments about SteamRep
- Thread starter ♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
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Lord Killington
Legendary Skial King
It's in place to make tagged people's job harder selling their scammed items. It isn't excessive, since for the first time you will get warned (without consequences), so everyone who gets tagged because of this knows the rules made by SR.
Faron, I think ouy still have Helenangel on your friend list, maybe you should remind him to check the thread : ) Also you might want to clean it up a little too, some people went offtopic a bit, would be nice if we keep this thread serious.
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
Not as a SteamRep admin, but as a Second Life community admin, yes. I had more than one, including one guy who was really graphic about it. If I didn't have such an awesome husband, I would've been worried. :D
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
We do have some support from Valve, but of course they have to uphold their own privacy policies and company policies. They will never release any sensitive information nor would we ever want them to do so. If there's a case so complicated that we need to get Valve involved, we generally just hand it over to them entirely and let them handle it. Unfortunately, I can't confirm or deny any specific information we are able to obtain from Valve or any of our Affiliate communities due to confidentiality concerns.
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
You are listed as a Skial Admin which automagically lists you (if you have less than 5 scammers on your friends list) in the Community Admins listing. The only thing that is entails is to keep doing your Skial admin duties. :) The only difference is that now you guys get a bit more recognition for all your hard work. :)
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
I am one of the lead admins for scam reports as well handle Public Relations and Community Liason. Basically, I help train all the new admins & moderators in regards to scam reports and I do TONS and TONS of scam reports every day (though the last few days I've had a terrible stomach flu so it's been difficult to stay on for any length of time). In regards to Public Relations, I am kind of the public face/spokesperson for SteamRep. If we did press releases, I would be the one to issue them. I also try to keep up threads like this as well where people can ask questions and the like.
As Community Liason, I help our Associate & Affiliate communities with any problems they might have, tag scammers for communities, help new communities join/integrate into the SteamRep community, and overall handle relations with the trading community.
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
It is a "three strikes, you're out" policy. Also, we don't have the time or inclination to go around policing trades- you would have to be reported for the trades. Even then, two SteamRep admins have to look at the report to verify everything. The first time, unless it's a crazy high-value Paypal trade or something, you just get a warning. If it is a crazy high-value Paypal trade, you may get a Caution. If you ignore the warning and continue to trade with scammers, you will get a Caution tag and be contacted again regarding it. If you STILL don't care and keep doing it, you'll receive a scammer tag.
95% of the time, the person just gets a warning and they are more careful and that's it. 4.99% of the time, a person will actually need to be given a Caution and THEN will take it seriously. .01% of the time you get a trader who honestly could not care less that they are encouraging scammers to keep scamming and just keep trading with scammers. Those are the ones who end up with scammer tags, and honestly it's pretty rare that we come across people like that (thankfully!)
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
Only if someone reports you. I'm not going to go through your backpack history. :D
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
Anyone who is marked with probation or caution would not fall under the "trading with scammers" clause. Really, the whole thing is that we just don't want people encouraging scammers to keep doing what they're doing by giving them customers. The whole rule is a preventative measure to try to discourage people from buying scammers and therefore supporting them.
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
Del Piero is most certainly marked. Not only that, but one of our Affiliate communities caught him under an alt doing the same thing he was doing before- impersonating another trader & scamming.
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
Exactly- also it is not easy to get tagged for trading with scammers. You really have to keep doing it repeatedly to get tagged for that- see my above post.
I apologize for not answering sooner- I've had a bad stomach bug and it's been hard to be on the computer for any length of time. :(
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
Oh sure- I actually really like most cartoons. :) When my son was little (yes, I'm a mom!), I would watch cartoons with him all the time. Now that he's 11, he's more into playing video games than watching cartoons. :D
♡HelenAngel♡ | D9
Uncharitable Spy
All of the above. :D My husband is a senior software architect so we have computers with all manner of OS. The laptop I use primarily is a PC but I have an iPad that I love that runs iOS.
