I got banned from the starfield forums, again..... for a post I made replying to a person who is on the forums, only disrupt them. Unfortunately, I told him exactly what I think... So, yeah, the ban likely was deserved, but, 7 days? That seems a bit excessive....

That said, I contacted support about the matter, and just got a canned response. "Don't respond, just report".... Right, the standard boilerplate response. I replied to that one, explained to them that moderation on the SF forums was not precisely well balanced.... Some members seem to be able to get away with anything. Others, step a toe out of line, you get a vacation. There are a group of folks on there, that are there SPECIFICALLY to disrupt the forums, and cause issues. Everyone there knows it, everyone there knows who they are. There is even a thread there discussing it. (but, not naming anyone.....) I mentioned this to steam support, and the fact that there are threads there based on flat out lies, that remain going, regardless of how often they are reported. To me, it seems that reporting anything is akin to shouting into the wind. Nothing happens. And what do I get back? Don't respond, just report...... Wow. Did anyone actually READ what I wrote?

I was also told that Valve Devs 'regularly read the forums'..... To which, I expressed my disbelief. If Devs are reading that shlock, and leaving it up, then there is something REALLY wrong here. Never have I had the displeasure of being a member of a worse run forum than here on steam. There is zero active moderation, and the 'moderation' we do get, don't seem to be actual live people...... Any response you get is simply more boilerplate. On occasion, you might get a response from a real human..... But, to me, that seems rare.

I would REALLY like to know what the point of having rules is, if moderation doesn't enforce them equally? And if you get a mod in a bad mod, you get banned for the stupidest of reasons. It gives the appearance that the mods are on the side of the disrupters, and there are a fair few examples of that. What is the point of reporting threads/posts, if nothing ever happens? I mean really, I thread based on a KNOWN LIE, is left up, even after being reported numerous times. A thread specifically intended to cause problems..... And valve devs ostensibly read the forums "regularly". That's an outright laughable concept. If they are reading that garbage, and leaving it up, they need to find different jobs......

This place NEEDS ACTIVE moderation. And so long as we don't have it, Steam Forums, at least some of them, will remain the toxic cesspool that they are today. And have been for TWO YEARS. Yeah, that's stayin' right on top of things Steam........ Well, ok, maybe not.