- ryven ( @ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 14•5 days ago
Can you tell me why I was game banned? “No.”
Many companies take this approach and it always leaves me feeling unsettled. How can we have confidence in moderation that isn’t transparent?
- Beaver ( @Beaver@lemmy.ca ) 24•5 days ago
TF2 is not the kind of game where we should be taking compromises with botters as the developers seem to be withdrawing from the project entirely. So it’s best the keep the place tidy and leave the community with the tools to moderate itself.
- ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) 4•5 days ago
Happened to me with xbl
My account says it’s in good standing with no punishment but I can’t access anything
- Iapar ( @Iapar@feddit.org ) 3•5 days ago
No
- onlinepersona ( @onlinepersona@programming.dev ) 3•5 days ago
How is it possible to create many bot accounts? Does steam allow random email hosts with no verification?
- deegeese ( @deegeese@sopuli.xyz ) 15•5 days ago
Shut up, no one cares about your license.
- apotheotic(she/they) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 11•5 days ago
You cared enough to comment about it, in fairness
- apotheotic(she/they) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 6•5 days ago
I think there’s a large crossover of stolen accounts and accounts that are used for botting. Furthermore, there’s basically nothing (that I’m aware of) stopping you from making a bajillion gmail accounts and I’m sure the process could be fairly simply automated.
- Yuri addict ( @Iloveyurianime@ani.social ) 4•5 days ago
Google has phone number verification when you create a gmail if i remember correctly
- DebatableRaccoon ( @DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ) 5•5 days ago
A user can use temporary phone numbers to generate at least several accounts over at least a handful of countries. These tools are made for privacy purposes but where there’s privacy, there’s also usually someone abusing it… which usually leads to ruining it for the rest of us.
- apotheotic(she/they) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 1•5 days ago
Hmm, quite possible
- onlinepersona ( @onlinepersona@programming.dev ) 2•5 days ago
Gmail accounts need a phone number nowadays (at least when connecting from Europe). I dunno how it is in other countries. Here SIM cards can be bought for a few €, but making millions of bot accounts would add up. But maybe there are VOIP services that allow creating numbers easily.