Why This website needs to be shut down

https://forums.steamrep.com/threads/general-discussion-faq.132723/ #'s 1 thru 5 are probably honestly relevant to you, on the d0 issues I have my opinions but no intentions on starting an argument. As for backlog, as a friend community and user of the site I personally don't see an insane backlog, and I would know, I'm here browsing the appeals every single day. But don't take my word for it, look for yourself.

GL.

Before I address this, let me ask you something, openly and honestly:

Did you read any of that yourself? Or did you simply search Google for "corrupt steamrep" and then paste whatever you found without looking at it?​

Tell the truth, I won't judge. I'm not asking this to dismiss your concerns - I'll be more than happy to talk about any or all of the points you mentioned if you want - but if you haven't even read what you posted, then how can I possibly hope to explain any of it?

If you really do have specific concerns you want to talk about, then please stick with those so we can have an actual discussion, instead of a list of talking points you found on Reddit.

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@Lava

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I realize this is probably semantics, but to clarify for anyone else reading, our moderators can't make that decision, only admins.

So if I understand your concern correctly, your complaint is that a 3rd-party should not be "banning" anyone in Steam? Just to clarify what we do here, the purpose of a "Banned" tag isn't to punish or discourage scamming - it never will. It's a warning label for profiles who have demonstrated they're unsafe to trade with based on a history of fraud. We're serving a completely different purpose from Steam Support: You report scams to us in hopes of preventing other people from getting scammed in the future, while you report to Steam Support for punishment/retribution. Steam Support will act directly on the account, while we maintain a publicly searchable database of known scammers, with an API that some websites use to keep their community clean. Because our purpose is more of a warning label, the "ban" is permanent. You'll notice you aren't even banned from using our own website. It's more of a shared ban list used by communities who acknowledge scammers exist, don't allow scammers to participate in their community. You're not "banned" in Steam, just labeled as a scammer, which means unless you exonerate yourself in an appeal, you're unwelcome in communities that ban scammers.

Quite a few people would disagree with your assessment of Steam Support. Even in my own experience, very few profiles I myself report for scamming ever get banned. Of those who do, sometimes go on scamming sprees lasting months or years before getting banned. Even through direct channels, blatant phishing websites I report often go unfiltered for months, while scammers cycle them out within hours or days to cover their tracks. For a few years, Steam Support even frequently trade banned impersonation victims due to the volume of scam reports without even looking at trade history. So while I get you're unhappy with us, and Valve undoubtedly has better tools available for researching claims, I think it's a bit of a stretch to say they're better or even necessarily faster.

Innocent people get marked due to mistakes on our end. It's rare, and really unfortunate, but usually caught and overturned fairly quickly during an appeal. Like Steam Support, we're only human and we can make mistakes from time to time. Specifically in order to prevent innocent traders from getting caught in crossfire, we hold a high evidence requirement that people such as yourself and others often complain about when their report isn't accepted.

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This is just a reminder that discussion about specific reports and appeals should take place in their respective sections only, not in the general section.

Unfortunately, General Discussion is meant for discussion or questions of a general nature. Any reference to an actual case, report or appeal, should not be made here. Since this thread started off in a general nature, I will not lock it this time. Please do not reference any specific reports or appeals in the future or you will receive a warning and this thread will be locked.

We haven't tagged for trading with scammers for over 2 years - https://forums.steamrep.com/threads/policy-change-trades-with-scammer-policy-end-of-life.119528/

No. Where did you get that idea?