Hi all,
I'm having an issue where my steam name is censored for no reason? I'm currently using the word 'lesbian' in my steam name. Yknow, because I'm lesbian? And it just shows up as asterisks in-game. I'm really disappointed that y'all felt the need to censor lesbians, and I'm really discouraged from playing because of it. Please fix this issue, as lesbian is not a bad word, and should not be censored. I don't want to cry discrimination, but it certainly feels like I should!
Thanks for your time,
Dean
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1 ReplyEdited by Aisar: 11/23/2020 3:53:10 PMI would imagine the censorship has a lot to do with the fact that we don't need to know your sexual orientation or any other personal information about you in a video game. Please keep that to yourself. Aside from that it is very out of place and immersion breaking.
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Edited by s4msh4r3: 11/23/2019 6:02:08 PMI have to totally agree with you, but as mentioned by BNGHelp6, the issue seems to lie with the overly aggressive filter on Steam's side. I don't consider "lesbian" to be a bad word and companies that purport to stand for LGBT should be the last ones to be this discriminatory. Talking about discrimination, though their censoring is at times infuriating, usually it is just downright silly. I remember trying to message my fireteam "picking up orb" and "picking" was censored to "***king". I mean, really? "pic" was offensive or was it just too close to "dic"? Anyways, I've been thinking of contacting Steam and complaining, so thx BNGHelp6 for the link to Steam Support. I'll have to put in my own complaint, though I don't think it would be a first...which means that there is little to no reason to expect any sort of change from their end. At least it will be something to get off my mind and move on...kind of like the, in my opinion, the useless in game "report cheating" feature. I mean, really...who has the time to sift through the thousands of reports that are probably made on a daily basis?
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