Earbuds, obviously.
What? The Engineer can wear it. So it counts.

Can't you just have a link on your profile? Just sort of wondering.

Originally posted by S Kodama:

Did you maybe read properly? Phishing bots never gives you an offer or do trading as people use on tf2op, but they just spam you phishing link.

I assume this bot is designed just to offer on peoples unusual but with 50% lower price or so. Meaning, I am selling an unusual 3 buds worth, he will offer me that he is buying an unusual for 1.4 buds or so.

I am asking if that is allowed, because I know it was some controversety about bots on Steam Community market.

I wouldn't think so. They don't allow Auto-Bump scripts and will ban at the smallest suspicion so why would they allow bots that offer on shit for you.

Originally posted by Raichu Wants Cs:go items:

i don't understand, I got banned by steam rep so that's why my tf2op banned me too so i went to steam rep to appeal and i waited almost 2 years cause i guess they work long? now i finally got the tag off from steam rep what is wrong?

Wait, 2 years?

Hey Norby. May I ask a thing? Does this happen a lot? I know that the average is more than 1 month, but does it take longer than a year a lot for Ban Appeals to get through? If so. I am honestly going to trade a lot less in fear that I could get banned. This is really fucking scary for me because this means that if I get banned, even if it's bullshit like a false ban accusing me of Auto-Bumping, this means I could be 1 year without trading, with a fucking mark on Steamrep.

I'm not trying to be mean at all. I'm just afraid that this could happen to me and that it's possible that I could be banned for a year even if the ban is bullshit like the aforementioned non-existant autobump script accusation. Which is quite common. That is actually the reason why I don't stay on OutPost all day constantly refreshing until I get a offer or response or something, which a lot of people do and end up getting banned for with the admins thinking they are using a script.

I'm actually scared right now because I have a trade up on OutPost right now where I am selling things like a The Southe Shinobi and things. Which means that's 1 more month to 1(+) more YEARS before I can sell it to get a different thing that I will actually LIKE. Which = that much time when I have that from a shitty uncrate in my inventory. No joke, the rest of the server didn't even like it and reccomended me to sell it. But at least I got a good Spy hat from the other Stockpile Crate.

TL;DR do appeals take this long a lot? Even if it's uncommon I will still be scared. Because it STILL has a 30% chance, because "Uncommon" doesn't mean "Rare" or "Super Rare" and instead means "Slightly less common than Common". I could MAYBE calm down if it's super rare.

The fuck are you saying? Phishing Bots, Trading Bots, WHAT KIND OF BOT?

But at least I now know that this is a thing. So does this mean I can't 100% trust trade offers or what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14
This isn't gonna happen. You idiots need to stop. NOW.

Originally posted by wat:

Originally posted by NiceTraderJoe:

AWESOME!! I really like the automated "monitor and react" method of dealing with scanning bots.

To help harden the countermeasure effectiveness, could these be implemented:

• Have seller option "require user Steam login before showing 'resolve' link" (further prevent fresh bots from ever viewing my Steam ID while maintaining SEO for my post contents)
  
• Expand 'resolve' link monitoring to "logged in by Steam" users and block specific users, not just IP addresses

These two measures should help harden the phishing bot countermeasures by:

• Not exposing 'resolves' to fresh collector bots
  
• Prevent proxy server hopping by collector bots even if they are logged in by Steam to beat IP bans
  
• Further increases the complexity of successful collector bot code (disincentive to create smarter bots)
  
• Give sellers more active options to combat phishing

Thanks again for the excellently effective efforts!! ^_^

Joe.

IDs are hidden from all users, it doesn't matter whether they are logged in or not (and it should not matter, phishers do it both ways). Restricting it to logged in users will diminish its effectiveness...

Proxy detection is a totally different beast.

Originally posted by •L•R• MrOmNomNom3:

People use offer URLs for Backpack.tf price suggestions as proof. I would think that the admins won't do that.

Trade Offer links have nothing to do with bp.tf

Ah, sorry. I didn't get much sleep last night. Also, the bots can still view the Profile ID using the User Outpost ID. So I would presume if we lifted the Private Profile rule or have our Outpost ID URL different to our Steam ID URL, the asshole who made these can program the bots to search for us on SteamRep.

So that could work in my opinion. But for a temp solution.
I don't give a shit anyway. They give me a way to let out my frustrations. I pretty much do this:
Bot: hey mate
Bot: blah blah blah
Bot: blah blah blah spam.fakesteampage.banana
Me: (Imagine the most insulting remark you can think of here.)
Me: (Insert sarcastic remark.)
Me: (Allan Please Add Sarcastic Remark.)
Me: I used to be a adventurer like you, but then I took a arrow to the knee. Allan Please Add Funnier Overused.
Me: Allan Please Add Insult.


I could just fuck about with the bots for days. The best part? They don't respond back!
How should I end this? I know! With a list of my current Steam emoticons! Yes, I know that is a pathetic list.

Originally posted by HusKy:

I have posted this elsewhere but you should protect trade offer URLs as well.

People use offer URLs for Backpack.tf price suggestions as proof. I would think that the admins won't do that.

Originally posted by NiceTraderJoe:

AWESOME!! I really like the automated "monitor and react" method of dealing with scanning bots.

To help harden the countermeasure effectiveness, could these be implemented:

• Have seller option "require user Steam login before showing 'resolve' link" (further prevent fresh bots from ever viewing my Steam ID while maintaining SEO for my post contents)
  
• Expand 'resolve' link monitoring to "logged in by Steam" users and block specific users, not just IP addresses

These two measures should help harden the phishing bot countermeasures by:

• Not exposing 'resolves' to fresh collector bots
  
• Prevent proxy server hopping by collector bots even if they are logged in by Steam to beat IP bans
  
• Further increases the complexity of successful collector bot code (disincentive to create smarter bots)
  
• Give sellers more active options to combat phishing

Thanks again for the excellently effective efforts!! ^_^

Joe.

Unlike the others you suggested, these actually may work! But this is up to the admins.

As Tomska would say, I LOVE IT!