I don't agree with that and I think it's stupid, but it's your site therefore your rules, no matter how dumb I think it may be. For example if I'd never used your site and went private, nobody would care and I wouldn't be banned, but simply because I have used your site, I no longer have the option to go private without risking a ban even if I am no longer using it, and a ban on outpost carries some weight in many communities. I think it's unfair and unreasonable.

For future reference, because I will in all likelihood be linking this thread to curious people: I currently have a level 50 steam profile, over 500 games on steam, over 9k trades, and a clean backpack. I do not shark, scam, phish, or anything of the sort.

I intend to at some point in the near future set my profile to private, at which point I will most likely receive a ban from outpost. I wholeheartedly disagree with the practice of banning inactive users with no open trades simply for not having a public profile, but there's nothing I can do.

Originally posted by Blue Screen of Dea†h:

Option B.

Can you please clarify? I have absolutely no idea what you mean.

If I don't have any open trades and I no longer use outpost, can I still be banned for having a private profile? I've always assumed that private profiles are okay if you're not actually using the site, but I would like to know for sure.

Example: User A decides they're not going to trade any more. User A closes all their trades on outpost, stops browsing the site, and sets their profile to private. 6 months later, user A decides to use outpost again, at which point user A sets their profile back to public and keeps it public for the duration that they are actively using the site. Am I correct in assuming that there is nothing wrong with what user A has done? Or could user A still be subject to getting a ban for having a private profile during the 6 month time period even though he/she is not using the site?