I was banned for 1 day because of a "public shaming" section in my trade. I had no warning and have never been contacted by a moderator for any reason. I submitted a ticket that was not read, and was closed when my ban was lifted after 1 day. I would, however, like to talk about my ban...

This temporary ban is due to a comment I had on a dueling mini games trade. I have been going through a ton of duels recently and was looking to stock up on 0.22 ref duels (225 of which I got from bulk trading in 2 days). A player (who I have learned not to name) sent me a trade request with 2 dueling mini games for 4 scrap. Having done the trade tons of times, I subconsciously accepted it while glazing over the items. It turns out that neither of the items had 5 uses. I don't remember the numbers, but I was getting ripped off. I realized that it may have been a casual error, so I added him and gave him a comment asking if he could fix the trade. This comment was deleted.

I realize that I was scammed of 1 to 1.5 scrap for a 2 scrap item, just a few cents, but the idea that someone could do something that petty really pissed me off. I had stated in the trade the price for used games, and it was obvious from his responses that he was taking advantage of me. I have read your rules and been using outpost for quite some time. I have also seen public shaming of "nubes" and "idiots" ( a word I regretfully used) who don't understand trading. I believe my case is quite the opposite. I made the mistake, and I wanted people to know that I wasn't falling for that trick again. I was trying to report someone for cheating me.

I am sorry for such a long winded response, but I have never considered my behavior unjust. I understand that you cannot control what happens outside of outpost, but I didn't understand why I could not give someone bad rep for scamming . In the future I realize that I should not use names explicitly in the trade. There are situations where shaming could genuinely hurt someone, and I apologize.

On that note, where would I post something like this. Experiences like this don't warrant action, but I would to know how honest a trader is outside the context of large scale trades. Steam account comments would be great for this except for the fact that you can delete them.

I would also really appreciate a warning before my trades are taken down for something that can be quickly fixed. I realize that the trade notes did not explain the entirety of the situation. I am also a bit critical of the hard rule that there is no public shaming. One of the reasons the internet is such a dangerous place is that there is usually little policing. It seems like this rule would endorse the idea of non-countability for scammers and make trading even more cut throat.

Sorry for the wall of text.