it was taken out because too many people were tricking unsuspecting users by typing in /me's bold blue text and claiming to be Steam Support and then urging the victim to hand over their Steam Account credentials or TF2 items.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Derek Howard <[email protected]>wrote: > /me on Steam Chat was taken out months ago, and that's a very good thing. > > /me on game server chat has never (?) existed without the use of some sort > of third-party plugin/extension. Generally, > this<https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=665771>is the plugin that > I see providing the command (on TF2 servers). > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Bruno Garcia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It was used for scamming, and phishing. >> People used it to personate "Steam admins" by changing the color of their >> text, appearing it was a different "rank". >> >> I'm glad it was taken down. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Travis Brown <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I have a pretty good guess why. the /me is a irc action. My theory is >>> that each chat created a new irc channel and held the conversations. I >>> think they updated to a whole new system when they brought out the >>> emoticons. I could be completely wrong but this is my theory. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Albert Davis <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Why was this taken out? Can we get it back? :/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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