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Steam’s new Chat Filtering options let you fine-tune effing and blindingDon’t forget the jeffing
Don’t forget the jeffing
Valve have added new options to filter obscenity and slurs from chat on Steam and in some games, letting you level up without getting cussed out. With the new Steam Chat Filtering enabled, words caught in the filters are replaced with “***” or “♥♥♥”. The new options are pretty deep, letting you upload and download your own lists of banned words, see foul language from your friends but no one else, and more. Or, if you want, you can just leave it off and see the same chat as ever.
People who cuss still see the words they’ve typed, but other people with filters enabled will see symbols instead. Seeing someone call you a *** instead of an eejit (or equivalent grown-up word) doesn’t exactly hide their uncordial intentions but it’s something. I mean, I disable text and voice chat in most games anyway, but I’m glad to have these option in games where I still use it. Giving people better filtering for more power over what they see is good, though frankly I’d be happy if Valve slammed down a shedload more bans too.
To fiddle with the options yourself, head intoyour Steam preferences. Or don’t, if you don’t want to. Everything can be as before if you so desire.
