Fuck yea?!
I guess everyone who was annoyed enough by this did find it pretty easy themself in the preferences if he/she isn't a total dunce.
And like some already said...you don't need the "period asterisk" to do it.
But you made a helpful topic for the lazy and "I didn't know that I needed it" people :D
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Apparently you didn't read the comments. For a lot of people (including me), the setting "Do not filter strong profanity or slurs" in the preferences didn't remove the censor hearts in discussions and reviews. The setting "never filter .*" finally did.
So before calling people dunces, maybe inform yourself beforehand so people don't think you're a dunce yourself.
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First of all, I didn't call anybody directly a dunce.
And since "Do not filter strong profanity or slurs" checkbox isn't the only on the preference page, it's a combination of all the boxes. Some contradict eachother.
And for example that .* in "never filter" should only be working if you have the box checked for "Filter strong profanity and slurs with "♥♥♥" or "***""
Because a filter only filters when its active.
So the complete thing is more complex than you think.
And like I said, if you check the right combination of boxes it works.
Besides, the .* doesn't make any sense at all. It is usually used for searching/filtering ALL file extensions and seeing you could load a text file into the filter too, it probably just only works out of luck.
So right back at ya...think before calling someone a dunce, you might just look yourself like one.
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Besides, the .* doesn't make any sense at all. It is usually used for searching/filtering ALL file extensions and seeing you could load a text file into the filter too, it probably just only works out of luck.
That part alone shows that you have absolutely no idea about regex, so maybe start educating yourself. It's even explained in this thread.
The only checkboxes relevant to filtering user generated text are the ones in the screenshot. Everything else on the preferences page has absolutely nothing to do with user generated text.
The first three options are exclusive to each other and the fourth one only applies to Steam friends. So please enlighten us about your "right combination of boxes" and feel free to tell us why I and a lot of other people in this thread still saw censor hearts in forum discussions and reviews on Steam with the settings in the screenshot and why they went away after setting "never filter .*".
Spoiler: the real reason is that the "Do not filter" option doesn't work as intended and that this regex is a workaround that wouldn't be allowed to work if Steam knew what they were doing, but is allowed and does work.
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I must be doing something wrong, because i still see the hearts while i have the same settings as shown in the image. Any idea's what it could be?
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There is a lot wrong, mostly probably on the steam page.
Like I said its probably just luck that your version works.
Firstly the "additional custom filters" are a sub-section of the "chat filters", this means they are in the SAME category where the 3 checkboxes for the language filter are. You are very vocal about that the checkboxes aren't responsible for the reviews, so why should your filter apply?
Secondly your filter doesn't make any sense at all if you have checked the third box, like I said before.
Let me explain it in a way you hopefully understand:
- You are the guard of a gate.
- You have a clipboard with cars which you should ALWAYS let through. (or in your case: NEVER STOP)
- Today your order is to NOT STOP ANY car. (third checkbox option)
Now my question is: Do you take your clipboard (with the .*) with you to check if a car can get through or do you leave it somewhere for later?
I would guess you won't use your clipboard because it is pointless because you already are letting all cars through.
So why should your "Never Filter" work, if the content doesnt get filtered?
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There is a lot wrong, mostly probably on the steam page.
Congratulations on leading with the only correct statement of your post.
Like I said its probably just luck that your version works.
So you still didn't educate yourself. It's not luck. It's a combination of a regular expression used in a custom filter and the fact that the standard filter option "Do not filter strong profanity or slurs" does not work in reviews and forum discussions, intended or not, which is what this whole thread is about. Please get that in your head! Also the fact that that regex is allowed to be used there and works is most probably an oversight by Steam. It's not luck.
Firstly the "additional custom filters" are a sub-section of the "chat filters", this means they are in the SAME category where the 3 checkboxes for the language filter are.
I never said anything contrary, that's why I inlcuded them in the screenshot.
You are very vocal about that the checkboxes aren't responsible for the reviews, so why should your filter apply?
I said "The only checkboxes relevant to filtering user generated text are the ones in the screenshot. Everything else on the preferences page has absolutely nothing to do with user generated text." And the regex in the custom filter shouldn't apply. But it does.
You were the one stating that:
And like I said, if you check the right combination of boxes it works.
The only relevant boxes to check are those in the screenshot. Three of which can't be combined with each other and the fourth is only for Steam friends. The custom filters aren't checkboxes. So, again: tell us how to "check the right combination of boxes" to make the filter work in reviews and forum discussions, which - again - is what this whole thread is about. You still didn't tell us. Because you can't.
Secondly your filter doesn't make any sense at all if you have checked the third box, like I said before.
It does make a lot of sense when you finally start to acknowledge the fact that the standard filter option "Do not filter strong profanity or slurs" doesn't work in reviews and forum discussions, intended or not, which - again - is what this whole thread is about, and that the regex ".*" does exactly what it is supposed to do, even if Steam under normal circumstances shouldn't allow it to work that way in that area. It's neither luck nor senseless. It's most likely an oversight by Steam and by this point it is a proven fact. It works that way, intended or not.
I am not going to bother with your 3rd grade analogy since it relies on the wrong assumption that the standard filter option "Do not filter strong profanity or slurs" works in reviews and forum discussions, which it doesn't, no matter if intended or not.
Now go read and follow the explanations and instructions in this post and then tell us how your "right combination of boxes" works in reviews and forum discussions, which - again - is what this whole thread is about.
And then go back to your inital statement and think about who the "lazy" "total dunce" who "didn't know" they "needed it" really is. And please do that in silence and for yourself since I'm not going to bother with you anymore.
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It's pointless to further discuss this topic with you. Clearly you get too invested with it and write long pointless texts without getting what I'm saying.
My statement, that it works, even without that period asterisk is not wrong, because it works for me, without it.
My statement, that the period asterisk is luck, is true when you finally see it from the point I'm trying to make. The filter is not intended to work that way, it is a fix with with the right choice of symbols, but If the steam page would have been proper coded, it should NOT be working.
And for your "there are no other checkboxes". Yes, there aren't any more in this part of the preferences, but there are a lot more mature/profanity/family friendly/etc. checkboxes for bluring, censoring, hiding and stuff like that all over steam and the preferences.
Seeing the clusterf*ck that steamcode is, the chances are high that they all are intertwined/overlapping/superseding in a lot of places.
Like I said at the beginning of this post, it's pointless to discuss any further with you and just a waste of time.
And it wasn't me who called someone a dunce directly, but I'm the one chosing to not take this any further and just leave this topic without reading your response, because I would only be tempted to reply again.
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Are you saying that your steam is not censored without applying this fix? If that's the case, do you mind giving a screenshot of both your chat filtering section like what waxworm showed here (it's in the preferences) and how this review looks like in your account?
It would be nice to know if there is more than one way to disable the filter in case steam disables this workaround.
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Those options are for Chat Filtering. Chat filtering is only for steam chat and in-game chat for supported games. It doesn't apply to steam reviews or discussions.
You can read it here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/2855803154584367416
Where is this filtering applied?
* Steam Chat
* Chat in Supporting Games
The examples they use are multiplayer matches, chat with Friends, group chats, or broadcasts.
Click on this test review link https://steamcommunity.com/id/DerpyCookie26/recommended/285160/ and see if you see ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or if you actually see the curse word.
If you still see ♥ then it's obviously censored.
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Thank ❤❤❤❤ for this.
P.S. Lets hope Valve don't decide to 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎 fix this. :)
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Well thanks a lot for this. Can't wait to see it reverted to default like the rest of my preferences every month.
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dude, well i already set it up for me so i can see every release and every comment.
keep your heads up and keep on going, greets from the E.U
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This is not about filtering games or comments as a whole. It's about filtering certain words within user generated texts like forum discussions and reviews.
Look at this review and determine if you see "ITS NOT ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ FINISHED" or if there is a word instead of the hearts:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/DerpyCookie26/recommended/285160/
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Honestly so shocked they haven't accounted for regex. Wonder what other things can be script injected....
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Huh. Never noticed that before. So, I can browse and buy a game of a succubus getting railed by a goat demon, but if I wrote "that goat demon has a big fucking cock", it'd get censored? lol
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It was actually yesterday but w/e. I found out how to disable the stupid steam censor heart bull♥♥♥♥ in the store pages, review section and steam forums. It's always been annoying not only because adults should be able to decide this for themselves but it also takes longer to read the comments because you have to pause and decipher what the ♥♥♥♥ means which interrupts your reading flow.
So to completely disable the censor you go to Preferences from either your profile or store page, scroll down to where it says "Never filter these words" and in the text box you add: .*
That's: period asterisk
That's it. Now you can feel like an adult again! Yay!
Here are some steam reviews you can test it on:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/DerpyCookie26/recommended/285160/
if you really want to feel empowered: https://steamcommunity.com/id/yoJoeBama/recommended/208650/
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