deleting your steam account should be way harder, like you should have to schedule a zoom call with gabe and explain to him why you want to delete it. hell, schedule a court date
QueasyPotential3602 on
They must ask you like 10 times after that and at least make you retype password and submit a blood sample right ???
Tilak_187 on
Dude this started giving me anxiety!! Oh shit all my money will be gone! What if my account gets hacked and the guy tries to delete the account, how does that work?
Regular-Storm9433 on
I wouldnt wish this upon my worst enemy.
TaicerCL on
I once wake up to a bug where it say that my account didn’t exist. lmao.
i was logged out and my profile all gone. i almost had a heart attack it was very traumatic 20 min. to this day i don’t know what happen and i don’t want to know.
Perfect-Cause-6943 on
There needs to be a four step verification even asking you when you took a certain screenshot 😭
ItBeRyou on
Why is this even an option?
NSFW_or_something on
We need to tell them to update their security for deleting your account. Like actually make it a four-step verification or something. Or at least be able to find a way to recover the account after it’s deleted in like a backup backup thing
I have a fight or flight reaction looking at that… Probably not good xD
Jaded_Ad_9711 on
I hope they have 10 Confirmation tab window asking are you sure 10 times, before proceeding for the deletion.
ThatoneTexan464 on
I had a nightmare about this last night what
Godharvest on
I had a friend whos ex use to live with him, they broke up and she went onto his steam account and hit this exact same button….
Dude had like 4k in games spent, an account that was like 10 years old at the time and this was back in like 2017.
He literally stopped playing video games after that happened. I think it gives him PTSD (probably WAY to strong over a word to use, Anxiety is probably the better word) to even think about gaming anymore.
I remember this happening because i was at his house with a bunch of other friends hanging outside smoking then she comes out with her stuf and just got in her friends car and left. We went inside, i ended up leaving before he got onto his PC to see what had happened but he texted me and you could feel it through the phone how defeated and depressed he was that someone would do that simply because they decided they didnt wanna be with someone anymore.
I core memory i’ll never forget.
Cdoggle on
Don’t misclick!
hannes0000 on
it takes like 30 days, it’s not instant and you can always cancel pending.
AkumaLilly on
The fear that in one unintentional click or having you 5 year old relative mess around your computer and can completely erase a hundred thousands of hours and X¹⁰⁰ of money is always there.
Lurus01 on
Even if you accidentally click it then its not instant as it gives you 30 days before its deleted.
nicktheone on
I remember an old story from years ago where this guy had found his girlfriend deleted his Steam account because they were fighting and the customer support easily reinstated it.
FlimsyLegs on
Wouldn’t be so terrifying if you owned the games you bought and could have access to them without the Steam account.
Ill_Independence3057 on
It’s wild how a simple bug can make you confront the sheer amount of stuff you’d lose. They really should make the actual deletion process require a notarized letter or something.
DialUp_UA on
When I was installing Linux for the first time, I prepared some space on hdd for it.
It asked me if I wanted to reformat hdd for linux partitions. I was sure that it will warn me in case if **all** existing partitions need to be deleted…
It didn’t…
All 200gb of… music… was deleted. It was around 2005, internet was not so developed, so the loss was quite painful.
So, i have PTSD now and never press buttons which potentially may lead to irrecoverable consequences.
XionicAihara on
Valve should make you have to type out Delete my Steam Account.
CloakedSiren on
If we actually owned the games when we bought them this button wouldn’t be so scary….
NoNotice2137 on
Delete button: *exists*
People: *getting anxious over imagining a highly unlikely scenario in which they click the button and all the subsequent extra confirmation pop-ups by accident somehow*
Yes, I am people
WhiskeyWeird1q on
This photo should be considered as NSFW😭🥀
JGHero on
I did it once after some devastating life events left me feeling like I should quit gaming all together. Flash forward like 1 month and ever since then probably my biggest regret.
Username_Taken0 on
Jesus… My account got hacked a few years ago… Thank god they didn’t delete it for whatever reason
screaming-Snake-Case on
This right being granted to you for every service (EU w) is both a blessing and a curse. Especially the services that just go “oh, are you sure? (y/n). Okay then, *processes 3 secs*, everything is gone now, forever, bye!”
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deleting your steam account should be way harder, like you should have to schedule a zoom call with gabe and explain to him why you want to delete it. hell, schedule a court date
They must ask you like 10 times after that and at least make you retype password and submit a blood sample right ???
Dude this started giving me anxiety!! Oh shit all my money will be gone! What if my account gets hacked and the guy tries to delete the account, how does that work?
I wouldnt wish this upon my worst enemy.
I once wake up to a bug where it say that my account didn’t exist. lmao.
i was logged out and my profile all gone. i almost had a heart attack it was very traumatic 20 min. to this day i don’t know what happen and i don’t want to know.
There needs to be a four step verification even asking you when you took a certain screenshot 😭
Why is this even an option?
We need to tell them to update their security for deleting your account. Like actually make it a four-step verification or something. Or at least be able to find a way to recover the account after it’s deleted in like a backup backup thing
https://preview.redd.it/cjxgt1vqfgcg1.png?width=900&format=png&auto=webp&s=b99c14adcc18ac3389614b355276af1f89f47604
I have a fight or flight reaction looking at that… Probably not good xD
I hope they have 10 Confirmation tab window asking are you sure 10 times, before proceeding for the deletion.
I had a nightmare about this last night what
I had a friend whos ex use to live with him, they broke up and she went onto his steam account and hit this exact same button….
Dude had like 4k in games spent, an account that was like 10 years old at the time and this was back in like 2017.
He literally stopped playing video games after that happened. I think it gives him PTSD (probably WAY to strong over a word to use, Anxiety is probably the better word) to even think about gaming anymore.
I remember this happening because i was at his house with a bunch of other friends hanging outside smoking then she comes out with her stuf and just got in her friends car and left. We went inside, i ended up leaving before he got onto his PC to see what had happened but he texted me and you could feel it through the phone how defeated and depressed he was that someone would do that simply because they decided they didnt wanna be with someone anymore.
I core memory i’ll never forget.
Don’t misclick!
it takes like 30 days, it’s not instant and you can always cancel pending.
The fear that in one unintentional click or having you 5 year old relative mess around your computer and can completely erase a hundred thousands of hours and X¹⁰⁰ of money is always there.
Even if you accidentally click it then its not instant as it gives you 30 days before its deleted.
I remember an old story from years ago where this guy had found his girlfriend deleted his Steam account because they were fighting and the customer support easily reinstated it.
Wouldn’t be so terrifying if you owned the games you bought and could have access to them without the Steam account.
It’s wild how a simple bug can make you confront the sheer amount of stuff you’d lose. They really should make the actual deletion process require a notarized letter or something.
When I was installing Linux for the first time, I prepared some space on hdd for it.
It asked me if I wanted to reformat hdd for linux partitions. I was sure that it will warn me in case if **all** existing partitions need to be deleted…
It didn’t…
All 200gb of… music… was deleted. It was around 2005, internet was not so developed, so the loss was quite painful.
So, i have PTSD now and never press buttons which potentially may lead to irrecoverable consequences.
Valve should make you have to type out Delete my Steam Account.
If we actually owned the games when we bought them this button wouldn’t be so scary….
Delete button: *exists*
People: *getting anxious over imagining a highly unlikely scenario in which they click the button and all the subsequent extra confirmation pop-ups by accident somehow*
Yes, I am people
This photo should be considered as NSFW😭🥀
I did it once after some devastating life events left me feeling like I should quit gaming all together. Flash forward like 1 month and ever since then probably my biggest regret.
Jesus… My account got hacked a few years ago… Thank god they didn’t delete it for whatever reason
This right being granted to you for every service (EU w) is both a blessing and a curse. Especially the services that just go “oh, are you sure? (y/n). Okay then, *processes 3 secs*, everything is gone now, forever, bye!”