Valve has introduced a new policy in an attempt to combat trade scamming. It's the latest in a long line of changes introduced to the digital platform that are designed to make it harder to phish on Steam, and should result in far fewer cases of spam trading scam attempts.
The new policy limits only those Steam accounts which have yet to spend $5 on the storefront or place $5 in their Steam Wallet.
Any accounts that have yet to spend $5 will no longer be able to do any of the following:
Send friend invites
Open group chat
Vote on Greenlight, Steam Reviews and Workshop items
Participate in the Steam Market
Post frequently in the Steam Discussions
Gain Steam Profile Levels (Locked to level 0) and Trading Cards
Submit content on the Steam Workshop
Post in an item's Steam Workshop Discussions
Access the Steam Web API
Use browser and mobile chat
"Malicious users often operate in the community on accounts which have not spent any money, reducing the individual risk of performing the actions they do. One of the best pieces of information we can compare between regular users and malicious users are their spending habits as typically the accounts being used have no investment in their longevity. Due to this being a common scenario we have decided to restrict certain community features until an account has met or exceeded $5.00 USD in Steam."
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