Steam Tightens Screws on Spammers, Sets Minimum Spend Requirement for Chatting

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Sorry spammers, you need to pay $5 per account to keep enjoying the service

With spam on Steam getting out of hand and users becoming increasingly fed up, Valve has finally stepped in. The company has tweaked the prerequisites for lifting of limits on new user accounts.
As first pointed out by Reddit user “KillahInstinct”, Valve now requires that a user spend a minimum of $5 in order for the various limits on a new user account to be lifted. Seeing as chatting and sending friend invites are among the things that are off limits to such accounts, this should nip Steam’s growing spam and phishing problem in the bud.
It was earlier possible to unlock Steam accounts by activating a Steam gift card, purchasing a game, or even making a micro-payment. Following this change in policy, however, the cost of spamming has gone up manifold, effectively making the whole thing unviable.
Here is the complete list of features that are unavailable to limited accounts:

• Sending friend invites
• Opening group chat
• Voting on Greenlight, Steam Reviews and Workshop items
• Participating in the Steam Market
• Posting frequently in the Steam Discussions
• Gaining Steam Profile Levels (Locked to level 0) and Trading Cards
• Submitting content on the Steam Workshop
• Posting in an item's Steam Workshop Discussions
• Accessing the Steam Web API
• Using browser and mobile chat

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