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doublah@sopuli.xyz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Some games have been targeted by Steam curators

Curators are hidden by default, only people who follow the curator see curator recommendations. They also don’t affect store visibility or the review score in any way,.

The problem is not even that Steam forums are a cesspool

Steam leaves moderation of forums to the developer/publisher to moderate as they wish, as if they interfered you bet they’d get complaints about Valve stepping on their toes. If a developer/publisher decides they want to allow hatred in their Steam forums, you should probably blame them.

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Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Curators are hidden by default, only people who follow the curator see curator recommendations. They also don’t affect store visibility or the review score in any way.

Cool! Will you also read the rest of the quote?

This encouraged others to post further reviews and comments related to Kirk (and not the game).

But apparently nobody wants to read the article, so here’s my screenshot:

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Steam leaves moderation of forums to the developer/publisher to moderate as they wish, as if they interfered you bet they’d get complaints about Valve stepping on their toes. If a developer/publisher decides they want to allow hatred in their Steam forums, you should probably blame them.

Yes, I also blame the poor indie dev who barely gets enough money to keep existing instead of the multi billion dollar company that apparently is content with misogyny, racism and bigotry running rampant on every facet of their platform.

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- doublah@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  This encouraged others to post further reviews and comments related to Kirk (and not the game).
  
  Do we have any proof those reviews were from people following that curator? I imagine that information has also been posted elsewhere online.
  
  Do you think off topic reviews or curator recommendations should be allowed for things you approve of? Say if a review points out the developer is a secret fascist?
  
  Yes, I also blame the poor indie dev who barely gets enough money to keep existing
  
  Oh please, moderating a forum unpaid for 5 mins every now and again is so easy it’s how this whole platform and Reddit function. If you’re truly an indie dev without the resources to moderate your own space, Steam allow you to simply close the forums and forbid discussions.
  
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  - Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    Do we have any proof those reviews were from people following that curator? I imagine that information has also been posted elsewhere online.
    Do you think off topic reviews or curator recommendations should be allowed for things you approve of? Say if a review points out the developer is a secret fascist?
    
    Why does that curator exist in the first place? Why are those reviews still up?
    
    And also, great comeback! I really love whatabaoutism.
    
    Oh please, moderating a forum unpaid for 5 mins every now and again is so easy it’s how this whole platform and Reddit function.
    
    Please, kindly refrain from talking about things you know jack shit about.
    
    If you’re truly an indie dev without the resources to moderate your own space, Steam allow you to simply close the forums and forbid discussions.
    
    Steam forums are a resource for devs to interact with the community, get feedback, etc…
    Closing them means losing a resource. What you suggest is that devs big enough to employ a community manager should have access to that resource, while small/solo devs should just accept that they can’t have it. Sounds like second class citizen treatment to me.
    
    It would be a lot easier if Steam got their shit together and started moderating their online spaces, which is something they should’ve been doing this whole time.
    
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