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Anyone who’s looked at Steam forums lately might see a good argument for not having them, because the average person there sucks. It’s a shame, because it’s often one of the few places you can get a direct response from the developers, but you need to wade through people complaining about woke and demanding refunds because the online population died off like they all do.

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missingno@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Steam Forums is genuinely one of the worst social media platforms on the internet. It pains me how much Valve has allowed the alt-right to incubate and spread propaganda there.

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- SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Worse, they’re also quite prominent in Valve game communities (TF2/DOTA2) as well, so they’re poisoning in-game interactions, too.
  
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  - Onyxonblack@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    It’s like the GoonSwarm of Eve Online. Fucking griefers and bullies, that or conservative/religious scum.
    
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    sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    What a blast from the past, holy shit. I remember the goon recruitment posts on SomethingAwful.
    
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Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I mean nintendo had flipnote… Which shut down because of child predators. They are fully aware of what happens when you have community chat.

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Hond@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I agree. The last time i looked at the Steam forums it was pretty bad. Comically stupid posts which i only know as over the top satire from other places.

But tbh they always sucked. Sure, there werent constant “this game is woke because it contains women/poc” posts >10 years ago. But otherwise it was always a cesspit for really stupid and awful people. Maybe its really worse than before but the bar was already so fucking low.

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Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s unfortunately very possible harmful orgs like tankies, the Taliban, and far-right incel groups got some of their start by recruiting on less-moderated forums like Steam. People who dive the depths find some terrible stuff.

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- blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Gamergate was literally a proof of concept for MAGA because gamers are everything these groups want from a potential recruit. Just point them at a boogeyman and they’ll go apeshit.
  
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hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Only haters or apologists there. It’s a nut house of extremists.

I don’t understand why people can’t objectively complain or praise something without succumbing to “do you know how hard it is to make a game?”, or “this Dev sucks and I’m never buying another game from them”.

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