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Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content

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Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’ve seen whole threads in game forums dedicated to Nazism, and I myself have been called a “groomer” and the t-slur because people knew be as a boy before I transitioned. Legitimately horrible place, they absolutely need to take more action against this.

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daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Are the forums moderated at all? All I see is people being terrible to each other. I also saw someone requesting a Brazilian Portuguese translation for a game and people calling them a fucking idiot and telling them to learn english.

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- Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s up to each game dev to police their forums, AFAIK.
  
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  - Bassman1805@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Can they disable their steam forums if they don’t want to moderate them?
    
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    Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That’s a good question. I would hope so!
    
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    Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yes, some are completely read only
    
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- Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  There’s almost no moderation on Steam at all. Sometimes threads advocating violence get removed, or threads with a lot of hate get locked but it’s almost always long after the damage has been done and often times the ones doing nasty shit don’t end up getting banned.
  
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atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I don’t use steam forums. But I have questions. Do the steam forums have any moderation at all? Is there a report button? Can you report comments or forum threads?

I want to know because I feel like a lot of social media has the same problem as steam forums and these tools exist on the majority of those. They rely on the moderation of fellow users.

I also question whether or not steam actually has an automod or anything like that. Or human moderators.

Please keep in mind that I don’t use the forums so I really have no idea. This is the first time I’m hearing about this, and I’m interested in knowing more.

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