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Title: Developers complain about Steam moderation, with bigotry rampant in reviews and forums
Post by: Redaktion on February 17, 2026, 01:50:19
Gamers may have noticed that Steam reviews and forums have become increasingly toxic. Developers also want Valve to moderate bigotry and off-topic remarks. In a The Guardian article, they accuse the marketplace of ignoring requests to remove hateful comments.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Developers-complain-about-Steam-moderation-with-bigotry-rampant-in-reviews-and-forums.1227846.0.html
Title: Re: Developers complain about Steam moderation, with bigotry rampant in reviews and forums
Post by: captainobvious on February 17, 2026, 08:24:02
Utterly shameful propaganda smear article, calling for censorship by pretending to protect the little guy from the big bad corpo.
Title: Re: Developers complain about Steam moderation, with bigotry rampant in reviews and forums
Post by: Da on February 17, 2026, 09:33:30
Quote from: captainobvious on February 17, 2026, 08:24:02Utterly shameful propaganda smear article, calling for censorship by pretending to protect the little guy from the big bad corpo.
correct
Title: Re: Developers complain about Steam moderation, with bigotry rampant in reviews and forums
Post by: jdrch on February 17, 2026, 20:18:10
Unsurprising. Gamers are the most toxic tech demographic in existence. You may hate AI and crypto but at least they're building something. All gamers do is complain and try to harm others.
Title: Re: Developers complain about Steam moderation, with bigotry rampant in reviews and forums
Post by: SOS on February 18, 2026, 07:20:38
Quote from: Redaktion on February 17, 2026, 01:50:19In a The Guardian article
That says all the one should know.

Quote from: captainobvious on February 17, 2026, 08:24:02Utterly shameful propaganda smear article, calling for censorship by pretending to protect the little guy from the big bad corpo.
100% and it is always some Karen who is entitled to say anything, but others are not allowed to disagree.

Quote from: jdrch on February 17, 2026, 20:18:10Unsurprising. Gamers are the most toxic tech demographic in existence. You may hate AI and crypto but at least they're building something. All gamers do is complain and try to harm others.
So? Let K*ll them then? If one cannot cope with "toxic" comments - get yourself out of there, make another "community" whatever and shut up.
Title: Re: Developers complain about Steam moderation, with bigotry rampant in reviews and forums
Post by: jdrch on February 18, 2026, 15:58:49
Quote from: SOS on February 18, 2026, 07:20:38So? Let K*ll them then? If one cannot cope with "toxic" comments - get yourself out of there, make another "community" whatever and shut up.

I didn't say anything about killing anyone, so it's interesting that that's automatically where your thoughts went. Thanks for proving my point. I have no problem with gaming, it's awesome. The gamer culture is centered on behavior harmful to others, as your fixation on killing shows.