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Written by Lumiukko on 2025-01-22 at 13:26

If #Valve could get a handle on those comment and discussion sections in #Steam, that would be really great. They are full of offensive and fascist stuff.

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Written by the_white_wolf on 2025-01-22 at 13:40

@lumiukko

IMHO they should close the comment, discussion and Hub sections until they have a effective handle against such stuff.

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Written by Arnel Šarić Sharan :verified: on 2025-01-22 at 13:48

@the_white_wolf @lumiukko They'll never do any of that. The power of Steam is behind user engagement. Stopping it would be anti-corporate move.

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Written by the_white_wolf on 2025-01-22 at 13:59

@sharan

Yes it's not realistic that they will do it. Sadly.

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Written by Lumiukko on 2025-01-22 at 14:00

@sharan @the_white_wolf It may be some sort of "user engagement", but I would say about 90% of that stuff is just outright spam or impulsive complaining. The other 10% is mostly full of borderline racist, sexist and fascist comments that are going completely unmoderated, because they don't actually violate any of the rules. They are also so large in numbers that it would be a real effort to clean them up. It's a toxic cesspool full of trolls. But those trolls breed and create an unhealthy environment for everyone.

Being aware of Valve's history of doing nothing when confronted with toxicity in their games, I don't think anything will happen, though.

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