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submitted 9 months ago by Aurix@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.world

Gaming communities can be rough, but I can't think of another forum like Steam which is across so many games consistently incredibly toxic towards developers, even if their product is fine with only minor issues and no predatory monetization. They are my least favorite place of conversation.

What would you do to improve the culture around them?

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[-] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 7 points 9 months ago

Pretty much nothing, it was always bad. Although, it has gotten worse after they added steam points and the ability to put a special emote on someone's comment/post which gives them steam points so now people often purposefully post some cringe just to get clowned upon and collect the points, or plagiarize/make meme posts so actual information becomes rare.

The truth of the matter is that the core demographic for steam forums are either children or gopniks, everyone else rarely even look at Steam let alone post/comment. Very little moderation doesn't help things also.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Agreed on the 2nd last sentence.

[-] Aurix@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I believe the circumstances such as lack of moderation lead to degradation and more reasonable people abandoning the platform further.

this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023
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