You enter Steamyou look for the video game you are thinking of buying and decide to browse through the reviews on the page. What better help when deciding than the experience of the users themselves, who have already invested a good amount of hours. However, among the most valued reviews, you begin to find jokes, pranks and phrases without any contextor at least none related to the work.
This is the problem that many players are accusing of the Valve store, since it is currently difficult to find those texts that really serve to clear up doubts
Cyberpunk 2077 Reviews
You can’t have sex with Keanu Reeves.
Nobody reads reviews, so I’ll just write that I’m gay.
No Man’s Sky Review
GTA V Reviews
Outer Wilds Review
Clone comments and phrases without any relevance appear as the most prominent in the last 30 days, for example, since The community votes them en masse as usefulThese positive reviews push them to the top, forcing you to browse more than usual until you find those in which users have written the virtues and defects of each video game.
The truth is that we have been seeing this problem for some time on other platforms such as YouTube, where the least interesting comments are sometimes written with the sole purpose of being catapulted to the top positionsThe difference with Steam is that reviews are tools for the buyer to determine what to spend their money on.
According to Steam Rules and Guidelines When it comes to user-generated content, here are the limits to keep in mind:
- Do not mistreat or insult other players, developers or groups.
- Do not include threats or incitement to violence.
- Do not use reviews for commercial purposes. For example, for advertisements, recommendations or promotions.
- Don’t artificially influence review scores. For example, using multiple accounts to write reviews, forcing other players to write reviews, or accepting payment or other compensation for writing reviews.
- If you received a copy of the game for free, you should disclose this in your review.
Therefore, currently, There is no mechanism to stop the accounts whose sole purpose is not to help other users. We will see if Gabe Newell’s company takes action in this regard, although it has not yet commented on the matter.
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