First question that comes to mind is why the hell weren't they doing this already? 😣
Second question is why are they giving developers an opt out at all??? 😒
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we’ve been hearing from more and more game developers that would actually prefer for us to take a more active role
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Valve hiring people? It's a lie. Is it April 1 already?
Also... can they not hire people to actually VET GAMES?
Why do they monitor all game communities, but NOT actually check all games before giving them access to the store with stolen assets, digitial currency farmers, asset flips, outright scams etc.?
Some priorities.
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Despite popular beliefs, Valve checks games before hand. But there are ways around that (with patches, some even replace game with entirely different game).
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some even replace game with entirely different game
As if someone makes a good game so Valve would allow it to be on Steam, and then replaces it with piece of crap asset flip? Or I didn't really get that logic :)
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Not fully sure I believe that, but even so after that plenty of games get reported with people outright posting the art stolen or the unity asset 100% unmodified ported to Steam, and Valve still does nothing.
You'd think Valve would hire people to handle those first, but apparently their priorities are different than what other people's would be.
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I think we should also have someone checking developers that are overstepping.
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Rocket League discussions and guide sections are a complete mess and chaos, ppl spamming their trade offers on comment section on each guide, doing tons of useless guides(even for scam purposes, posting shady links, etc), using bots for all said, etc. Its like a total mess, just go look by yourself at any guide for example. I hope Valve does something about it, since the developers don't care.
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And cs go is still full of "free skins" workshop "maps". Very nice moderation they have there.
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Maybe there is hope. Lately I've been getting notifications that actions were taken against comments and groups I reported. I think they are expanding their moderation team. I haven't reported anything recently though, there might be a huge backlog of reports to deal with.
Not a big fan of Valve and I'm not defending them but at least it's a start. Hit that flag button and wait a year.
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Same, I've had a couple community messages informing me that actions have been taken against stuff that I've reported, so I guess this moderation has been going on for a while now.
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I don't report all that often, but the earliest such "Thanks for reporting inappropriate content on Steam" email I have is from September of 2012. The next one is April 2017, September 2017, March and July of this year. The dates don't necessarily match up to things I've reported though. The last one probably does. I don't have any reports logged for 2012, so it's possible Steam only started logging reports in ...maybe 2015?
(Reminder?) You can review https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata to see all Reports you've made (Broadcast, Profile, Review, and App), and lots of other data.
A few things that were acted upon...
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198124660930/recommended/386400
https://steamcommunity.com/id/rusosaur/recommended/463110
https://steamcommunity.com/id/LadySugarDoll/recommended/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/33540/discussions/ (used to be literally filled with Minecraft mod spam)
...but the dates don't match up to the emails, so... it's a bit random. But yeah, slightly more happening in the last year-ish.
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Pretty sure developers can designate their own moderators that are unrelated to Valve or themselves.
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Yeah, I think that's the the option to opt-out is there.
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How can I opt out?
If you do already have your own moderation staff, or want complete control over the reported content in your hub, you can opt out of this service by visiting the Steamworks settings for your game (Edit Steamworks Settings > Community Tab > General).
one has nothing to do with the other
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I would prefer if they hire moderators for the steam store to weed out the trash, but I guess this is a step into a good direction too I guess.
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Valve has put together a team to moderate all Steam discussion boards which include groups.
Game community hubs, not groups. Groups are already Valve moderated according to the pot.
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I know some of you reading the title probably think this might be a troll lol. I probably would think the same thing had I not read it from Valve directly. Valve has put together a team to moderate all Steam discussion boards in game community hubs.
I've copied and pasted everything below or you can read Valve's post on Steam here ----> Post by Valve on Steam
Valve's Moderation Update
We want to give developers an update on what we’ve been working on related to community moderation and let you know about an upcoming addition to how we support your game communities on Steam. The short version is that starting on Tuesday, Sept 25th, our moderation team will start reviewing reported discussion posts in all game hubs on Steam. You can opt out if you wish. Read on for the details.
How does this work?
Starting on Tuesday, when a discussion thread or post in your community is reported by a player, it will be added to a queue for our moderation team to review. We’ll look at these reported posts (along with all other reported content we are already reviewing) and remove anything that violates our Community Guidelines.
Don’t worry: We won’t be actively perusing your community discussions or posting in threads - you have your own voice and your own style of communication with players about your game. We’ll only be communicating with players if it's necessary when issuing a warning or ban for reported content.
You can also read more about the moderation approach that we will be applying in our Best Practices documentation.
Why now?
For quite a while now, our moderation team has been reviewing and taking appropriate action on many forms of reported community content across Steam, such as screenshots, artwork, guides, user profiles, community groups, and user reviews. In the past, we’ve been hesitant to get involved in the moderation of individual game discussions, as we didn’t want to step on the toes of game developers that want to have their own style of communication with players and their own set of guidelines for behavior.
But over time, we’ve been hearing from more and more game developers that would actually prefer for us to take a more active role in discussion boards, at least to the extent of handling posts that are reported by other players.
Meanwhile, we’ve been expanding the Valve content moderation team to keep up with the increasing number of game communities and the amount of content added to the Steam community. At the beginning of the year, we also added features designed to improve community interactions in the Steam Discussions. You can read more about those additions below:
New Steam Discussions Moderation Features
We are at the point now where we want to make sure we’re putting these tools and human power to use in more ways across the Steam Community.
How can I opt out?
If you do already have your own moderation staff, or want complete control over the reported content in your hub, you can opt out of this service by visiting the Steamworks settings for your game (Edit Steamworks Settings > Community Tab > General).
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