what's inside the Steam Curation? why Mods seems to be so attentive, searching for forbidden links?

despite title -and OP-, this is technical. kinda. i like the Steam Curation, i'm also following a few of you. but hey...guess what? this neither is about my personal thoughts.

once, i've created a Curation, thought it was cool. was wrong.
'cause i were (and actually am) more a member of this site than a curator.
as a "tool" can vouch for its coolness, kinda commercially speaking, it's handy. and fun, more than writing a review. you can also put YouTube videos in seconds, and curate games you don't own.

as i'm lazy, very lazy, already prepared a TLDR for you:

  • Steam will call your Curation as "your store"
  • every click made by users at "your store" is tracked by Steam. you also get graph and stats on how well you're curating.
  • you have the option to insert a Google Analytics code in "your store". <-- this is the most "techy" part, imo
  • you'll have an option to get games from developers/publishers directly and for free, via the Curator Connect system

so, now you know a few bits i think you should know to better answer the questions up here. only if you care, obv.


little update (might be useful for a SG V5 or 6, but still)

Epic games is running a classic "affiliation", name is Support-A-Creator: epicgames.com/affiliate/en-US/overview
difference here is "creators" (streamers, bloggers and such, 1000+ followers ...) will earn actual money (5 usd per 100 spent on store, ...). so, just guessing, but quite easy that an affiliate/creator link to their store will have a referral

5 years ago*

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bump + that "reserved" thing (and, maybe, usual mandatory stuff)

4 years ago
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I think the "reserved thing" is for addendum.

4 years ago
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'm just a tad more dumb than usual, just that... :D

4 years ago
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The reasons why we do not allow curation links are connected to those things you listed in your description of Steam curation. The SteamGifts forum is not a "free, electronic billboard" for people to advertise themselves.

4 years ago
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"you'll have an option to get games from developers/publishers directly and for free, via the Curator Connect system" I didn't know this part. Makes a lot of sense to not allow curation links then.

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4 years ago
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mmwahaha

....noice one, veebles!

4 years ago
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you made my morning 😁

4 years ago
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So, im not understanding the point of your post at all...

4 years ago
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OP is telling people what is involved in creating and using your own Steam Curator page in case anyone was curious what it involved.

4 years ago
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Oh, i thought he was just rambling about nothing. It's often hard to decipher what icaio is talking about.

4 years ago
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Not about nothing, it's the old discussion about whether or not advertising curations should be accepted.

4 years ago
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The comments are the "old discussion" started by a mod, but the post is just literally describing what a Curator page is.

4 years ago
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Look, he's specifically hinting at that in his caption:

why Mods seems to be so attentive, searching for forbidden links?

So it's not so far fetched, but whatever, I appreciate icaio's input as I would never create a curation myself. Learning a thing or two is always fun. ;)

4 years ago
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So, does anyone actually trust strangers to pick out games to buy?
I have never done this, which is why I have never seen a Curation page.

4 years ago
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I once thought about running a curator for RPG Maker games and other small niche things, then roughly 5 seconds later I realized people would probably send me dozens of keys for terrible games so that I could review them, so I shelved that idea into my "bad ideas I thankfully never put into application" drawer.

4 years ago
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Closed 8 months ago by icaio.