Honestly, the whole user/community aspect of Steam is garbage. Discussion forums are just back and forth fights between people about random things like game issues without anyone trying to solve the actual issue.
The screenshots/art whatever section is just softcore porn of the game characters and the main screenshots/art section that covers all games is just a hub for wallpaper engine crap.
The guides section is the worst. Its all just stupid meme shit like “How to start the game” or “how to walk forward”.
The workshop section CAN be decent but posters just select all tags for their items so searching by category is useless and there is no rule enforcement to prevent that.
I’ve been a steam user since the start and have a steam deck. Their linux support is really good but thats it.
Oh and trolls and bullies commenting on your profile just don’t seem to ever get banned nomatter what horrific shit they post.
Oh and trolls and bullies commenting on your profile just don’t seem to ever get banned nomatter what horrific shit they post.
They certainly do if you report them. Losing your community privileges, including the right to change your avatar, is something Valve does to people who violate the community rules. But there is no automatic system. You need to report them.
As for the rest: It’s a video game store. Think about how many of the users are children. It’s why there are curators and ratings for damn near every submission. They used to even have ratings for the forum topics back before they were integrated into Steam directly; they probably should bring that back.
Honestly, the whole user/community aspect of Steam is garbage. Discussion forums are just back and forth fights between people about random things like game issues without anyone trying to solve the actual issue. The screenshots/art whatever section is just softcore porn of the game characters and the main screenshots/art section that covers all games is just a hub for wallpaper engine crap.
The guides section is the worst. Its all just stupid meme shit like “How to start the game” or “how to walk forward”.
The workshop section CAN be decent but posters just select all tags for their items so searching by category is useless and there is no rule enforcement to prevent that.
I’ve been a steam user since the start and have a steam deck. Their linux support is really good but thats it.
Oh and trolls and bullies commenting on your profile just don’t seem to ever get banned nomatter what horrific shit they post.
I think this varies. Different games, different communities.
They certainly do if you report them. Losing your community privileges, including the right to change your avatar, is something Valve does to people who violate the community rules. But there is no automatic system. You need to report them.
As for the rest: It’s a video game store. Think about how many of the users are children. It’s why there are curators and ratings for damn near every submission. They used to even have ratings for the forum topics back before they were integrated into Steam directly; they probably should bring that back.