nanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 7 hours agoSteam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist contentwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkSteam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist contentwww.pcgamer.comnanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square55fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 hours agoSteam discussion forums on every game are a complete dumpster fire. Someone needs to do better, whether it is Steam themselves or moderators.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 minutes agoSteam discussion forums … kind of famously do not have or require any active, human moderation. Basically, there’s a simple ‘foul word detector’, and that’s about it. You could nuke everything that is not a manually pinned thread, and nothing of value would be lost.
Steam discussion forums on every game are a complete dumpster fire. Someone needs to do better, whether it is Steam themselves or moderators.
Steam discussion forums … kind of famously do not have or require any active, human moderation.
Basically, there’s a simple ‘foul word detector’, and that’s about it.
You could nuke everything that is not a manually pinned thread, and nothing of value would be lost.