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I understand the importance of actually performing rigorous studies (haven't checked their methodology) but... no fucking shit?
GabeN is a pretty established Libertarian Tech Bro and Valve only moderates to the bare minimum requirement. Of course chuds are going to thrive under those circumstances.
Its why I STILL laugh my ass off when people go on an anti-Epic rant about how EGS doesn't have forums or whatever. Like... you REALLY telling on your ass if you think the steam forums are something anyone should want more of.
I dunno. I increasingly think the answer is to burn it all down (on a lot of subjects). The idea of going to the store to ask questions or get recommendations feels like one of those "remember yesteryear?" that never actually happened. I NEVER had a good experience talking to a sales person in a Circuit City or Electronics Boutique (I'll never stop being annoyed over going to pick up KOTOR 2 on launch day and having to tell the cashier, five different times, that I would not be buying WoW or Starcraft...).
Back in the day? I looked at boxes and if the price was right just got it. Otherwise I read through PC Gamer or EGM to find out what games were good.
These days? I look through the store front and if the price is right, I do a quick skim of the review scores and get it. Otherwise I have a few influencers I "trust" to review/showcase games for me. What IS new is that sometimes I go to a message board (generally reddit for volume) and ask if someone can point me at a youtube that goes deeper into a feature. But even that isn't dissimilar from a schoolmate who probably became a neo nazi who couldn't stop talking about how good IL-2 was.
So get rid of all the social media bullshit attached to store fronts and just require devs to put a link to their social media of choice for reporting bugs or whatever.
idk man I only use them when a game isn't gaming right and there's usually some posts about how to get the game to game correctly, sometimes even posts by the devs, let's not pretend it's *all* /v/ shit
Yeah, there's definite value in having these boards to ask questions. It just... needs moderators to be more proactive in dealing with bad actors.
Wonder if having the game dev for their category on the steam forum have moderator status would be a good medium (could promote staff or community members to mod status)