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Gabe Newell reportedly snapped 'What the f*** do I pay you for if that's your opinion?' at Valve lawyer pushing for more content moderation on Steam (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Dojan@pawb.social 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

There is zero or nearly zero accountability for the state of the community hub and Valve simply saying "devs should do it" is just passing the buck.

Do devs have the ability to turn forums/communities off? If so, I feel like that's the best option if they don't want to moderate it.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They don't. I know one indie developer once privately told me they wished they could.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that really should be an option. I don’t think it’s infeasible for Valve to employ their own moderators and ensure the communities are less toxic. Short of that though, letting developers/publishers disable them is the bare minimum they can do.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I was close to saying infeasible was not a word but then I looked it up. My bad