This encouraged others to post further reviews and comments related to Kirk (and not the game).

Do we have any proof those reviews were from people following that curator? I imagine that information has also been posted elsewhere online.

Do you think off topic reviews or curator recommendations should be allowed for things you approve of? Say if a review points out the developer is a secret fascist?

Yes, I also blame the poor indie dev who barely gets enough money to keep existing

Oh please, moderating a forum unpaid for 5 mins every now and again is so easy it’s how this whole platform and Reddit function. If you’re truly an indie dev without the resources to moderate your own space, Steam allow you to simply close the forums and forbid discussions.

Phil Spencer merely did what his higher ups told him to do, she will do the exact same except caring less about video games.

There wasn’t ever a time you could build a better or even comparable PC for the same cost as consoles in modern gaming history. It’s always been something with a higher entry cost and the cost benefit coming over time with cheaper games and no mandatory subscription.

Yet PC gaming is now the “mainstream”, with it being the biggest platform globally.

Some games have been targeted by Steam curators

Curators are hidden by default, only people who follow the curator see curator recommendations. They also don’t affect store visibility or the review score in any way,.

The problem is not even that Steam forums are a cesspool

Steam leaves moderation of forums to the developer/publisher to moderate as they wish, as if they interfered you bet they’d get complaints about Valve stepping on their toes. If a developer/publisher decides they want to allow hatred in their Steam forums, you should probably blame them.

Social media is an apt comparison, as Steam is at the size where human moderation isn’t really viable so they’d have to use AI like everyone else in that space.

And I’d rather a few anti-woke weirdos shout into the void than have to type “unalive” in the Steam forums.

Not to mention if Valve moderated every game developers would complain about Valve stepping on their toes and moderating their forum in a way they dislike.

Every platform of Steam’s size or bigger has mostly replaced human moderation with AI at this point because it’s the only way to moderate at that scale.

And I’d rather a few anti-woke weirdos get to post their by default hidden curator reviews than have to start saying “unalive” in Steam forums.

Steam discussions can be moderated in any way a developer/publisher wants though? Their choice to not do so is weird to blame Valve for.