Steam Takes First Steps to Tackle Mass Review Manipulation

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Steam has taken its first actions in tackling some of the wider platform review manipulation that's been present on a few hundred indie games on Steam by banning some of the offending bot accounts that have been used. No word on action taken against the users taken paid reviews just yet, and no developer bans yet either.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Sentinels_of_the_Store/announcements/detail/6833743964072312934

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imminiman

Maybe we'll even see overpriced / asset flips trashware banned in the near future, hopefully. The recent things done to battle things like that give me hope.

Thank you! 👍

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VahidSlayerOfAll

sooo may steam reviewers that are just the same review for every single game
my girl/wife/dog said they would buy me beer/pc parts/stick if this gets 2000 likes/steampoints
steam awards ruined steam and are mostly used to bully people

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quijote3000

Thank you to Sentinels of the Store for leading the way. You have made steam better for literally millions of users.

It's sad we had to wait for the FTC to start investigating and that they only cared because Valve could suffer a lawsuit if they didn't do anything.

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VahidSlayerOfAll

i dont think the FTC is gonna be around for much longer.....
we are royally fucked....

3 hours ago