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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Steam's Revising Reviews
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:18:58 -0400
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On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:38:50 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

>On 16/08/2024 02:34, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


>As for unhelpful reviews, here's a good example "I was expecting more. 
>It gets boring and repetitive very quickly. I lost interest after 
>playing it for 2 hours..." Why bother writing that, how does it help 
>anyone decide whether they should buy the game. I'll gladly see the back 
>of them.

From my understanding, the sort of review you suggested WILL remain
available. As Valve pointed out, some people aren't good at expressing
themselves and -honestly- I think there is some merit to a short
comment like that. Even _I_ tire of overlong reviews sometimes and a
quick, pithy comment can be a useful indicator.

No, the types of reviews targeted are more the ones that have
/nothing/ to do with the game (or even the antics of the developer),
but are mostly there to give visibility to the reviewer. The ones that
are just a link, or some ASCII art, or some overly-repeated meme, or
praise for something completely unrelated. 

>So overall, I think I'll reserve judgement.

AFAIK, Valve considers the whole attempt to be still 'in testing';
e.g., they don't consider its initial attempt to be the perfect, and
if it's not working out they're willing to roll-back and remove it
entirely. 

But it's definitely becoming more necessary that they take SOME step,
since this sort of pointless review has been proliferating. I have
some suspicion that they are a result of Valve's adding the ability to
reward reviewers with Steam Point awards (although what actual value
those things have, I've no idea). But ever since that became a thing,
the number of pointless 'look-at-me' nonsense-reviews have exploded.