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On 04/12/2024 19:14, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> I do wonder if Valve recently changed the algorithm's weighting
> tables, following the accusations by the ADL a few weeks ago, and what
> we're seeing is growing pains as they tune it. Even so, it still
> shouldn't be the customers who pay the price for their problems.

That sounds quite plausible so even if they tested what a more tuned 
algorithm would do then things can always go unnoticed until they roll 
it out live. Still I would hope they did better than when the new and 
improved battle rigging algorithm for World of Tanks was put into 
action. The result, several thousand users were banned and Wargaming had 
to admit, oh that was a mistake. I'd like to say it was a one off but 
they had a habit of seemingly chucking things out there without actually 
testing them.

As for the ADL, I forgot they were even still going and personally I 
don't trust an organisation that seem to have a habit of trying to 
conflate antisemitism with any criticism of Israel.