Forums are not what they used too...

[Mr.Prime]

Maybe im just old, but i feel like back in the days forums was really a place where people shared real and interesting info or game problem... not its just a place with mostly attention seeker and false information. or even people who just try to give a bad reputation to the game. please bring back the people with common sense...

[Heroic]

i agreee. valve or even amazon should just ban those people from here. i mean the trolling is pretty obvious.

[Nemesis]

welcome to the internet dad

[Mapo Doufu]

steam forums are crap, its not meant to have a conversation

you should go on regular forums for this, there is still plenty out there

[p00se2]

tis the reason why steam awards should be removed

it encourages idiocy and creates a huge amount spam because you get rewarded for being a dum dum

[Xeph The Tamagotchi]

Originally posted by Mr.Prime:

Maybe im just old, but i feel like back in the days forums was really a place where people shared real and interesting info or game problem... not its just a place with mostly attention seeker and false information. or even people who just try to give a bad reputation to the game. please bring back the people with common sense...

Sadly it's all the same crap, trolls and bad info. I remember eq days where the forums was a place I could actually get my questions answered.

[Gaitlyn]

just ignore them and look for whatever you need? lol

[Irrelevant]

You had crap forums back then as well. On the other hand you in the past there were less people online. Less people = less dregs of society. Today you have a lot more people online so the chances are much higher to encounter a clownfiesta.

[Ave]

Originally posted by Mr.Prime:

Maybe im just old, but i feel like back in the days forums was really a place where people shared real and interesting info or game problem... not its just a place with mostly attention seeker and false information. or even people who just try to give a bad reputation to the game. please bring back the people with common sense...

welcome to the steam ''forums''

[Xeph The Tamagotchi]

Originally posted by Mapo Doufu:

steam forums are crap, its not meant to have a conversation

you should go on regular forums for this, there is still plenty out there

Sadly after a Google search all I found was this and reddit. Both are bad 😂

[Aldain]

As another guy who is feeling older and older by the day, there's another issue on the flip side of that imo.

People who expect nothing but absolute positivity all the time, even about the worst elements of a game have become common to the point of exhaustion, so even when there is a problem you'll still get told to shut up anyway.

Discourse in general, be it online or otherwise has become literally incapable of grounded critique and disagreement because far too many people just want an echo chamber (hell look at Reddit, the reigning king of the echo chambers).

[VonMustard]

way of the world in 2024 sadly to say. I dont wanna point the finger here but I notice the new gen of gamers age is even lower than last year, maybe next year we will be playing against high IQ raging babies fresh from the womb that go into forums and post random letters like bots because they dont know how to english.... oh wait thats already here

[FAIR]

Originally posted by Mr.Prime:

Maybe im just old, but i feel like back in the days forums was really a place where people shared real and interesting info or game problem... not its just a place with mostly attention seeker and false information. or even people who just try to give a bad reputation to the game. please bring back the people with common sense...

They call it "progress", entitled prats, body types, constant complaints.

Hard times create strong ppl
Strong ppl take care of the issues and create easy times
Easy times create weak ppl
Weak ppl create hard times <- we are here
<repeat>

[Senpai!!]

I'm actually having fun reading some of the unhinged comments that people make when they dont get their fix.

[Quagimus Decimus]

Originally posted by Mr.Prime:

Maybe im just old, but i feel like back in the days forums was really a place where people shared real and interesting info or game problem... not its just a place with mostly attention seeker and false information. or even people who just try to give a bad reputation to the game. please bring back the people with common sense...

Clearly have no idea that there are outside communities outside of the steam forums that.. have actual discussions.

Steam has always been the place where a diverse form of thoughts came together, and hurled insults at one another. That's life.

[Siameasy]

literally the worst thing valve did was introduce those award stickers, i swear troll and bait posts increased by 900% because of "clown" farming. And people are saying "welcome to steam forums" but this was not an issue 5 years ago as only a few forums were full and bait and hate.

Why people need those points i'll never know as i have hundreds of thousands and have nothing to spend them on but people still chase them regardless.