Steam has many fake accounts and bot reviews

[DmAnd]

Clean this crap up.
It is also very obvious so very hard to miss.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Prof.Jackie:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

That was a badge task. It's not as easy telling those apart. The only times it's easy to tell them apart is if they were made during a n event, like Autumn sale or Spring Cleaning.

The joke here was that it's one of OPs reviews, Too bad you didn't get it.

Point still stands.

I also have some from doing event tasks.

[SLooT]

dont matter to me tbh

[Chelle]

Alas watch it progressively worsen once AI enters this Steam realm.

It has gotten beyond the point where people have daily interactions they think are with human beings and yet they're not.
From telephone voice reproduction to perfection often of so called relatives doing the rounds all of the way to 'Apps' not being what you think!

Amazon Prime Video scam very near got my other half convinced it was genuine.
Multiple times when one is searching for an answer on the internet with attention to 'forums' like Quora and others, topics are now even generated by AI and have done for several years.

We have entered a realm of fake it and distribute it to garner a narrative of direction.
That may manifest in simple paperless forums like 'these' or in the real world interaction over the telephone.

I have witnessed more than once clear and overwhelming evidence that what the op is suggesting is absolutely genuine.
Once seen and understood it becomes blatantly obvious.

I cannot nor can the 'op' exclaim or promote our experiences to convince the reader.

Yet the truth shall remain the truth however uncomfortable that may appear to some.
Thank you for reading.

[76561199540158642]

amen i hardly check reviews but right away if you hit up the big review lists you see nothing but cut and paste fake reviews, i read a few they felt so genuine until i read the same thing a few pages down only it was slightly different.

Example was like

"My son and I finally connected on this its awesome."

then shortly down the list i find another review

"My daughter and I Finally Connected on this it was awesome."

some even have long drawn out stories how ever the stories are nearly identical to other reviews with slight who what where whys and whens, being changed.

[loppantorkel]

Originally posted by Zefar:

Can you point out these bot reviews?

Because if you can Valve will literally remove the developer from Steam due to abusing the reviews.
Valve cares quite a bit about their review system and too the point where they have already kicked developers off Steam for trying to get positive reviews to it.

Tough to prove developer/publisher responsibility even though it's likely. Easiest way for Valve, and perhaps more profitable, is to just remove the obviously fake reviews and leave it at that.

I've pointed out fake reviews in the past. A large number of reviews were removed from the game. No other apparent repercussions for the game, dev or publisher were seen, so your claim about removing devs from Steam for abusing the reviews... it's not a fact or happening each time. Likely sometimes, but not always.