Text screener for forum comments is needed big time

[youtube@gameGuy777]

We now have our Posts screened before they are made public, why not do the same to comments?

I used to love the discussions forums on Steam, but now they are an absolute cesspool. Every post I go into is nothing but people acting like children on xbox 360, calling each other idiots, kids, trolls, saying they have 1 braincell and just generally insulting people.


Its pretty common knowledge these days that nobody likes to use the forums for anything serious anymore bc they are a cesspool of angry edgy teenager-like adults, and actual teenagers, commenting just to argue with others.

Its sad that Valve lets this go on.

[youtube@gameGuy777]

There are bots used on other forums on the internet that have a sentiment screener. If what the user is saying is rude, or just straight up harassment, it is removed immediately. I myself have made one for Reddit in the past and they work well.

I highly suggest making some kind of sentiment screener and disallow all comments that are rude, insulting, and harassing.


Although, not even sure why I posted this because if Mods aren't clearing the forums up of the crap that is posted there unless its reported, who is actually going to read this?

[Boblin the Goblin]

The less Steam discussions are like Reddit the better.

The automatic scanner is just checking for malicious links. No matter how well you make a scanner, it will not be able to check for context, only what is typed.

Which could then be bypassed regardless once people figure out how to.

[UrbanMech]

Is it really that important for you that people use the word "children" instead of "kid"? Or are you suggesting that the scanner doesn't scan your posts?

[youtube@gameGuy777]

SlowMango původně napsal:

The less Steam discussions are like Reddit the better.

The automatic scanner is just checking for malicious links. No matter how well you make a scanner, it will not be able to check for context, only what is typed.

Which could then be bypassed regardless once people figure out how to.

As somebody who is a Programmer in Javascript, Python, C#, and Node.js, and as somebody who has actually made bots that detect rude or harassing language, I can safely say you can 100% check for context with a program.

I have a Discord bot I created that does exactly this for my Game Server.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Jerseyetr původně napsal:

SlowMango původně napsal:

The less Steam discussions are like Reddit the better.

The automatic scanner is just checking for malicious links. No matter how well you make a scanner, it will not be able to check for context, only what is typed.

Which could then be bypassed regardless once people figure out how to.

As somebody who is a Programmer in Javascript, Python, C#, and Node.js, and as somebody who has actually made bots that detect rude or harassing language, I can safely say you can 100% check for context with a program.

I have a Discord bot I created that does exactly this for my Game Server.

So you're saying you made a bot that is able to detect context of the conversation with 100% accuracy based of text alone?

[davidb11]

Sorry, but this is not a valid complaint ever.
Literally it makes no sense to want a draconian system that stops people from posting anything that might "Be offensive."
Good grief.

Comments on a forum are literally reportable. Report bad comments.
No need for a literal broken filter system.

[UrbanMech]

Not to mention his system would prevent his own posts he's done. Calling someone a child isn't different than calling someone a kid.