We need a review-purge - remove "funny" reviews and the people who post them.

[𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓]

Been annoyed about that for a while, but the amount of reviews that are basically trash is too damn high. People making inside jokes, just dumb comments and leaving ascii pictures just isn't helpful. I'm trying to figure out if the game is for me or not, so I'm looking for people posting about their experiences with the game and the review sections of some games have become entirely useless in that regard. Purge the reviews and ban anyone from posting reviews who posts crap like that.

[Pscht]

"We need" people to stop pretending to speak for a silent majority

[BJWyler]

Agreed.

With both of the above to posts.

[Amaterasu]

People post reviews?

[William Shakesman]

How can you hate forty year old divorcees reconnecting with their sons and guys who lost their gaming hands so much?.

I used to honestly care about Steam review integrity and quality but after Valve made it abundantly clear they view reviews as a score metric they may tweak freely and arbitrarily I have thrown in with the memers lot and moved all my good reviews out of this trash system. There is nothing to be gained caring about a system Valve treats as an obligatory inconvenience at best.

[Ethanol]

Or maybe you should just, I don't know, look up the gameplay on YT to check how's the gameplay, so you can decide you wanna buy it or not?

[𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓]

Originally posted by Ethanol:

Or maybe you should just, I don't know, look up the gameplay on YT to check how's the gameplay, so you can decide you wanna buy it or not?

Then why the ♥♥♥♥ have a review system in the first ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓:

Originally posted by Ethanol:

Or maybe you should just, I don't know, look up the gameplay on YT to check how's the gameplay, so you can decide you wanna buy it or not?

Then why the ♥♥♥♥ have a review system in the first ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place?

As one of many tools to use, when deciding on a purchase. It shouldn't be the end all, be all for decision making.

Always check multiple sources before making a decision, in order to make the best, informed decision, that you can.

[William Shakesman]

I would also add that with rare exception I have had little issue finding good reviews using the browse more feature. I think good reviews can coexist alongside meme reviews but not alongside Valves moderation and editorial policies.

Even if meme reviews vanish you still have to then deal with dozens of amateurs with no discernment or experience to find good reviews. The problem is similar just less funny

[Ethanol]

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓:

Originally posted by Ethanol:

Or maybe you should just, I don't know, look up the gameplay on YT to check how's the gameplay, so you can decide you wanna buy it or not?

Then why the ♥♥♥♥ have a review system in the first ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place?

I don't know, go ask Valve? Plus, words are meaningless because people can lie on the Internet anyway.

[𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓:

Then why the ♥♥♥♥ have a review system in the first ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place?

As one of many tools to use, when deciding on a purchase. It shouldn't be the end all, be all for decision making.

Always check multiple sources before making a decision, in order to make the best, informed decision, that you can.

How ever, this tool in particular is utterly broken. If it were an actual tool, it would be a pair of hair dresser's scissors that someone used to mark copper pipes and cut wires with. It's so abused it can not fulfil its origina purpose anymore.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓:

How ever, this tool in particular is utterly broken. If it were an actual tool, it would be a pair of hair dresser's scissors that someone used to mark copper pipes and cut wires with. It's so abused it can not fulfil its origina purpose anymore.

I disagree. I don't have an issue with the reviews. I simply filter them and look at the more helpful, less funny reviews.

Valve added "Funny" because people would just up vote funny reviews, leading to meme reviews being at the top. When they added "Funny" as an option, more helpful review surfaced.

If the hair dresser doesn't know how to use the scissors, then it doesn't matter how well they were made. Just as if the hair dresser didn't look at the multiple scissors before grabbing one, then there is no guarantee she will be using the right ones for the job.

Reviews are not going to just hand you an answer, they are just the opinions of other people, even if that opinion is a joke.

[Tito Shivan]

With all the talk around "Valve censoring reviews" I think last thing Valve probably wants to do now is to purge a large amount of reviews

[Shinoskay]

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓:

Been annoyed about that for a while, but the amount of reviews that are basically trash is too damn high. People making inside jokes, just dumb comments and leaving ascii pictures just isn't helpful. I'm trying to figure out if the game is for me or not, so I'm looking for people posting about their experiences with the game and the review sections of some games have become entirely useless in that regard. Purge the reviews and ban anyone from posting reviews who posts crap like that.

Im on the fence about removing reviews... its probably a bad idea.

however, banning people for what they post in a review is absolutely a bad idea. just because you dont like what they post or say doesnt mean they should be banned.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

As one of many tools to use, when deciding on a purchase. It shouldn't be the end all, be all for decision making.

Always check multiple sources before making a decision, in order to make the best, informed decision, that you can.

How ever, this tool in particular is utterly broken. If it were an actual tool, it would be a pair of hair dresser's scissors that someone used to mark copper pipes and cut wires with. It's so abused it can not fulfil its origina purpose anymore.

It's a user review system, yoyr expectations shouldn't be high to begin with. That said, it is functional for me. Like any review system, mind.

While I'm not a fan of spam or meme reviews, I'm against banning people for it. And the reviews do get removed after reporting, just takes a long while. Not a high priority, it seems.

[Ice Scream]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓:

How ever, this tool in particular is utterly broken. If it were an actual tool, it would be a pair of hair dresser's scissors that someone used to mark copper pipes and cut wires with. It's so abused it can not fulfil its origina purpose anymore.

It's a user review system, yoyr expectations shouldn't be high to begin with. That said, it is functional for me. Like any review system, mind.

While I'm not a fan of spam or meme reviews, I'm against banning people for it. And the reviews do get removed after reporting, just takes a long while. Not a high priority, it seems.

They should get banned for making trash reviews which are not even related to game itself. As punishment. See the example here. https://steamcommunity.com/id/a1t/recommended/