Steam community awards for Steam Discussions

[Avroveks]

It often happens when the community helps me, it would be cool to be able to reward for the message.

[Spawn of Totoro]

We already deal with the "Award for Award" spam. I would hate to have more reasons for such spam.

[DiceDsx]

Originally posted by Avroveks:

It often happens when the community helps me, it would be cool to be able to reward for the message.

An heartfelt "Thank you!" isn't enough anymore?

[Gwarsbane]

No thank you for the reason above.

[Avroveks]

works fine on reddit

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Avroveks:

works fine on reddit

That isn't reddit. If I recall, their system requires you to purchase such awards.

https://www.reddit.com/coins

Steam points are free with any purchase that a user would normally make.

And they also have had abuse of their own award system.

https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/gr6fsc/following_up_on_awards_abuse/

[Avroveks]

I'm not saying that everything should be done like on a reddit.

I don't understand why I can give awards for a screenshot, but I can't for a message, especially since now there is basically nowhere to spend points.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Avroveks:

I'm not saying that everything should be done like on a reddit.

I don't understand why I can give awards for a screenshot, but I can't for a message, especially since now there is basically nowhere to spend points.

Yet you want something done like reddit. Let Steam be Steam and Reddit be Reddit.

As with the Reddit awards, it was being abused. Same would likely happen here as well.

The point shop it open year round and new items being added to it, so there is still something to spend points on. During sales and other events, there will be even more to spend point on as well, so you should save them.

https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop

[Avroveks]

I think in the future they will add here anyway, because people need it. I just hope they will pay attention to it and add it sooner.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Avroveks:

I think in the future they will add here anyway, because people need it. I just hope they will pay attention to it and add it sooner.

"Need" it, no. No one needs an award for a forum post.

Some may want it, yes.

If they choose to do so, then they choose to do so. I'd rather not have the extra headache, both from a user and moderator point of view.

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

No thanks, the Steam forums are perfect as they are being minimal and doesn't have anything attached to them, plus I'd rather not have another avenue to open up to spam.

[Arokhantos]

Update the forum

Add awards to post so got something to spend awards on etc.

[Gwarsbane]

No thank you, we don't know something else for the spammers & scammers to use. The stupid awards stuff needs to be removed.

[Arokhantos]

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

No thank you, we don't know something else for the spammers & scammers to use. The stupid awards stuff needs to be removed.

What ? 🤪

[Gwarsbane]

That should be "we don't need something else"

Just read the rest of the thread that yours was merged into.

[Gus the Crocodile]

I’d quite like the ability to award people for good posts. For consistency it seems that it should apply to all kinds of community content or none of it; a forum isn’t somehow special such that it needs excluding from the system.