Do you consider Steam to be a social media site?

[bob]

With the advent of profile customization, Steam levels, discussion forums, followers, and other things, it seems like many folks are using Steam as social media.

Do you think Steam is a social media site now? Why or why not?

[iLuvKoЯn]

yes

[iLuvKoЯn]

jesus christ how do you have 1k friends

[Rexbol]

I don't know, I use it like one because there's not that much dumb people here and also because I still don't have a decent pc.

[Zireth]

yes

[N1x0n's B4ck]

Indeed.

[Saarath]

It is by definition.

[Blank]

Yes, but I wouldn't consider it to be as social as other platforms. It has the means to be a social media platform, just not everyone will be social.

[jahpeg]

It all depends on how you use it. Some people don't bother setting up their profiles, leaving them with question mark profile pictures and names such as james.anderson.98, getting right into the gaming. Others may treat Steam as Instagram and Facebook at the same time, being sure to tell the world what they just ate for dinner.

[June]

Originally posted by aphelion:

With the advent of profile customization, Steam levels, discussion forums, followers, and other things, it seems like many folks are using Steam as social media.

Do you think Steam is a social media site now? Why or why not?

I would say so yes

[bob]

Originally posted by 「𝓛𝓜」:

Yes, but I wouldn't consider it to be as social as other platforms. It has the means to be a social media platform, just not everyone will be social.

True, many people still use it purely as a gaming platform.

[tomkin]

No it's a gaming platforms with alot of 12 year olds calling me a "gay ♥♥♥♥♥♥"


the forums are nice though a nice change of pace from the garage that is reddit

[Zireth]

Originally posted by Indiana Georg:

Originally posted by Shadowcon66:

i would post a reaction video but i just have to say that you are distasteful.
here is art that actually is tasteful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfCUtAVRg8

Nice judgement of taste coming from someone with a private profile

theres nothing wrong with private profiles... they just choose that you aren't allowed to see their information.

[bob]

Originally posted by Shadowcon66:

jesus christ how do you have 1k friends

I add a lot of players from my favorite game! I have 844 friends who play it, and lifetime stats of my friends are 1,141,912 hours, which is an average of 1672 hrs played.

[bob]

Originally posted by Rexbol:

I don't know, I use it like one because there's not that much dumb people here and also because I still don't have a decent pc.

This is true, plus you can socialize with other gamers even if you can't play any really popular games on your hardware.

[iLuvKoЯn]

Originally posted by Indiana Georg:

Originally posted by Shadowcon66:

i would post a reaction video but i just have to say that you are distasteful.
here is art that actually is tasteful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfCUtAVRg8

Nice judgement of taste coming from someone with a private profile

why would my profile have to be public if you can view my stuff anyways?
i criticized you over your screenshot, and you can view mine as well.

what a wonderful character.