Do people get notified if i award a review?

[Jarek has quit gaming]

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if a reviewer gets notified if someone gives an award to their review when using the "new" Steam points system.. And if yes, will it be anonymous or will they know your name?

[Ogami]

Nope, no notification. Only way to notice is to spot the award or look at your badge if the number increased.
You neither know the item that got a reward or who send it.

The one who sends the award gets a email though with a link to the item he awarded.

[Jarek has quit gaming]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Nope, no notification. Only way to notice is to spot the award or look at your badge if the number increased.
You neither know the item that got a reward or who send it.

The one who sends the award gets a email though with a link to the item he awarded.

Thanks for your response, i appreciate it.

That answers my question perfectly :)

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Nope, no notification.

Wrong.

You'll get a notification through e-mail that you have received one or more rewards. It will tell you for which item(s) but you don't get to see who rewarded you:

STEAM POINTS, HEADED YOUR WAY!
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU'VE RECEIVED x COMMUNITY AWARDS!

You have been awarded by others for sharing items with the Steam Community! Your awards are now displayed alongside your items online.
14 days after receiving an award, you’ll also receive Steam Points. The awards listed below will grant you a total of yyy Points.
Your Community Contributor Badge has also leveled up!

This is followed by a list of things for which you've been rewarded. It tells you what it was (in my case reviews) and which rewards have been given.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Nope, no notification.

Wrong.

You'll get a notification through e-mail that you have received one or more rewards. It will tell you for which item(s) but you don't get to see who rewarded you:

STEAM POINTS, HEADED YOUR WAY!
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU'VE RECEIVED x COMMUNITY AWARDS!

You have been awarded by others for sharing items with the Steam Community! Your awards are now displayed alongside your items online.
14 days after receiving an award, you’ll also receive Steam Points. The awards listed below will grant you a total of yyy Points.
Your Community Contributor Badge has also leveled up!

This is followed by a list of things for which you've been rewarded. It tells you what it was (in my case reviews) and which rewards have been given.

Yeah, nope. I got 37 awards so far and did not get a single email for any of them.
I got one for every of the 35 awards i gave out though.

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I made a suggestion for this on the suggestion thread on steam.

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Yeah, nope. I got 37 awards so far and did not get a single email for any of them.

And when was the last time you got one, hm? Things change you know.

Right now you get a notification through e-mail.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Yeah, nope. I got 37 awards so far and did not get a single email for any of them.

And when was the last time you got one, hm? Things change you know.

Right now you get a notification through e-mail.

Got 4 awards the last few days.
Which i did not get any email for any of them.

So unless this was introduced in the last 48 hours its not working on my end.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯



Edit: Just asked a friend to give me an award to test.
Counter on the badge went up from 37 to 38.
HE got the " you send an award to XXX" email.

Nothing on my end, neither in the normal post entry, not spam or anything.
And before you ask, yes, all other mails by Steam (buying games, charging wallet and so on) arrive normally.

So, maybe its working like you described for some users but definitely not for me so far.

[stoneyoda]

the reward system is really weird
i don't think most people realize your spending 1$
just to have an icon next to a review,artwork or guide,,,
tbh i think steam added it so people would waste their coins
you know each sale is gonna have new animated backgrounds and pfp
idk why anyone would wanna spend their coins on pointless awards.
considering these pfp,frames and backgrounds are about 2k coins (or 20 USD)
should be saving them, don't wanna be that guy who short a few hundred coins off your desired item.

[Jarek has quit gaming]

Thanks again for all the responses everyone, the main thing for me was at least my name will stay anonymous if i gave an award. Which in both of your comments seems to be case. :)

Originally posted by 604 C4rockyrust.com:

the reward system is really weird
i don't think most people realize your spending 1$
just to have an icon next to a review,artwork or guide,,,
tbh i think steam added it so people would waste their coins

You can compare it with people donating to Twitch streamers i guess.
Because the author of the review will also get 100 points with each award they recieve.
So basically you are donating some points with taxes to a review you like. xD