Why are people on Steam so mean?

[CandyGamer73]

I had recently lost a good friend on Steam. It made me so upset knowing that they probably don't like me and don't want anything to do with me. We had played a game together and we didn't fight or do anything like that. And so it got me thinking, why are people on Steam the most toxic and the most rudest people ever? I'm not one for being rude. But people like to be rude to me when I haven't done anything to them. So, I just want to know why people on Steam are just mean to one another.

PS: Can any Moderator of Vavle lock this please?

[Blargo]

CandyGamer73 lähetti viestin:

"Hey, why is everyone I know on Steam an absolute jerk?"

If you find yourself saying "everyone I know is a jerk", it's probably not them who are jerks.
Just saying.

[Minki San]

Steam is an online community of gamers, some are like you, some are not, I think on the whole most people are pretty good and I haven't found too many toxic communities.

After a while you realise that the community isn't toxic as such, but if the loudest most active voices in that community are harsh and aggressive then you will find that community appears toxic.

Perhaps your friend didn't feel the same about you as you felt about them but that doesn't mean that everyone on Steam is toxic. Some of the comments on this post are pretty hard, some are funny and some are caring. That is because some people are hard, some are funny and some are caring.

Try making friends with a larger group of people and hopefully you will find people that will like you for you.

I hope you find some people to game with.

[Start_Running]

They aren't mean. They're just doing a dark-side run.

[Lily McFluffy Butt]

Start_Running lähetti viestin:

They aren't mean. They're just doing a dark-side run.

God, you pick the dark side ending in Jedi Academy ONE TIME and you never hear the end of it!

[Start_Running]

Lilac McReindeer Butt lähetti viestin:

Start_Running lähetti viestin:

They aren't mean. They're just doing a dark-side run.

God, you pick the dark side ending in Jedi Academy ONE TIME and you never hear the end of it!

There was a Light Side ending?

[Lone Wolf]

He or she mite hate the way you play the game ?
Toxic well come to the real would,

[kitt]

still not sure why a Mod hasnot close the Topic yet..

[RusTy Hatim]

It depends on the game you are playing on steam. Some games have very toxic community like csgo while others are just fine.

[kaibarnard]

kitt lähetti viestin:

still not sure why a Mod hasnot close the Topic yet..

The popcorn hasn't run out yet?

[R]

People add complete, potentially psychopathic, randoms to their friends list????

Honestly, I haven't had that issue with Steam, even when I was a child when my account was made 14 years ago or so (and prior when I had an account just for 1.6). But as I grew older I learned a lot of gamers I met had serious mental health issues going on, so I stopped even bothering adding them.

Should be a blessing. Befriend people you like and trust (or because they can press their buttons correctly in games), but don't seek anything else all that meaningful, won't get swindled by a crazy anymore.

[Alastor's Alibi]

Op, if you are reading this. I've sent you a req. We can talk about stuff if you want :) Dont be sad please.

[bad mike]

I think that on the internet it's really hard to connect to someone. You can't see them and you can't feel them. They are just there.

because of this it's really easy to be rude to someone. There aren't real consequences for being a bad person online.

Also, reading stuff online would be like being able to hear everything that anyone ever says behind your back. It's not a really healthy atmosphere.

I think knowing this makes it easier. It's always good having online friends but I don't think you can expect or have same things as you do with real life people.

[crunchyfrog]

Personally, I find the opposite. The majority of people I find to be good people, helpful and a lot end up being freinds.

The thing I've noticed is that it's like so many things in life - you get out what you put in!

So it might be your attitude as well, but it doesn't have to be. It doesn't hurt to be introspective and take some long hard looks at yourself, but you need to be realistic and honest with yourself.

And let's assume that you're confident you're doing nothing wrong. Well, a lot of it is also WHERE and WHEN you hang out. If you play online multiplayer, if you play predominantly PvP games, then you WILL tend to get a more toxic and abrasive set of users. If you play more co-op, then that can be mitigated a lot of the time.

Furthermore, if you play at certain times of day, you might attract younger people like itinerant teens, and the same applies.

Here's what I do to mitigate this (and I admit I don't generally play PvP, but I do play co-op online):

I ALWAYS avoid certain games, and luckily the ones where toxicity runs rampant (like Call of Duty, TF2, or DOTA) don't interest me.

Furthermore, I'm a night owl, so while I'm also up a lot of the day too, I predominantly play at night. I avoid the 4pm - 9 or 10 pm slot completely. After that you're left with a larger swathes of older adults, on the whole.

Back when I played WOW, I would religiously avoid Saturday mornings up to around 4 or 5pm, because again, loads of itinerant kids were on there and it was often hellish.

So in a nutshell, try to both be introdpective AND think about what and where you're playing. You can, if you get it right end up like me - where the toxic player is so incredibly rare as to be a REAL rarity.


Of course, I am NOT saying all kids are bad and all PvP players are toxic, far from it.

But consider this analogy - if you go to a pub, even one in a town that's packed and popular, you're going to get as much trade as a nightclub, but you are likely to get less trouble and less piles of vomit outside and so on.

Do you see what I'm saying?

[Jabooti]

The internet is the most vile thing created by humanity, stand by for more lol.

[Gallifrey - CSSC Gaming Founder]

JABOOTI lähetti viestin:

The internet is the most vile thing created by humanity, stand by for more lol.

No - the internet IS humanity - with all\the social controls turned down.

S.s.