i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r
i from the behind-the-scenes dept.\r
i\r
-i An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard:\r
-i Wednesday, Valve, the company that operates the huge online\r
-i video game store Steam, shared more details about how it plans\r
-i to control and moderate the ever-increasing number of games\r
-i published on its platform. In the post published Wednesday,\r
-i Valve shared more details about how it determines what it\r
-i considers "outright trolling." "It is vague and we'll tell you\r
-i why," Valve wrote. "You're a denizen of the internet so you\r
-i know that trolls come in all forms. On Steam, some are simply\r
-i trying to rile people up with something we call 'a game shaped\r
-i object' (ie: a crudely made piece of software that technically\r
-i and just barely passes our bar as a functioning video game but\r
-i isn't what 99.9% of folks would say is "good.") Valve goes on\r
-i to explain that some trolls are trying to scam folks out of\r
-i their Steam inventory items (digital items that can be traded\r
-i for real money), while others are trying to generate a small\r
-i amount of money through a variety of schemes that have to do\r
-i with how developers use keys to unlock Steam games, while\r
-i others are trying to "incite and sow discord." "Trolls are\r
-i figuring out new ways to be loathsome as we write this," Valve\r
-i said. "But the thing these folks have in common is that they\r
-i aren't actually interested in good faith efforts to make and\r
-i sell games to you or anyone. When a developer's motives aren't\r
-i that, they're probably a troll." One interesting observation\r
-i Valve shares in the blog post is that it rarely bans\r
-i individual games from Steam, and more often bans developers\r
-i and/or publishers entirely. [...] Valve said that its review\r
-i process for determining that something may be a "troll game"\r
-i is a "deep assessment" that involves investigating who the\r
-i developer is, what they've done in the past, their behavior on\r
-i Steam as a developer, as a customer, their banking\r
-i information, developers they associate with, and more.\r
+i An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard:\r
+i \r
+i > Wednesday, Valve, the company that operates the huge online\r
+i video game store Steam, shared more details about [1]how it\r
+i plans to control and moderate the ever-increasing number of\r
+i games published on its platform . In the post [2]published\r
+i Wednesday , Valve shared more details about how it determines\r
+i what it considers "outright trolling." "It is vague and we'll\r
+i tell you why," Valve wrote. "You're a denizen of the internet\r
+i so you know that trolls come in all forms. On Steam, some are\r
+i simply trying to rile people up with something we call 'a game\r
+i shaped object' (ie: a crudely made piece of software that\r
+i technically and just barely passes our bar as a functioning\r
+i video game but isn't what 99.9% of folks would say is "good.")\r
+i \r
+i >\r
+i \r
+i > Valve goes on to explain that some trolls are trying to scam\r
+i folks out of their Steam inventory items (digital items that\r
+i can be traded for real money), while others are trying to\r
+i generate a small amount of money through a variety of schemes\r
+i that have to do with how developers use keys to unlock Steam\r
+i games, while others are trying to "incite and sow discord."\r
+i "Trolls are figuring out new ways to be loathsome as we write\r
+i this," Valve said. "But the thing these folks have in common\r
+i is that they aren't actually interested in good faith efforts\r
+i to make and sell games to you or anyone. When a developer's\r
+i motives aren't that, they're probably a troll." One\r
+i interesting observation Valve shares in the blog post is that\r
+i it rarely bans individual games from Steam, and more often\r
+i bans developers and/or publishers entirely. [...] Valve said\r
+i that its review process for determining that something may be\r
+i a "troll game" is a "deep assessment" that involves\r
+i investigating who the developer is, what they've done in the\r
+i past, their behavior on Steam as a developer, as a customer,\r
+i their banking information, developers they associate with, and\r
+i more.\r
+i \r
+i \r
+i \r
+i [1] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kmej7/valve-it-\r
+i really-does-seem-bad-games-are-made-by-bad-people\r
+i \r
+i [2] https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/deta-\r
+i il/1708442022337025126\r
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