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  • Valve unveils plans to tackle Steam review bombers

    Steam has a serious problem with review bombing and it's an issue which has only been getting worse. However Valve has now unveiled plans to counter the practice and render the ratings of those who engage in it worth less than those who use the review system responsibly.
    Review bombing is when a large group of users downvote a game for reasons outside the game itself. Firewatch was review bombed in September after developer Campo Santo issued a DMCA strike against popular YouTuber PewDiePie, due to him the N-word during a livestream.
    At the time Valve acknowledged review bombing was a problem and tried to tackle it by including a histogram chart which revealed the curve of user reviews over time. This meant users could identify any "temporary distortions" in reviews, but it did little to tackle long term review bombing.
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