• xyz@lemmus.orgEnglish
    26·
    3 months ago

    Unfortunately, the Steam community rewards this garbage. This spammer got shitload of Steam points by merely copy-and-pasting a “joke” guide.

  • archonet@lemy.lolEnglish
    131·
    3 months ago

    How about the ones that teach you “how to cheat” in [insert game here] by giving you uninstallation instructions? Or, some of them even go so far as to try making you do damage to your OS installation.

    I’m sure that joke was funny for like, all of two weeks in 2008, but the Steam community guides have clearly not moved on to a new joke since, and it’s… kind of sad? Surely people can make better gag guides than this, but I haven’t seen an original one in ages. And it’s not like this is even effective at hindering actual cheaters, either, as long as they know how to use Google. It’s just lame and unfunny.

    • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
      103·
      3 months ago

      To be fair, following the guide on deleting system32 has dramatically improved my desktop. Granted, it was an automated part of the process of switching to Linux, but I don’t how that could be relevant.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
    8·
    3 months ago

    Have you tried pressing the report button? Idk if there’s an explicit rule against it but maybe if these are reported often enough someone at Valve will begin to care. Kinda like how they eventually banned games using a new update or prize as their primary banner image and tagline on the store page.

    Edit: If nothing else the one here is definitely dishonest in the category and language tags. That’s probably grounds for removal.

    • Ace T'Ken@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      I’ve reported hundreds of these stupid things because I use guides somewhat regularly. I think they’ve deleted like four? They do notify you when they take action, but it’s incredibly uncommon.

      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
        9·
        3 months ago

        I think they’ve deleted like four?

        I mean… That’s more than 0. Thank you for your service.

    • julysfire@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      3 months ago

      I used to in the past but I don’t believe there are any rules against it and I haven’t seen any taken down.

  • highduc@lemmy.ml
    5·
    3 months ago

    Valve doesn’t bother when it comes to this sorta thing. If they can’t automate it, and it requires a human, they won’t do it.
    This leads to much worse consequences - the CS2 and DOTA2 communities are toxic cesspools. These games which actively require good communication are filled with the most vile racist sexist everything-phobic people (and kids!) you’ve ever seen. It’s the wild west of the Internet, like 4 Chan. It’s been like this for years, and it will continue like this because handling that isn’t something they can automate, and hiring people costs money…

  • IDew@lemm.ee
    41·
    3 months ago

    I like funny guides, but the copy paste ones get old fast

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    This made me curious if blocking a user on Steam will also block their content on Steam. It’ll block them across games that use Steam’s multiplayer services and from friends, for sure, but I’ve never thought to look if it also hides their screenshots, reviews, workshop uploads, etc.