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ShieldWulf 3 Nov @ 12:47pm
Possible Solution To Bot Reviews + (Example Of The Problem)
Possible Solution To Bot Reviews

The Issue:
Bots can make games look good/bad by "Posting Reviews"

The Solution:
Add filters to the review comments
based on the amount of money/games spent on steam

Explanation:
Bots likely don't have a lot of money spent on their accounts,

(and in the event that they do)
filter based on number of comments on free/(low cost) games
and we can further confirm by seeing their most recent played game/time
(Although that may be overkill)

(Example Of The Problem)

Raivo Plavnieks
is someone who was raising money to fight his stage 4 cancer
he was able to raise 32000$ to pay for his treatment
and donated excess to other cancer patients as well

The money was stolen by using a free steam game that had positive reviews
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/discussions/forum/12/597412591711786465/


Thank you for reading and God Bless You
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AmsterdamHeavy 3 Nov @ 12:53pm 
There is no bot review issue. One purchase, one review is not exploitable.

If you think that reviews are being botted for a game, use the report button on the store page. Valve takes an extremely dim view of such activity.
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d3str0y3r 3 Nov @ 1:19pm 
How much money someone spent on Steam is not anyone else's business but the account owners.

Valve should not be making that info public in any way shape or form. Including filters using that info.
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Haruspex 3 Nov @ 1:32pm 
The most review botting I suspect is the 10-20 generic, positive reviews you sometimes see on low-effort, asset flip type games in an effort to raise their visibility, and those are often the only reviews those games will receive. Any game that gains even a small player base will quickly overwhelm and basically negate those few bot reviews.

Sometimes, if review scores are going in a direction you don't expect, it just means that your opinion on the issue is in the minority.
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