US Senator Mark Warner comes less than a week after an ADL report accusing Steam of "normalizing hate and extremism in the gaming community."
  • Commiunism@beehaw.org
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    12 minutes ago

    To be fair, steam forums are a hot pile of garbage so the senator is correct in pointing that out at the very least

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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    2 hours ago

    It’s like the pot calling the kettle black. The US Senate is nothing but an actual extremist content machine.

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    What do I miss here? Steam is a game purchase platform and game running environment, how are they “normalizing hate and extremism in the gaming community”?

    • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      They provide a bunch of other services tied in, like the reviews, Workshop, and most infamous, guides and forums. While the reviews and Workshop tend to not be too bad (although still often not great) the forums and guides tend to be completely unmoderated and as a result, devolve into spam and extremism.