Oh no, please, don’t

Yes, agreed, it definitely needs moderation. But I don’t think it needs singling out (again, not saying don’t moderate).

The bigger picture is a proliferation of online extremist speech in general. And yes, Google may have done well to moderate play store reviews (anecdotally), but they certainly haven’t done well with YouTube.

But I would suggest that focusing on any one online forum / store / outlet / etc. will naturally miss an important trend, and the reasons for that trend should be understood – while concurrently doing everything possible to limit this kind of hate online.

your continued insistence that the problematic behavior is sourced from elsewhere

So you’re suggesting that Steam is the source of the extremist behavior we see across a broad spectrum of other media?

For someone literally arguing about argumentation, it sure is hard to see your point.

Then, good. I just hope they’re being tackled by order of affected users.

You literally said “what about” in your comment.

Do you legitimately think that any use of the words “what about” makes something whataboutism?

You specifically argued that the problem lay elsewhere

Again, you seem to have missed the point of the comment. I did not deny that Steam needs improvement. Things can be symptoms of larger problems, and calling that out is not whataboutism (to the contrary, the purpose of whataboutism is to suggest that there is no problem with item X – not that item X is a symptom of item Y).

Edit: clarity

It will be a toothless effort. Splitting up Google or any tech giant at anything near the scale of the Ma Bell breakup is a pipe dream in modern, corporate-owned America. It does not matter how big these companies get. They’ve already won, so the only way to get any headway is changing the game.

I think you missed the first sentence of my comment. Games have been blamed above other media for years and years and years. That is not whataboutism.

Edit: or the last sentence for that matter.

It’s almost like this kind of content on Steam is a symptom of a bigger problem.

I never suggested that Steam doesn’t need improvement. There is extremist content being posted. But it is definitely part of a larger (frankly, much more obvious) problem. Calling attention to a root cause is just not whataboutism.

Once again, a clueless boomer blames games.

How about YouTube? Why aren’t we going after Google?

What about Twitter? Musk’s platform is filled with extremist hate.

Plenty of extremist diarrhea spewing from the mouth of a President Elect.

It’s almost like this kind of content on Steam is a symptom of a bigger problem.

Yeah, but we can’t hold corporations to some kind of standard. That would be completely unfair to the corporations. They create jobs and for that we should allow them to operate without any oversight whatsoever.

/s

If he’s representing me, then I have a right to see it. Period.

I swear, these conservatives now lack any kind of moral standard.

They have never not been poorly made.

Somewhat tangential fact we should not forget: Musk didn’t found Tesla. He bought his way in but acts like he founded it.

These aren’t people who didn’t vote. These are people who chose Trump over Harris. Only one of those candidates has a platform which is highly likely to negatively impact Americans who aren’t white.

(And before Gaza gets brought up, it is moot: neither candidate was going to end that war).

Exactly this. His cabinet will be filled with yes-men. Trump’s ego is the only thing that matters. Everyone else can burn as long as the ego gets to stay on the violin.

No shit?!

The writing was on the wall when they ignored voters moving towards the Democratic Socialist. The money was more important.

Populism is relatively easy, even when that populist is a fascist.

This is why critical thinking is such an important skill. We have entire portions of the population who legitimately believe they are well informed while actually understanding nothing.

It’s just a symptom of a bigger problem. Poor access to good education for anyone but the super rich will lead to this. So will demonization of higher ed.

Don’t worry. This isn’t the only Trump plan that will tank the economy. I just wish the rest of us didn’t have to suffer because of all those idiots not paying attention.

some Arab Americans who voted for Trump

I mean, I lack respect for anyone voting against their own interests. The rock you must be living under to vote for this dude with such mountains of bullshit behind him is immense. Maybe some leopard-face-eating will change things.

I will never, ever understand how obscenely expensive, poorly made cars sold by a fascist got so damned popular.

Seeing a lot of voting blocks which apparently were clueless as to what they were voting for. The leopards won’t care.

Did any of these MAGAs tweet a list of qualifications other than loyalty to Trump? Because that’s how facts would work.

Unless the facts don’t support another conclusion? How weird.