Steam Is Cracking down on Useless Reviews

Are you tired of joke steam reviews? The ones that either contribute nothing or outright bait people for point awards? Well, seems like Valve is too.

They are currently testing a new system that aims to cut down on joke reviews and ensure that first and foremost you see people who do want to be helpful with their recommendations.

You might be wondering, how exactly do they even determine when a review is useless or just a joke? Well, they don't share the exact details, but apparently it's a mix of human judgement and machine learning to scale it up.

They seemingly choose to err on the side of caution, so don't expect any trash reviews to get Thanos snapped out of existence, you are still bound to see them, but they hope that overall you see helpful reviews more often.

Lastly, if you want to help them to fine-tune the system, Valve takes a careful look at reported reviews, though you should definitely add an explanation as to why you consider the reported review to be unhelpful.