Valve’s new laissez-faire attitude toward what content is published on its digital storefront Steam is “ridiculous,” said Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran on Twitter Wednesday.
Itch.io is an online marketplace where indie game developers can share their titles for free or sell them. Corcoran launched the website in 2013.
“A platform that allows ‘everything, unless it’s illegal or straight up trolling’ is ridiculous,” he wrote. “Please keep your malicious, derogatory, discriminatory, bullying, harassing, demeaning content off @itchio. Our ban buttons are ready.”
A platform that allows "everything, unless it's illegal or straight up trolling" is ridiculous. Please keep your malicious, derogatory, discriminatory, bullying, harassing, demeaning content off @itchio. Our ban buttons are ready. https://t.co/N021UxtfAa
— leaf @ itch.io (@moonscript) June 6, 2018
“It’s sad that most of the people in that [Kotaku comment thread] are worried about asset flips,” he added. “What about the fact that Valve is effectively...
Itch.io is an online marketplace where indie game developers can share their titles for free or sell them. Corcoran launched the website in 2013.
“A platform that allows ‘everything, unless it’s illegal or straight up trolling’ is ridiculous,” he wrote. “Please keep your malicious, derogatory, discriminatory, bullying, harassing, demeaning content off @itchio. Our ban buttons are ready.”
A platform that allows "everything, unless it's illegal or straight up trolling" is ridiculous. Please keep your malicious, derogatory, discriminatory, bullying, harassing, demeaning content off @itchio. Our ban buttons are ready. https://t.co/N021UxtfAa
— leaf @ itch.io (@moonscript) June 6, 2018
“It’s sad that most of the people in that [Kotaku comment thread] are worried about asset flips,” he added. “What about the fact that Valve is effectively...
- 6/7/2018
- by Stefanie Fogel
- Variety Film + TV
Valve will no longer be policing games on the Steam Store that stir up controversy, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. The distribution platform wrote that it ultimately decided that they will allow all content that they determine is not illegal or “straight up trolling.”
“Taking this approach allows us to focus less on trying to police what should be on Steam, and more on building those tools to give people control over what kinds of content they see,” Valve’s Erik Johnson wrote.
The decision comes just a week after Valve pulled “Active Shooter” from Steam, a controversial title described as a “school shooting simulation.”
Valve was put under pressure to remove the title from the Steam Store after it drew negative attention from the public, and pulled it before its original June 6 release date. In the game, players could choose to be members of the...
“Taking this approach allows us to focus less on trying to police what should be on Steam, and more on building those tools to give people control over what kinds of content they see,” Valve’s Erik Johnson wrote.
The decision comes just a week after Valve pulled “Active Shooter” from Steam, a controversial title described as a “school shooting simulation.”
Valve was put under pressure to remove the title from the Steam Store after it drew negative attention from the public, and pulled it before its original June 6 release date. In the game, players could choose to be members of the...
- 6/6/2018
- by Liz Lanier
- Variety Film + TV
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