{"id":15710,"date":"2022-08-30T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/developer-explains-why-some-bad-steam-reviews-might-be-coming-from-scammers\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T05:00:05","slug":"developer-explains-why-some-bad-steam-reviews-might-be-coming-from-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/developer-explains-why-some-bad-steam-reviews-might-be-coming-from-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer Explains Why Some Bad Steam Reviews Might Be Coming From Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Steam is both an easy-to-use digital game storefront and a rabbit hole of shady shit, filled with weird, archaic leftovers from past ideas Valve never got around to finishing or improving. One such example is the curator system. Most users barely interact with it, but recently an indie developer believes the system is\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/brok-dev-steam-curators-scammers-review-bomb-scam-1849471272\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steam is both an easy-to-use digital game storefront and a rabbit hole of shady shit, filled with weird, archaic leftovers from past ideas Valve never got around to finishing or improving. One such example is the curator system. 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