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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by thatguy0900 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @07:28PM (#25951774)
Valve did that for games that had fake reviews though. Getting your margin calls discarded out of hand and preventing buys on cash accounts is not the same as a game getting poor reviews because they had a policatally charged character.
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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by SquareWheel on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:09PM (#25952189)
They're not targeting fake reviews on Steam. They're targeting "off-topic reviews". ie. review bombing for topics outside of usual gameplay.

That might be inclusion of a pervasive anti-cheat, a poor comment made by a developer, or most recently a movie tie-in that included an offensive line.

These reviews are not removed but they stop contributing to the overall review score.

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