Valve's hands-off approach to moderation is part of a larger problem with game classification

From Destructoid: "This week, Valve announced they would permit any game to be hosted on its market-leading platform, Steam, as long as it did not contain illegal content and is not what can be classified as a "trolling game". This met with praise from people who criticise what they perceive as any form of censorship, but also with a lot of annoyance and anger from people who felt that Valve was washing its hands of its responsibility to reduce hostility on the Steam marketplace. "

[Cobra951]

I'm frustrated by the lack of comprehension on this issue. I don't care about the political slant of content on Steam. I care about obvious piles of steaming excrement plopping all over it, without anyone pulling out a shovel and a bucket. The saturation of trash is suffocating that storefront. Giving the garbage trucks an official thumbs up at the gate can only lead to an utter blight.

[SegaGamer]

I actually agree. I'm all for having all types of games on the store, but some of these games are made just to make a quick buck. Throw in cards and about 500 achievements and you have the addicts jumping on board and buying your game too. I'm also seeing a lot of these games come up on the steam sales every week now, which means we get less good games going on sale.

[Derceto]

Couldn't have put it better myself.

[iofhua]

GOG is turning out to be a much better platform. They are letting in the anime games with fan-service that Steam has been censoring, but aren't letting in the crappy cell-phone games and half-assed amateur garbage that Steam has been flooded with.

Plus none of the games on GOG have DRM, and are mostly free of microtransactions as well. There are a few exceptions, but the for the vast majority you get the whole game for the price paid up front. That's awesome.