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> I believe discoverability is now horribly broken and the queue and recommendations features both fail to mitigate the issue. I agree, my queue is littered wi

by wnevets 11y ago

> I believe discoverability is now horribly broken and the queue and recommendations features both fail to mitigate the issue. I agree, my queue is littered with genres I have zero interest in. After the 10th anime dating sim I marked not interested in, it should prevent those games in the future.

BookmarkSaver 11y ago
Yeah, I mean, you dump 100 hours into one crappy anime dating sim and they never let you forget it...
Semaphor 11y ago
I stopped bothering clicking "not interested", it seems to have no influence on the games. All I want is the option to block some tags from showing up in my queue at all (action, fps, multiplayer, racing and anime).
- cobaltblue 11y ago
  They have text somewhere explaining that clicking "not interested" just means that particular game won't show up again in your queue, and maybe on the home page too, I don't remember, but it doesn't actually affect their piss-poor recommendation system. I still click it, but considering the handful of games I haven't clicked it on yet also didn't click add to wishlist because they're the type of game I think "maybe I'll get it in a year or so when it's a better price but I'm not really committed, I wouldn't mind seeing it in the queue again sometime to remind me", I don't recall seeing a repeat on my queue despite going through many queues, so I'm also wondering what the value of "not interested" is. I agree I should be able to blacklist tags. What has surprised me is the sheer number of really basic "games" I have no interest in like the anime dating sims, walking sims, or choose-your-own-adventure sims. I wonder how much the average dev for those things make, makes me wish I had an anime artist friend to test the waters with in pumping out crap.
  - Semaphor 11y ago
    I frequent /r/GameDeals, quite some people really seem to like those dating sims. And now that you say it, I remember that about the not interested button.
otakucode 11y ago
Steam makes it pretty clear that your queue and recommendations are absolutely NOT based upon your preferences at all. They even tell you what it is based on - a game is popular, or it's new. Big publishers might be displeased with a solution that used by-now-standard recommendation tech. It certainly wouldn't recommend any AAA titles to me as even though I have 1000+ games in my library (which I never play... I might have a problem) I haven't purchased a $60 on-release-day title for well over a decade. How horrified would Ubisoft and Activision be if they knew a lot of people never even saw mention of their latest title? And first and foremost, Steam appears to be built for them.
- wnevets 11y ago
  Isn't that what the front page and every other media outlet is for? Where is it made clear "my queue" isn't based on my preferences?

by wnevets 11y ago

BookmarkSaver 11y ago

Yeah, I mean, you dump 100 hours into one crappy anime dating sim and they never let you forget it...

Semaphor 11y ago

I stopped bothering clicking "not interested", it seems to have no influence on the games. All I want is the option to block some tags from showing up in my queue at all (action, fps, multiplayer, racing and anime).

cobaltblue 11y ago
They have text somewhere explaining that clicking "not interested" just means that particular game won't show up again in your queue, and maybe on the home page too, I don't remember, but it doesn't actually affect their piss-poor recommendation system. I still click it, but considering the handful of games I haven't clicked it on yet also didn't click add to wishlist because they're the type of game I think "maybe I'll get it in a year or so when it's a better price but I'm not really committed, I wouldn't mind seeing it in the queue again sometime to remind me", I don't recall seeing a repeat on my queue despite going through many queues, so I'm also wondering what the value of "not interested" is. I agree I should be able to blacklist tags. What has surprised me is the sheer number of really basic "games" I have no interest in like the anime dating sims, walking sims, or choose-your-own-adventure sims. I wonder how much the average dev for those things make, makes me wish I had an anime artist friend to test the waters with in pumping out crap.
- Semaphor 11y ago
  I frequent /r/GameDeals, quite some people really seem to like those dating sims. And now that you say it, I remember that about the not interested button.

otakucode 11y ago

Steam makes it pretty clear that your queue and recommendations are absolutely NOT based upon your preferences at all. They even tell you what it is based on - a game is popular, or it's new. Big publishers might be displeased with a solution that used by-now-standard recommendation tech. It certainly wouldn't recommend any AAA titles to me as even though I have 1000+ games in my library (which I never play... I might have a problem) I haven't purchased a $60 on-release-day title for well over a decade. How horrified would Ubisoft and Activision be if they knew a lot of people never even saw mention of their latest title? And first and foremost, Steam appears to be built for them.

wnevets 11y ago
Isn't that what the front page and every other media outlet is for? Where is it made clear "my queue" isn't based on my preferences?