This whole internet thing is just a trend and soon people will realise that nothing beats the real GOAT: two cans and some string.
Argh… scrap that, shouting really loud was the technological peak.
Communities as in what exactly?
The Community Hubs for specific games or various groups that people made?
In either case, it’s probably better to intentionally stay out of there, since you know that you generally dislike the content there.
Or, you could try to find a user group that has rules and moderates content in a way that you agree with.
But overall, Steam is platform for video games, which are generally considered to be fun, so it is to be expected that other variations of “fun” will be present there as well.
I completely agree with you. People with even post artwork that is not their own, and post screenshots to the art section of communities. I think it’s better to find a different hub to scroll through, like your subscribed feed on lemmy.
I enjoyed memes back in the forum days because they weren’t frequent with it being more discussion base, so when they showed up it’d have a tendency to actually be funny. But, move towards generating meme content quickly diluted the experience of memes with forcing of memes.
I used to visit communities like you did, then I took an arrow in the knee.
But no, seriously, if you don’t like the how people are talking, don’t bother going there. I don’t know people who use Steam’s community hubs for actual community. I see them getting used for info/joke sharing about their given games, but not for social bonding. Personally, I like the guides. Sometimes I search the discussions for a piece of information on an issue that I’m hoping someone else has already encountered and worked around. That’s about it.
That said, I generally don’t mind that people make memes. If it makes them happy, then good for them! If other people get a chuckle, that’s even better. For me – and like my opening line – any amusement quickly turns to eye rolls as the same things get repeated over and over and were never very funny from the start.
It’s also weird to think that you either have to cope with a community - or that the community must change because of your tastes. Just don’t take part in the community - or join a different one or start your own community that’s more to your speed. People enjoy different things, we don’t all have to take part, and we can create our own groups
I’m also not a fan of memes, but I acknowledge that many other people are. The most I can do is block communities that are expressly for memes and shrug off the rest. There’s plenty of other places for grouches like us.
I enjoy memes sometimes or whatever, but on steam I barely interact with community features other than occasional questions on the forums. I don't feel like I've lost anything not interacting there.
I think of memes as like internet smalltalk. It's a way of saying you exist so other people can be like 'I exist too!!' which loosens things up for deeper and more interesting conversation. It's not everyone's thing, though.
I don't follow communities that are just for memes on here so I mostly look at my subscriptions when I'm not in the mood. I think you should just avoid what you don't like and don't worry about it.
Maybe there is no need to cope in the sense that it’s just not a good fit for you. I use Steam to play my games, but I have no interest in the community features.
That post is pure hysteria. First no one knows when Gabe is going to die, and even if he live very long he may step down due to old age still.
also worrying so much about something that may happen 14 years later according to op is unnecessary and distorted thinking.
why assume there is going to be a power vacuum? can’t he and his leadership make pans of succession?
then believing a whole made-up story going down the rabbit hole of the worst case scenario is again unnecessary and distorted thinking. Is okay to think of worst case scenarios but to take them as if they were real is gifting ourselves anxiety for free.
in any case, the mental exercise of thinking of some undesirable possibilities allow us to take precautions and prepare to the extend that is appropriate and reachable. Which would be the most efficient behavior that thwarts “actual fear” as OP writes it.
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