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You'll no longer earn Steam points from community awards, as Valve try to kill off clownface-farming
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this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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I was very happy when I saw this change on Steam. So tired of looking at the comments of some game's patch notes only to see blatant homophobia and transphobia with 500 clown awards as one of the top comments. I mean, people will probably still do it, because people are assholes. But at least they're not getting rewarded for it anymore.
It's probably too late and part of the culture now. Things like this have to be slapped down immediately before they take root, but Valves moderation is infamously terrible.