Steam Tags merge languages, exit beta
Valve reasoned that the change feels cosmetic due to the fact that Steam Tags will continue to evolve and change. For example, it used to be that tags were divided by language, so that the list of tags for Russian users would be different from the list of tags for English users, and so on. However, the news post notes that many languages had so few tags that they were disproportionately full of bad data such as inappropriate tags and joke tags. Hence, all language pools will now be combined and then translated where needed.
Tags with similar concepts are also being merged. The post brings up how Valve noticed four variations of a tag advertising a game that supported mods - "modding," "mod-friendly," "moddable" and "mod supported" - so now, if a user types in "mod-friendly," you'll actually see the "moddable" tag appear.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/17/steam-tags-merge-languages-exit-beta/
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BENDZYPosted:
Seems very useful, I really like this feature. It's cool Steam is always changing things up.
R3voPosted:
Steam tags is a nice feature, good when you are trying to look for a specific type of game that isn't really a genre, like Open World or Story Rich.
DragonPosted:
I used steam for a while. I never noticed the tags, though. Glad they are doing work to improve them!
ZipsPosted:
AR15Ethics That is pretty cool, I'm not sure if i will use the tags on games though.
I for sure will not. Still, a cool addition to Steam though.
Nice to see they are still adding things though, trying to make it better.
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