Valve has finally decided to deal with the advertising of dubious sites with the distribution of "free skins" through modifications for games in . Now fresh mods in the Steam Workshop will be pre-moderated before publication, but this is only true for a few games.
The appearance of moderation in the Steam Workshop is specifically due to the fact that Valve decided to prevent the publication of dubious materials related to fraud and promoting external resources. Mod preview will only be relevant in sections for games such as , Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2. It is on this trio that βfree distribution of skins and itemsβ is often advertised. In addition, now you must have a Steam account with verified mail to publish a mod. Based on the results of the check, the author can immediately correct at the direction of the moderators, but regular Steam users will not see the changes until the content is approved by Steam representatives.
According to official information from Valve, the duration of moderation will be no more than 1 day. In addition, popular modders with high ratings among users are deprived of all sorts of checks - they can upload their creations directly, as before. Users can evaluate the innovations right now β just open the page with the CS:GO game, where there are no more annoying ads with the text βfree skinsβ in the mods section.
Source: 3dnews.ru