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Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This might be a slightly unusual attempt at a prompt, but might draw some appealing unusual options.

The way it goes: Suggest games, ideally the kind that you believe would have relatively broad appeal. Don't feel bad about downvotes, but do downvote any game that's suggested if you have heard of it before (Perhaps, give some special treatment if it was literally your game of the year). This rule is meant to encourage people to post the indie darlings that took some unusual attention and discovery to be aware of and appreciate.

If possible, link to the Steam pages for the games in question, so that anyone interested can quickly take a look at screenshots and reviews. And, as a general tip, anything with over 1000 steam reviews probably doesn't belong here. While I'd recommend that you only suggest one game per post, at the very most limit it to three.

If I am incorrect about downvotes being inconsequential account-wide, say so and it might be possible to work out a different system.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If I am incorrect about downvotes being inconsequential account-wide, say so and it might be possible to work out a different system.

Wouldn't "upvote if you have never heard of it" accomplish the same thing?

I guess it would depend on people reading and following the instructions, instead of just upvoting games they like. Maybe that's a bit much to ask. :P

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It can be hard to encourage people to only do this for the obscure - and can sometimes lead to moments of "Witcher 3 / Factorio Unknown Indie Darling" moments. The dream is for threads like this to not contribute to successes that are already basically "lightning in a bottle", but focus attention where developers haven't seen so much of it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Yep nailed it.

One of the reasons I hate reddit gaming communities is if you recommend games, the top five comments on all of these threads are always the damn same.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fair points, but I can't participate in this thread because I'm on an instance that doesn't allow down votes. The up vote solution is at least a bit more inclusive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, I thought that only applies to communities on that instance, not to a case like this, where you are on another instance? Are you using an app or a browser based way to access the fediverse?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I don't have downvote arrows in either my browser or Jerboa on Android.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

This thread is very nice great idea op

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Wouldn’t “upvote if you have never heard of it” accomplish the same thing?

That is also what is happening.