Скачать или смотреть We need to talk about ""Review Bombs""

When is a review bomb NOT a review bomb? Actually, pretty much every time.

Let's take a video essay style approach to this extremely phrase and try and answer: what does "review bomb actually mean, and what can we do to stop it being so confusing?"

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🎬 Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - The two common definitions
1:56 - Two important examples
3:25 - Why this is actually a big problem
4:56 - A third, also important, example
7:02 - Bandwagoning and brigading
8:08 - Positive "review bombs"
9:00 - Where does this leave us?
9:40 - Valve's attempt to fight review bombs
12:46 - Some new definitions
17:42 - Why this is actually really important

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