Steam Workshop mods will now be moderated through an approval process
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“Valve” and “moderation”: two words that should go together but rarely do. Thankfully, the Steam owners are adding more moderation in an often exploited area of it’s storefront: the Steam Workshop.
Quickly and quietly, Valve has altered the way that game modifications are introduced to Steam Workshop pages. Instead of creating a mod and simply uploading it to Steam, new user-created content will need to go through an individual moderation process before being available for other players.
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New mods created for moderated titles will go through a simple two-step process before being verified. First, the modder will have to verify their email. Secondly, the content must be approved by a moderator.
“Newly submitted and updated items will be placed into a moderation queue,” reads the new modding help page. “You’ll be able to view and edit the content during this process, but other players will not be able to view changes until they’re approved.”
