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Nothing, because this is perfectly fine. 

Am I the only one who sees this as a good thing?
 
I am a developper, and I would never ban someone for badmouthing my game. If they don't like it, they don't have to play it.
If my game has multiplayer, and someone is cheating, they will be warned and then banned. You know the liscence aggrements that no one reads when you start a game? It clearly states that if you cheat, you will get banned, and without a refund.
 
I'm sorry that I have to play devil's advocate here, but this is a good thing for indie developpers. Do you think that we're idiots?

Finally a sensible comment. Devs need the right tools in place to maintain the standards of their online community. And valve should not be making decisions for them regarding those communities. If a dev wants somebody banned then absolutely valve should implement it. Valve should not be 2nd guessing them. You guys seem to have a persecution complex and think that every dev is out to screw you over. Keep in mind that these are game specific bans and not bans on your entire steam account.Sorry this has nothing to do with reviews. If they start banning players who give bad reviews it doesn't help them because the review is already up.

Absolutely! Its not a bad thing to give indie devs more powerful tools, and if they abuse the system steam can EASILY just ban the developer - I imagine most mainstream developers would be too afraid of valve pulling their games from steam if they abused their system

I gotta agree with steam trying to get more indie dev's there going to have to make more resources available