In his new video, blogger Mzkshow invited a former Steam moderator to share some interesting information about how the platform works.

It turns out that every account on Steam has a kind of "hidden karma", represented by a numerical value between -7 and 35. If your karma drops into the negative values, your account becomes subject to scrutiny from support, lockout, and a red plaque on your profile.

However, the higher the karma value (maximum value is 35), the more privileges the account receives. Such accounts get faster response from technical support, more attentive consideration of complaints and other additional features.

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The most interesting part is that it is not known exactly what specific actions cause this karma to increase or decrease. This remains a mystery, prompting questions and speculation from Steam users. It is possible that Steam uses algorithms and metrics that it doesn't officially announce to gauge user activity and reliability on its platform.

This information is interesting and will surely stimulate additional research from the Steam community.

Also, it is not known whether this account rating affects users who play Valve games such as CS:GO or Dota2!