https://store.steampowered.com/app/2923300/Banana/#app_reviews_hash
Thankfully there are users already calling it out and it's clearly some kind of bot based scam going on involving steam skins. I just thought I'd post this one up because this is a particularly blatant and hilarious example of how developers are openly exploiting the steam review system using bot reviews generally.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/ZERBI-XCVII/recommended/2923300/
I mean I've come to expect this from Valve because all they want to do is collect on the commission which is why they overlook this so much. However what I find interesting is the bot behaviour on the reviews in particular as the positive reviews are suspiciously similar to all the crap infesting the 'top seller' and 'most played' games.
Given the "scam" depends on hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily buying 3 cent junk skins for no apparent reason, I don't really see it working out as a money spinner.
Money laundering?
Never underestimate how retarded the steam market is, I've learned far more than I wanted to finding out exactly how devs on there make their money which is why I'm so convinced there's way more shady shit going on than even that. Setting aside the fact that I would argue you're taking advantage of mentally ill people even doing that kind of thing. There are quite a lot of people out there who treat skins like they're dealing in pokemon cards and if we're going to talk about gaming addiction that's the real problem in the games industry and the devs fucking know what they're doing.