Shai-Tan
Banned
This is true but the problem also comes down to Steam's insistence on using algorithms that don't quite work perfectly to filter its content. I suggested above that they could write an editorial feature every week to inform us about games that have come out in the past week, focusing on both big and small ones. Hell, make two lists and let us subscribe to whichever one we prefer. All it takes is a team of them to play and pass comment, which would do really well to highlight hidden gems. Even Apple's App Store boasts recommendations from its editor (who used to write for 1Up.com IIRC). Steam don't seem to like the human touch and it comes across to me as a user, and also comes across to developers judging from the article.
Are the app store editorial recommendations actually that useful though? That's literally what the curator system is set up to do. I don't see how Apple christening some programs makes them better than anyone else doing recommendations beyond some very low threshold, or signal boosting a program that was already high enough quality to get attention anyway. I only used the app store editorial recommendations in the first week with an iOS device (to buy some games I never played more than 15 minutes aka they have no refunds)