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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 24 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Do I need to start steam at least once a month to show up in the stats?

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago (6 children)

These are the results of the monthly Steam Hardware Survey which polls just a small percentage of users. You will be notified by the Steam client if you have been chosen for a particular month and you can opt in or out at that time. My account is 20 years old and I've gotten the notification maybe half a dozen times, it doesn't happen often.

[–] whosepoopisonmybutt@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Unrelated to their question but I think Linux users would be more likely than windows users to opt out, when presented with such a prompt.

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

I see your idea, but i think a lot of linux gamers are propably younger and thus take more pride in linux, so they would show up

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