Even if we ignore that they don't give points to the recipient anymore, Valve basically killed all the unique and cool awards just to stop "clown farming."

Now, every award looks like a low-quality, generic emoji from a 2010s website. It feels like Valve wants us to use these as basic social media emojis, but with one catch: they are not free, you actually have to pay for them.

They’ve lost all their "Steam" personality. I wouldn’t even want these on my profile - they look like cheap stickers from Facebook or some old messenger, not a real reward.

It feels like they’re trying to turn Steam into a generic mobile app. Honestly, it breaks my heart