"The interesting part of this story isn’t that the review bombing happened. It’s that buyers spent actual money to leave negative reviews. Steam requires a purchase before a review can be posted, which means every negative review represents a paid copy of the game. The review-bombers funded the developers in the process of trying to hurt them. [...]" Huh! I didn't know about this aspect.
"The interesting part of this story isn’t that the review bombing happened. It’s that buyers spent actual money to leave negative reviews. Steam requires a purchase before a review can be posted, which means every negative review represents a paid copy of the game. The review-bombers funded the developers in the process of trying to hurt them. [...]" Huh! I didn't know about this aspect.
They were buying the game, giving a negative review, and then refunding it.