So... First of all, what is the difference between the "Adult" and the "NSFW" tags? Why are they not merged?
Second... why is there no way to exclude or blacklist certain tags from search results?
I just recently looked for a solution, and it seems to be possible to exclude only one tag from the search results, by manually appending to the end of the URL for example ?exclude=tg.furry
However this only works while logged in, and can block only one tag, and that is just not good for me, and probably for many more people.
I'm not advocating against anything, I hate censorship and I totally support any kind of artistic freedom, but I'm a normal male, looking for normal adult games, and even tough I have totally no problem with the existence of any kind of alternative stuff, even I'm starting to find it tedious and annoying, that there is no way to only browse through normal adult games. What I mean is that my preferred search would be something like:
Exclude everything from my searches tagged with: furry, yuri, lesbian, gay, lgbt, lgbtqia, transgender, futa, futanari, femdom, female-protagonist
The ?exclude=tg. trick clearly does not work for this:
https://itch.io/games/newest/free/tag-adult?exclude=tg.furry,tg.yuri,tg.lesbian,...
https://itch.io/games/newest/free/tag-adult?exclude=tg.furry?exclude=tg.yuri?exc...
Also, even though there is a "straight" tag, which could be a solution for the problem, only very few developers use it, so it's practically useless.
Furthermore, I understand, that merging together all the alternative sexual fetish tags into one "not straight" tag wouldn't be a solution, because it would cause problems for those who are looking for a very specific alternative thing, so the only reasonable solution would be to add proper support for tag blacklisting or exclude tags, or any kind of similar feature, which actually works, unlike my two above mentioned links, which I took time to carefully craft, only to be faced with disappointment.
So... please, somebody tell me, what's the official standpoint of itch on excluding multiple tags from search results? Why do they not plan to implement it?