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redonihunter1 year ago
if you search for NSFW, you are actively looking for adult content

I disagree. This might be splitting a hair to you.   But you do not search for adult content, you search for games tagged nsfw/adult or whatever. Tags are meaningless on itch. They are chosen by the developer. I can have a book with adult or mature themes, that is definitly not nsfw (it is text), and tag it accordingly for the tagging mechanism. The tag description even says so: "For adults, often containing sexual or mature content." It does not read  "For adults only." 

That is actually what my thread is about. You cannot search for adult content. You can't. Seriously. You can only opt in and search for other stuff and adult content is not hidden in your browsing. You do not know, if it is actually adult content.

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hechelion1 year ago

I get your point, and it doesn't blow my mind. The problem comes because you are doing an analysis from a perspective that is only technical. That is, at the "code" level you can have a game labeled NSFW that is not for adults.

But as humans, if we're looking for NSFW content, it's because we're looking for adult content.

You can argue that there are exceptions, the problem is that no matter what system you create, there will always be exceptions. Therefore, you must seek a balance between what you want to achieve and the resources.

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redonihunter1 year ago

I understand that you do not see a big problem here, but no need to be apologetic about this bug. And a bug it is. Or very, very poor design.

Imagine you feel save in the knowledge that you double checked at account creation that you will not be bothered by those filthy adult stuff you heared about. Then you go to browse for some new games and explore the feature.How to find games with tagging. So you go to the list and see the Adult tag.  Curious what might be tagged adult and not be "adult" you select it. Or worse, you misclick. You see lots of games and as soon as you mouse over the icons you are confronted with nekkid cartoon boobies. The very stuff you double checked  that you have turned off.

You and I do not have a problem with that. But there are enough fundies to cry havoc over stuff like this. I did not mention it back then, and wrote to support instead. But nothing happened.   And as it came up here again, I did mention it, but apart from you, no one cares.

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hechelion1 year ago

Believe me, I see your problem and I understand your point and I consider that you are right. You are not the only one who believes that the tag system can be improved.

My point doesn't deny that, but that it's impossible to keep everyone happy with a limited amount of resources, for example, if you block adult content, a lot of people who are adults and don't mind playing those games, maybe they never even know they exist, because you need to enable an option you never knew existed.

That leads to people who make adult content receiving far fewer views.

For some people that is good, for others it is not. I believe that the current system, as a balance to this problem, works well, it could be improved, for sure, but perhaps that means investing many more resources. That's why even if I understand your problem, I can't give you 100% reason, which also doesn't mean that I don't consider your arguments reasonable.

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redonihunter1 year ago

About the tagging of adult stuff, you might want to give your opinion in the thread I made about it. While this is not completely off topic, the issue in this thread is basically resolved.

And the setting is not hidden. It is on first page of settings. Where any reasonable person would go have a look   after signing into a new place. To configure mail subscriptions and other things.

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Rj_Game_Creator1 year ago

STOP AND LISTEN HUMAN! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!!


You can view show adult content in your account setting and it is better to remove it unless you are 18+

i blame genocide route in undertale because pacifist is the answert

my game jams include no nsfw content

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