Hey my bad, I’m on my phone and the reply window takes up the whole screen so I couldn’t check and didn’t want to spell it wrong.
Wow this topic really took off in the past 12 hours. 
Anyways like everyday I’m sitting here sipping my coffee going through the new uploads and the scamming has really taken off in the past few days. Before I could easily find 3-4 accounts that would pop up over night. Now it’s like 6-8. 
At least they aren’t low quality (just straight ripped from the front page of printables/thingiverse.) 
Looks like I can’t send messages either lol
Collecticraft had a dice tower that had a brick texture on it, but if you looked at the print profile, it was heavily decimated. I would say, it was poorly decimated. Because of that, what you saw in the render very much was not what you’d get if you printed the object. That model isn’t there anymore, so not sure if it was because of that or some other issue. I don’t think it needed to be decimated to the extent it was! Collecticraft has been starting to included photos of printed models though, so. kudos! For whatever value that brings coming from me, haha.
I get asked a lot too about the filaments I use, that I’m starting to try and remember to put them in the descriptions of my models. People love using their own colors, but people also love the look and feel of a well presented model too! I wonder sometimes if certain popular models end up driving sales of certain filaments.
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You should be able to now.
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I agree, people have asked me about my filaments as well. Most of the time I can tell them, but sometimes I don’t remember. My wife buys a bunch of pretty stuff and I rip the sides off and throw it on a spool. Trying to do better about that but it’s baby steps. 
Did those 6-8 accts follow the community guideliines? Like no spamming, real photos presented? If they didn’t follow the guidelines and the latest rules, keep reporting them
Someone who doesn’t understand the issue and just insists that everyone without a print photo (and profile) is a spammer should imagine themselves in the following situation:
- You had an account on Thingiverse/Printables.
- You have about 100 printable, high-quality designs.
- You decide to move them to Makerworld.
- There was no photo uploaded there. Since the guidelines don’t specify the need for a photo, and you don’t have images of the old printed items, it doesn’t bother you that there’s no image.
- You earn around 10,000 points (approximately $800 value) through downloads.
- They delete all your models, ban you, and take away your points, accusing you of being a spammer.
- You didn’t violate the guidelines since photos are still not mandatory. Despite bringing traffic to Makerworld, you end up being banned instead of rewarded.
Is it about fair, ethical, and transparent conduct, or does the site itself turn into a scammer in the pursuit of spammers?
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I can see why that’d be tough to print out every single one, since you had mentioned about having hundreds of them. If I was asked about how to approach this situation, I’d say to do a curated selection, of like 10 of the best or something. Where you can do those prints, set everything up nice. I think they would be popular! And from there you know, the reward points could help with future prints.
Beyond that though, maybe you could enlist some help from followers/fans of your work? You know, like ground floor access, but part of it is the understanding that a picture of the final print is going to be used on the makerworld page.
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You are technically right, but without them advertising that they took those steps it can be hard to prove that they actually took your original design unless it is something very unique looking.
Possibly, the entry point is just getting that started though, granted I guess Photoshop can make things work out if I can just get distinct colors LOL (assuming that would be allowed?)
Seems to be the new trend to upload a ball but use a different picture, seen a few different people do it.
This is why we can’t have nice things
I reported a bunch of the models with screenshots and the profiles with screenshots, so. We’ll see how that goes.
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@MakerWorld Me thinks you’ve dropped the ball this week. Seriously where are your Moderators?
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There lots of sites that give you nothing for sharing your models, you’re welcome to use those. If you don’t like what you see, then maybe you should draw you own models to print or find them elsewhere. Some of us enjoy the benefits of Makerworld over the others.
I also like Makerworld, otherwise I would not be interested that it remains good or that it would even improve.
Even more I like BL for the great devices they build.
Shourly everybody is happy if (s)he gets compliments and ackknowledge for models (s)he provided.
But I feel sad that somebody are abusing the generosity of BL for their personal profit.
The money lost could be better used for developing more ingeniouse printers and for improving the existing.
Many people create models because they wish or need them for themselfs not for selling them for profit.
Others who wish to earn money can sell there models on other sides. But then the models need to be so interesting that somebody is willing to spend a little money for that.
The good news is that it seems that BL / Makerworld has allready reacted.
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There’s a lot that’s said about Makerworld’s rewards system. There’s a decent amount of negativity towards it, because of those that try and abuse the system.
I think we loose sight sometimes of the good it brings too. I guess that’s not as heavy of a topic of conversation because those positives just happen, but it’s the negatives that tend to stick out.
I love making stuff and sharing it with the community. I feel like I earned the rewards I got, and the beautiful thing about it is that it allowed me to turn around and further develop new designs! To take on ideas that I might not have previously, because they can be costly to develop. It empowered me as a designer. One of the projects I had been able to finalize was something I had conceptualized years ago, but it was only after maker world and their rewards system, that I was able to sit and actually develop it. That I could afford to go through the process of prototyping it, and that process was key because a number of important changes came about because I was able to produce a couple of them and hone that design before I released it.
Makeworld wanted to encourage designers and help give them the tools and resources to further their ambitions, and it has. I doubt I’m the only designer here that feels that way.
I’m not sure what the longevity of the rewards program will be. If they took it away, it wouldn’t stop me from designing. I love making stuff and sharing it! In this moment though, it helped to open the doors and let me go wild with my ideas.
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