You didn’t read the first post at all, did you?
No but things are clear now.
Bye Makerworld 
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Did you read the Guidelines?
Post vs Guidelines, what is the stronger?
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I did.
Both are equal - both are from Makerworld and both get enforced.
I get the point you’re trying to make and yes, Makerworld has not yet added the line to the guidelines.
It can be problematic for a company to contradict its guidelines and terms of service (TOS) in a forum message because it creates inconsistency and confusion among users. Here are some reasons why this could be an issue:
- Confusion among Users: Users rely on guidelines and TOS to understand the rules and expectations when using a platform or service. Contradictory information in a forum message can lead to confusion, as users may be unsure which set of rules to follow.
- Lack of Transparency: Inconsistency erodes trust and transparency. Users expect a company to adhere to its own policies, and when there’s a contradiction, it raises questions about the company’s reliability and commitment to its stated principles.
- Legal Implications: The guidelines and TOS serve as a legal contract between the company and its users, contradicting them in a forum message could have legal ramifications. Users might challenge the company’s actions based on the initially established terms.
- Reputation Damage: Contradictory messages may harm the company’s reputation. Users may perceive the company as unprofessional or arbitrary in its decision-making, which can negatively impact the brand image.
- Internal Communication Issues: Contradictions between guidelines, TOS, and forum messages may also indicate internal communication problems within the company. This lack of cohesion can lead to mistakes and unintended consequences.
- User Frustration: Users who feel they are being treated unfairly due to conflicting information may become frustrated and express their dissatisfaction publicly. This negative feedback can spread quickly and harm the company’s relationship with its user base.
In summary, maintaining consistency and clear communication is crucial for a company’s reputation, legal standing, and user trust. Contradictions between official policies and forum messages can undermine these foundations.
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- My models and other’s models first designed, printed, and uploaded to the older platforms really aren’t that great by today’s standards.
- I typically print a MakerWorld model that has no profile every time I change filament and there is a good amount of the designs that aren’t even printable or can be assembled after printing. Many are horrible designs and generated programatically.
- It looks like spam users are commenting on and downloading my models - one uploaded a comment with one of my photos with the colour changed saying it was the user’s print.
- This is like the early days of SEO/goggle ads; BBL is trying to catch the users exploiting the system but there is a lot of opportunities to exploit.
- The differentiator for MakerWorld is when the model and profile gets into their cloud. I think the allocation of rewards would be best to be given after the model and profile are fully in the cloud and can be sent to a printer from Handy.
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I’ve seen quite a few similar messages here in this topic and elsewhere. It is a fact that spammers need to be removed, and this activity is not tolerable. However, I don’t believe that the best way to address this is by filling the forum with their activities. The platform has the appropriate function for that.
They are using Python or script kiddie, mass automated uploads.
I think the issue is we are using this reporting function as they have encouraged and either its ignored/passed-over/failed. Its frustrating that the current format for a report is ambiguous (similar to most BL communication) and seems to be deliberately that way.
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It’s very sad that every project of Bambu seems to fail at customer service. Somehow, it feels like they live in a different world. The trend shows that people hesitate to buy Bambu printers due to the perceived support quality. They don’t buy Bambu filament because it’s unavailable, and even when it is, the support doesn’t respond. Makerworld is disliked because of poor support, while Bambu, in the meantime, arbitrarily overrides its own policies with random thoughts and enforces them forcefully, causing real and valuable models to become victims, but spam prevails. This seems quite ominous; it’s time for them to mature.
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Except the appropriate function is being ignored/overlooked.
Last week was a good example. In my free time each day I like to browse new uploads looking for things to print or gather ideas for things to print. I often come by offenders that take little to no effort on my part to report for infractions. I use the appropriate way and it works maybe 50% of the time despite being a slam dunk infraction. Seeing this thread pop up by an official gave me some hope that things will improve so i decided to kick things off with some easy accounts they should be aware of. Each one I posted here through out the week it seems action was taken swiftly. By the end of the week I felt I was getting a little spammy by posting them in this thread rather than the appropriate way. So i went back to the normal way thinking things had improved. Well I can tell you it did not. Various accounts/models still up yet I got a message thanking me for looking out or was rejected. Heck one of them I reported made it all the way to the trending page today. Needless to say I’m done doing BL a simple favor.
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Just caught this before heading to bed. As of right now there are 6 separate accounts that just uploaded the same files. 
I’d report them but chances are I’d be told they need more evidence. 
I printed this design Feb 26, then it was removed after I posted the profile - it was one of the horrible models. Now it’s back w/no printed image. Rocket pen holder in BambuLab design by threedeeprinz - MakerWorld
Just report it to MW with the note “original print image is missing”. Then it is deleted the next day.
It’s good to see some official action being taken as I’ve been reporting suspect uploads for quite a while now.
But on that point - it would be nice if my reports received a little love beyond just the “thanks, we’ve acted upon it” message. Perhaps throwing a few points our way for a successful report?
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This would open up a completely new business opportunity for spammers. Your only task would be to create fake accounts, upload junk, and then report them with your normal account. An endless points mine.
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I think you’re off base on these. The castle is hard to tell, but it might be an AI background generator. My wife uses a white lightbox for all of her pics on her website, and I think it looks generic, but I’m too lazy to manually add backgrounds (I’ve done that in the past, but ain’t nobody got time for that when you’re selling sub-$50 stuff). So I’ve been trying out some AI apps that add backgrounds to the lightbox photos, and some of the ones that are free trials and then you have to pay, come out looking very similar to that castle picture (the free-free ones are not that good). With the texture on the castle, layer lines should be mostly hidden if you get the print settings right.
The Samurai clearly have z-banding that’s both different from one to the other, and a couple of areas of that are definitely not mechanical, but unique to a relatively recent Prusaslicer bug (older versions of Prusaslicr and derivatives don’t have it, it’s already fixed in Orcaslicer, and Cura and SuperSlicer never had it). Ain’t nobody expending that amount of resources to scam a few MakerWorld points.
That makes me want to model a can of Spam and upload it… with 10 variations…
This has been a huge problem, same with people just uploading models from other sites that are not theirs. Literally just mining for Makerworld points. I don’t think remixes should even get points. I’ve seen some super basic “I’ve added a hook to hang” remixes of designs that took someone a lot of time. I see tons of other people’s SVGs being turned into “models” via 5 minutes in tinkercad to get points. It’s destroying the entire 3D printing world of file sharing IMO.
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