Bracket creep in Makerworld

@MakerWorld I’m finding more and more designers are using the wrong categories when posting (dare I say spamming) their uploads. Some are blatant, some are dubious in almost a grey area but have designated slots that are obvious to us.

Example is 2D art, currently posted in “Decor” when, in my mind it would be better placed in the Art section. What bothers me is the 3D Print Accessory category, so many are using this to dump all sorts of rubbish because they are lazy and can’t be bothered.

This dilutes the smaller Makers who rely on the landing page exposure to get a few likes under the belt on the first day because often we don’t promote to all and sundry on social media.

On the subject of Categories, I think it is time for a shuffle and maybe edit the current vague structure so to “encourage” better labelling and also easier searching.

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It sounds like there is a need for moderators like on a forum.

Trusted individuals that can help new users navigate and curate the content. This would help it not to become a heaping pile of garbage just loaded up by random individuals from the internet that don’t know any better (I am giving them the benefit of doubt and not calling them malicious).

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