MakerWorld has established a comprehensive set of Community Guidelines that clearly define the types of content that are prohibited on our platform. These guidelines cover all types of content, including models, print profiles, comments, links, and thumbnails.
To ensure compliance, we use a combination of human reviewers and machine learning algorithms, applying these guidelines equally to all users, regardless of their background, political viewpoint, position, or affiliation.
Our primary objective in implementing these policies is to foster a safe and inclusive community on MakerWorld. We aim to strike a balance between maintaining a safe environment and allowing creators the freedom to share a diverse range of experiences and perspectives.
It is mandatory for print profiles to be printed before making them public. We also require print profile creators to include their own actual print images along with their print profiles to demonstrate print-ability. If the profile does not include a real picture of the model printed with the print profile, it will be removed.
Guess this one is brand new because not even 12 hours ago I had several reports ignored of a user I had reported breaking this exact rule.
When publishing a public model under the CC0 license, you are required to include your own image of the actual print to show its printability. Otherwise, it will be removed.
About time, now the real question begs will you actually enforce it or just selectively depending on how popular it is?
These two have always been there, even quoting them in reports seems futile.
“applying these guidelines equally to all users, regardless of their background, political viewpoint, position, or affiliation.”
^^ Makes me laugh. I spent a week on one report in a support ticket going back and forth until they finally relented. And then I had to go through ticking off the offending items (4th time, yeah I’m like a dog with a bone). Level 30 privileges even though it was earned through nefarious practices.
As much as I’m not interested in firearms/knives of any description, they have a genuine place in the “replica/cosplay” genre’s and should get a pass. They regularly hit the top of the charts so taking them away is going to cause some distress from the land of the “free”. I think as usual the language in the terms are deliberately vague and reports are going to get passed on a lot. Functional firearms like the notorious one that pops up randomly here do get taken down, the issue for me is the ease at which they can be uploaded, surely some keywords or AI can be incorporated and trigger approval before its public.
“Dangerous” and “Harmful” in some cases can be totally relative but they won’t even take a buttplug down if the damn thing is gonna break off at the neck .
I didn’t say they should be removed, I asked if they were going to.
As you have said, the details of these guidelines are vague at best.
If I had a vote, I do not want them available unless they are fake. I come from a country that had a mass shooting, acted on it and hasn’t had one since.
I used to shoot guns as a child at a gun range and I am old enough to have been able to buy guns at 14, yes, in the U.K., but, the trade-off for me isn’t worth it.
Spud guns, water blasters, and disc shooters are all fun toys, Playing with a replica gun that a police officer thinks is real doesn’t fill me with joy. Too many police believe a finger is a gun.
I’m hoping by calling them out right here, right now they’ll do something. Even if it is for this only one despite there being dozens more who do the exact same thing.
The word from MW when they are Public Domain all bets are off and its free to copy/paste literally the whole thing.
My view on this is PD should be a no earn upload and no Boosts either. Stops the easy-money spammers, and there’s plenty out there that don’t really contribute anything of value.
I understand your point of view but that’s not a solution either IMO. You will also penalised people who genuinely gives their creation to the world :S
No penalty at all, if you want to share there is no restriction added. The issue I feel happens where MW is encouraging people to “Make” and has implemented a reward system which is more than generous with that in mind. I see no benefit seeing a model which I can find on every other website uploaded repeatedly because PD allows it. Once yeah, a dozen times a month, boring…
Totally within your right to add a fee to models somewhere other than MW if the original Design allows for it.
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