My Madballs Coasters ( Madballs coasters by Dr OperatorMakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models) can no longer be found unless you go to my profile. Searching for the exact name, Madballs coasters, brings up 201 results and none of them are my model.
Confirming on handy app. Android.
I even tried to add dr_operator as the third search word, nothing. How did you notice this?
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I have performed the same tests, and I also cannot see it.
I changed the sort order to downloads, as yours has many, and it is missing.
I have experienced this myself.
I solved it with a ticket.
They blamed a technical issue, but I can’t imagine how.
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I was actually looking for that other users madballs coasters. I knew that user had made their own set and I wanted to see which ones they made.
Now that I’m looking, I see the same is the case with my MINI 13: Star Wars AT-ST (MINI 13: AT-ST by Dr Operator MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models). 200 search results, none of them mine.
Y’all might want to check your own models.
I thought it might be an exclusive vs non exclusive filtering, but your mini 13 slash, non exclusive, appears in my search results without issue.
It is hard with 828 models.
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We can work in shifts! 
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Damn, I was cursing having to do it 28 times. It would take forever to search your entire catalogue.
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I searched one of mine that used to be popular but hasnt been for a while. Couldn’t find it Pokémon key hanger set, pick your pokemon by NSprintsMakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models
That’s a bit annoying.
I have been saying my models have been suppressed, as payback for my public wishes to get BL to be honest and communicate.
I wonder if this is related.
As I have said, this is very hard for me to check.
I would guess that Makerworld’s search indexer might not be functioning properly. The site likely grew in size and usage more quickly than the development team(s) anticipated.
I’d expect MW to address this backend issue and inform us about the fix. Without clear communication, this could easily be mistaken as a form of punishment.
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The suppression of my models has been going on for sometime.
3 days ago they have removed my model that had generated more points, a simple model yes, but like other identical ones that are still in the exclusive program without problem, also happened after showing my dissatisfaction in this forum with the current actions of Maker World, goodbye goodbye, I guess.
After a long dry spell I somehow was given three boosts yesterday during a slight uptick in traffic (but I didn’t post anything new) - don’t think I ever got three boosts in a single day.
Maybe it’s part of some kind of rebalancing the algorithms?
You don’t get Boosts from uploading models, if you did, I would get them every week.
They are given out for printing the work of others where at least two have at least one build plate that takes 30 minutes or more that you printed.
There are other factors, but, uploading isn’t one.
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My guess is it goes something like this:
- 0 boost = no printing in the last week
- 1 boost = printing small amount of filament
- 2 boost = printing larger amount of filament
- 3 boost = printing larger amount of filament and they were maker supply models
For simple models, it is not worth it to list them as exclusive models.
Makerworld will allow you to upload your models however you want, but in breaking one of their rules you’re effectively uploading your work for free, because those points will be removed.
They were removing coasters as duplicates due to the mass volume being produced, simply by resizing a cylinder ? if ive remembered correctly
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LOL, I would like it to be like that. In March and April I did not receive any Boost token, although I print stuff. I got ONE in May, in the week I printed 5 models, one of them took almost 7 hours.
One last caveat, I have a feeling you must print with Bambu Studio, not OrcaSlicer. Orca is my go to when designing, but if I’m downloading someone’s model and printing it, I always open with Bambu Studio so everything registers with Makerworld correctly.