I wanted to suggest a change to how flagged models or profiles are handled when they violate a guideline. Right now, when a model is found noncompliant—even for something minor like a missing printed photo—it gets fully disabled. The problem is that once this happens, there’s no way to edit the model to bring it into compliance. The uploader loses access to make any fixes, and even basic information like the original images or description becomes completely inaccessible.
This feels unnecessarily frustrating, especially when the issue is something minor that could easily be corrected. Instead of fully disabling the content, could you consider setting it to private instead? That way, it’s not visible to the public, but the original uploader can still access it, make changes, and resubmit for review. This would encourage compliance without discouraging contributions.
Of course, I understand that for serious violations—like inappropriate content or abuse—a full disable makes sense. But for basic guideline issues, a private status would strike a better balance between enforcement and user-friendliness.
I wholeheartedly disagree here. People should be allowed to not be 100% perfect all the time, and given a chance to fix basic issues, or at the very least, still access the profile/model they had uploaded.
Alternatively, it could be set to private and ‘locked’ as private so that the uploader can still access what was there. There is absolutely no reason to punish someone for a minor infraction.
The problem with that particular requirement is some people purposely cheat the system. I’ve seen some STLs that weren’t even printable, but were still up for download. Other people simply don’t want to use the filament and guess that everything will print fine. Then after 20 or 30 people download it and break machines (nozzle clumps) or just waste filament, the designer finally realizes they screwed up.
Neither of those two situations put the system in a good light, and only lead to people not using it.
You mean in addition to taking away all of the points, right? Otherwise they are incentivizing rule-breaking, since now there is no reason to follow any rule. Just wait until you get flagged and make the fix.
Yeah for sure, if whatever they did results in points being removed, for example having it in the exclusive program when it doesn’t meet the requirements. But I’m not talking about that sort of thing because in that specific case models are not disabled they are just removed from the exclusive program.
In my case it was a print profile for a model someone uploaded that did not have a print profile. Hundreds of people have printed it successfully and it was rated five stars so obviously there was no issue with the profile. I just never printed it myself (no pic of physical print) because it would have been a waste of filament.
I understand if they can’t be bothered to make exceptions, I’m just saying that in cases like this, the profile does not need to be completely inaccessible by the person who uploaded it. There’s no reason for that.
Back many years ago I learned how to color inside the lines.
When there are requirements that are clearly stated, you follow them if you want to participate.
It’s bizarre to be aware of the requirements, yet willfully ignore them, and then complain that the rules were followed?
Would-a, should-a, could-a. The easiest way to avoid having models removed is to follow the posting rules. Apparently the issue was no photo of the completed model which is dead trivial to comply with.
Most of the people that get tripped up by this are people posting junk who don’t want to post photos because the print isn’t like the render or some other scammy nonsense. The rule is clear and so are the reasons for it.
Yeah, they could do things like lock models so you can fix them, but if you look at it from Bambu’s POV, the people who don’t post photos of 3mf files are generally trying to scam them. Why be accommodating to people trying to rip you off and make it easier for them to try again?
You are casting your lot with the people who try to game the system. Why should Bambu facilitate that?
Disk and USB drive storage space is cheap. Why not keep your own backups so it’s easy to recreate a post?
I agree it would be nice to set things to private, not just to add leniency for those who fail to follow the rules, but because the system currently seems to be prone to false positives.
I posted details in the other thread, but my latest model had all print profiles removed overnight while it was hitting its peak in the trending feeds. The only reason given was “no real print photo included” despite the fact that I have only used real print photos.
I re-uploaded the print profiles with additional photos once I realized what had happened, but I’m now missing out on 200+ print profile downloads. Having a listing with no downloadable content for 8+ hours doesn’t help the algorithm score either.
It’s annoying that now I need to back up 100+ older print profiles just because they might get incorrectly removed.