I created two projects with the pen and uploaded them to the portal and were accepted by the system a few days ago. I searched for all the projects made only with the pen and in the whole portal there will be 50 more or less, but my two projects are not visible, I opened a ticket and the answer was:
We would like to clarify that the projects displayed in the “Pen” section are determined by MakerWorld’s system filtering algorithm. This means that not all projects of this type uploaded to MakerWorld will automatically appear in that list. The system selects a subset of projects based on factors such as upload time, verification status, and other internal criteria.
If your projects have been successfully uploaded and verified, they are still fully available on MakerWorld and can be accessed directly via their individual model pages. They may not appear in the filtered list, but this does not affect your ownership, visibility, or ability to share them.
We hope this clears up the confusion and appreciate your understanding.
I understand the filters, but the pen projects today in the entire MakerWorld portal are not even 50, but in reality it is not true because the filters do not present all the projects (only pen ones obviously) for example, to find my two projects you have to know that they exist or you will never find them by searching only among the pen projects, while others are presented, this means that I am less facilitated compared to other users.
This kind of thing is something I’m not a fan of. They do it with contests too which really reduces the value of entering. The much smaller curated lists get featured and the attention, and not the entirety of the contest entries.
Maybe extra attention to keywords used can help? Maybe not in getting into the curated lists but in helping others find your prints?
You’re absolutely right, this is proof that maybe MakerWorld isn’t what they want it to be… I replied to the ticket saying that it’s not correct, but they haven’t responded since… very bad, very bad.
Search Engine Optimization. Add more tags and junk that the algorithm thinks the unthinking masses will like, and get rid of the things that businesses hate (IP misuse, spam, combativeness)
Futurama is a trademark. That could be the reason the models don’t show up in search. IP infringements will not be shown in search results. This has been discussed before on this forum.
