The DANGER of boosts. What to avoid

[Johnny_Bit]

@3d-PrintCreator

Does anything about how I accumulated my points look suspicious?

That doesn’t tell the whole story nor does it tell anyone how it looks from MW’s side.

@3d-PrintCreator

The system detected that the same user boosted multiple models of yours within a short period.

They are stating that automated system detected that as an anomaly and explaining one anomaly. Most likely on the back end the system saw more anomalies and anomalous action ratios etc. CR3 tried explaining that in The DANGER of boosts. What to avoid - #21 by CR3 however the explaination wasn’t “nice” and in your state of being agitated you took it worse than it was…

@3d-PrintCreator

I, for myself can say that I never did anything wrong to get more points. There are no friends involved that boost like crazy, there are no people helping me with downloads, etc.

In your other threads you did mention having 3 other friends linking, downloading and printing your models:

@3d-PrintCreator

The only thing I can think of is just because 3 of my friends, who also have Bambu Lab printers, downloaded and printed my designs.

Which as I did mention in other thread might’ve looked suspicious and I did suggest that for IRL friends reserve IRL interactions and for virtual friends reserve virtual points.

@3d-PrintCreator

the system is broken, and sucks.

No, it isn’t. It works as it’s designed to, stopping possibly unfair point-farming. If what you say is true and you’re 100% honest with the points then you’ve got hit with a “false positive”. For example, the user I’ve mentioned here in the other post wasn’t a false positive:

@Johnny_Bit

I remember several months ago on fb or some other shitial network one user was describing situation where he and his buddy boosted each other’s models and got both accounts banned in manner of weeks. Maybe Bambu detected similar patters on your account? Or maybe some other pattern of actions on your account seemed to match other known point manipulation techniques and you’ve got hit?

That user actually went against TOS and argued about it too. You’re frustrated (understandably) but don’t go breaking ok-ish system, just because it’s flawed. File an appeal, get human to understand and then it’ll be fine or in the worst case scenario in about a week you’ll beable to redeem points that you’ve earned and will honestly earn.

JJTechPrints said it well:

@JJTechPrints

Ultimately, these are just internet points, subject to change by the platform. My advice: follow your passion. If designing brings you joy, keep going. Makerworld likely has to limit potential abuses, and while some may lose points in error, mistakes can happen on any platform.