Post by redonihunter in Indexing time

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If one reads the comments and observes fresh games on the index, the conclusion is, that the typical waiting time is around 7 days to 30+ days. Sometimes longer. This is speculation, but it might vary with staff availabilty and maybe they do things in bulk. So anytime a flu wave strikes or any other thing that might occupy staff attention, the waiting time might rise.

There could be a running average of the indexing time by community comparision. But that waiting time is said to not be first in first out, so the results would be very inaccurate.

While indexing is meant to bring a little bit of quality standard, in my opinion, the most important aspect is trying to catch bad actors. Be it yet another crypto scam, shovelware, spam and of course malware. I have seen a lot of malware here. And, sadly, hacked accounts.

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Hummrew191 days ago(+1)

Very interesting remark about the influence of significant events in the world on the indexing time, it really makes you think. You immediately understood that I am not looking for specific numbers, I understand everything perfectly well and do not blame anyone for anything, everyone does their job and everything has its time. Nevertheless, you have given me much more information on this subject, so I am already glad that I decided to create this post.

Thank you for your attention to my thoughts! It means a lot to me.

I understand what a dangerous place the internet can be, it is really very sad, but I am definitely not a scammer, honestly. I am the simplest and most ordinary little developer without an audience, trying with all my might to figure out how to get at least someone to play my game.

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redonihunter191 days ago(+1)

I think the faqs are simply outdated or describe the situation as it would be, without whatever troubles piled up over the last year. I experienced such scenarios first hand, where each little needle sting would not matter, but all together they result in a pile up and basically a traffic jam that additionally creates work. That is why I am criticising the lack of warning messages at the right places. I believe it creates additional work, making everythign even worse. Some of the needle stings would include: tax season, sickness wave, several ddos attacks on Itch and of course, scammers doing bad things.

The last bit is very real and creates a megaton of work that we all do not see. I only see the things that Itch staff and automatics did not catch and that is still a lot. The scammers are adapting quickly and from their patterns it hints that Itch managed to greatly improve on one thing. Unfortunately that thing has as a side effect a lot of quarantines and of course longer waiting times for indexing and more games not being indexed.

I am definitely not a scammer

That's what a scammer would say ;-)

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Hummrew191 days ago (2 edits)

If only it were just a joke on your part. But alas, we live in a world where even an overly concerned user who participates in such discussions with good intentions can easily turn out to be a double agent ;-)

You are absolutely right about everything. This is a much deeper topic for discussion than I first thought. That is why I agree to wait as long as it takes, no matter how hard it is for me. I really understand that it is not the developer who is in a difficult situation, one of thousands of the same, because each of them wanted such a difficult situation for themselves. This is my choice, my path. I understand very well that those who have to bear this pressure of thousands of persons like me should be thanked, and I thank them. This platform is a great opportunity for me and my game, and I have not found a better option yet.

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