I dont think thats the case either, entirely free games are also unlisted along with games that require payment, games that have optional and games that have payment options. All of them are unlisted unless you have a direct link.
I think its a bit messier than we think, because there's like 10 games shown for me under Adult, where I know there should be waaaaay more that arent necessarily NSFW
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I think you're confused.
I'm listing games that are unlisted from the tages/search with different payment types.
No games so far seems to have been completely removed from what I can see.
Eternum and Once in a Lifetime both have incest themes (step-sister but whatever) and are still available directly, but also search unlisted
House Chores by Siren checkmate (this has happened to other games also, it seems that if the theme is very on its face u get deleted) LockDown Dom by Down Bad Smut Games this game also
Im not misunderstanding the thread, my point is that the targeted deletion of incest games is likely related to the algorithm shutdown, likely to follow in line with the UK law or visa mastercard. It is related to whats happening to the adult games i have no idea why u are having a hard time processing that.
You're diverging from the subject of "why are adult games unlisted" to talk about incest themed games being deleted.
Both are moderation sure, but they're not the cause for one-another. The point was your original post talked about how it had to do with direct payments, to which I listed games being unlisted regardless of.
You're holding separate conversations and probably mixing them up.
I admit that it wasnt direct payments u got me there but i want you to hear this theory and tell me whats wrong.
1. Itch is told by either the UK law or Visa Mastercard to moderate the explicit content on its platform
2. To do this they shadow ban adult games from the algorithm to have admins look over the content of the games
3. If the games has very on the face incest themes it gets deleted because that is the content the law or visa mastercard is worried about (note I saw people complain about incest games being renamed on steam so its not just itch)
4. When they have scrubbed all the explicitly incestous games, the shadowban is lifted