It is a hard task, sure. I am thankful Itch is choosing to take up the task instead of implementing a full NSFW ban, which would have been easier to do. But it wouldn't have been right, it would have been bad, so I'm glad NSFW can stay.
I disagree with your assessment that the new guidelines are so vague that literally anything nsfw falls under them. I think that is a bad faith reading.
The task is impossible. With the amount of users, the amount of games being put out, with AI content generation speeding all of that up, they're essentially trying to swallow the ocean here. Certainly, 25 or so people couldn't do it. This forces Itch into an untenable situation where they probably can't afford to hire enough people to do this manually. They could do it through automatic filtering of some kind, maybe, but then they need to codify the standards because automated systems can't run on vibes.
