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NSFW games showing up in "Related Games" even if logged out

A topic by Minoh Workshop created Oct 04, 2021 Views: 397 Replies: 2
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This is something I raised in the Itch Discord server but I'll put it here as a reminder.

So, if an user is either logged out or has adult content disabled then they shouldn't see NSFW games on Itch, that's what one would expect. And, for the most part, things do work like that without an issue.

Recently I found an issue: if you go to a game's Related Games section (here's Deltarune's as an example) while logged out you'll be shown a collection of games — even the NSFW ones. I haven't checked this with an account with adult content disabled but, even if that's working, the issue I raised requires attention.

Speaking as a game dev working on adult content, I don't like the idea of children coming here looking for games like Deltarune and then being exposed to/recommended multiple adult games. I don't think this is right and it cannot go well.

Moderator

Good catch! It's probably an oversight: itch.io is a big system and things like that slip through the cracks. Thanks for pointing it out!

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Thanks for the report, this is fixed now. It only happened on a small set of projects that had a specific backend flag set.