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Update to community rules in content creator quality guidelines(Suggestion to combat imageless post mass)

A topic by Purplecade created Aug 03, 2023 Views: 197 Replies: 2
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So I’ve been noticing a lot of posts with images lately and I’m gonna be honest the itch.io moderators have as well

I know it’s a bit of a low priority compared to other things, but I have a suggestion

What if we updated the content creator quality guidelines(you know, that document that reads out some of the guidelines and stuff)

The “community” section in that says that if you want to share a project, use the release announcements, and not to advertise your project in other communities.

However, I did not notice anything in that document that states you must include images in posts. It only says to do so in the community rules when posting a topic.

With this in mind, I feel unclear communication regarding this is the main problem. I believe that clarifying this in the content creator quality guidelines document in the “community” section should help in regards to the community, because honestly, the moderators have a lot better stuff to do then warn people for posts with no images in mass. 

This simple update with this clarification would take a lot of time of the moderators and admins loads in itch.io as a whole. 

I know it’s probably a low priority compared to other things like I said, but I am proposing this suggestion because it seems like the smart thing to do considering imageless posts are turning up more and more, especially lately

If the admins at itch.io don’t implement this suggestion, then that’s fine, I’m just providing a suggestion that has no obligation of being included, but can be if wanted.

Moderator

I don't understand what you mean. If you're referring to the guidelines for Release Announcements, those are 1) specific to that category and 2) quality guidelines. The point is that creators should put an effort into their posts. If they can make a good-looking, informative announcement without images, more power to them. And there are many projects where it makes sense, for example some people publish music or text-based games. It's more that a lot of people make low-effort posts that don't say anything about their project.

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Ah, ok. I was just trying to provide an idea on how to respond to it since I know it would probably take a lot off time of your hands. You make a good argument though, if this is actually implemented then text only games and music would count as exceptions, and high effort posts would also be considered as an exception

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