Continuing the theme of "making changes and hoping no one will notice", new content guidelines dropped, and they're NOT GOOD

Things that are now prohibited:

Non-consensual content (real or implied) Underage or “barely legal” themes Incest or pseudo-incest content Bestiality or animal-related Rape, coercion, or force-related Sex trafficking implications Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”)

So yeah. My revenue sharing will continue to remain at 0 because seriously fuck that.

That's pretty deeply disappointing, even forced disclaimers would be whatever but setting basis for removing mythologies they don't like (Ancient like Greek *or* Modern like Christianity) as well as Books or games like the ones mentioned
Mouthwashing for example, pretty grim, not exactly for kids although most of it would go over their heads anyway, but without question *not* something that should be remotely restricted. Nor anything that touches upon such grim topics in a considerate way

It's trying to set precedent for coming at titles on a much broader scale, whatever they feel like, whether they're forced to again or not

Enough, this website needs to die. 

Cack handed and sloppy, for sure.  I suspect they took the request directly from the idiotic business bozos in charge of the payment processors and put it directly into policy, unedited.

Theres a fkn NSFW filter ffs. blame the parents letting the kids see the games, stop punishing everyone else man. gay ass company

Well it was predictable. It's the Tumblr thing again.

Since the goal is to ban NSFW content, LGBT content and anything Collective Shout disagree with, i can say that it's only the start.

Yep. No future on itch.io for damn sure. Every bondage game I know is going to get banned. 

love that the fact when movies use such themes ( such as  assault or sexual violence ) no one bats an eye but when an indie game dev tries to spread awareness on such topic, All of a sudden everyone  think  is it as something vile and disgusting , talk about double standard bruh 

Call Payment processors and take as much time as possible (This is the solution).

The reason phone call complaints are effective with these payment processor companies is because it takes up valuable time that the company could be otherwise dealing with other issues.  Phone support is expensive and slow, which makes it an ideal pressure point  A large public outcry is what causes companies to pay attention and consider backtracking.

Make a script about why this is bad (payment processor companies shouldn't be censoring legal material because they personally think it's immoral and it's an attack on free speech - you can ask AI to create a script for you if you don't have to time to write a long message) then call VISA/MasterCard/STRIPE/Paypal, you'll be on hold for a while because everyone is calling, and say you'd like to lodge a complaint.  Then when they ask what this is in regards to, just start reading your script.  The longer the better since that's the point.  We essentially have to keep this up for the next few weeks if we want something to happen.  We don’t need to be aggressive - just persistent. Keep the pressure on and call every few days, or every day if you care about this issue.

The following link has all the contact information you need to call them:

https://10kphonecalls.com/

Service reps will now try to quickly escort you to "e-mailing" instead once they realize you're complaining about itch and Steam's recent censorship - try to just keep them on the line.  In one call when they attempted to do this, I simply asked, "Are phone call complaints reported to your company or not?" and they just kept repeating "You must e-mail _________" - I was like, "You're not answering my questions, do you report them or not?" and eventually they transferred me to a supervisor who was really awesome to talk to and spent a long time talking to me..  Asking them about why companies are attempting to ban legal content is also a good question that they can't answer but will keep them on the line for a while.

let's be realistic. imagine for a moment that itch just told Visa and Mastercard "up yours! we're keeping the porn". it would probably have been an existential decision. they could potentially lose nearly all of their income instantly, and their decision would be made at the expense of the entire platform, instead of just the sizable chunk it affects now.

itch has been supporting and hosting an enormous number of NSFW games and media for years, and has been one of the strongest and most respectable platforms for selling that type of content. i think it's unfair to hold them accountable for decisions made by forces much, much greater than them.

creators are the ultimate victim here. but itch's hands are likely tied. if they really just hated NSFW content and wanted it off the platform, they would have disallowed it a long time ago.

please direct your frustration to the source of the problem, Collective Shout, Visa and MasterCard.

I find it somewhat ironic that a censorship push originated by a Christian group apparently would result in the Bible not being allowed on this platform.

Or, if the Bible would be allowed to be hosted on Itch under these new guidelines, then they definitely need clarification on how the Bible threads that needle so that everyone else can avoid both putting in hundreds of hours into a project just to get banned as well as unnecessarily censoring themselves for inclusion on Itch.