Suggestions

[BaiyuGalan]

Here are some of my suggestions:

1. Resource Pinning After Approval​

I think the current pinning feature is terrible and I don’t see the point. For example, when I upload a new resource, 20 approved resources get pinned all at once within an hour. I’ve had this happen at least three times. It makes new resources hard for users to discover. I suggest only pinning resources marked Director’s Cut / High Quality.

2. Preview Image Order​

Please add support for dragging Preview images to reorder them.

3. Model Approval Requirements​

I think model approval rules should be more lenient.

• Models with Sanity Check warnings or Lacking status (e.g., missing portrait background, missing in-game screenshot—as long as the model itself is shown on the cover) should still pass review.
• Only severe warnings must be fixed.
• These small issues don’t affect map authors at all. Users just need a reminder to fix them later.

Right now, many good models are stuck in Awaiting Update and become invisible to most users (even though you can browse Awaiting Update, almost no one does). Many users ask me where I find these models.

Even classic Director’s Cut / High Quality resources had similar warnings—should they also be labeled Lacking?

Examples:

• https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/moarg-overlord.295043/
• Troll Arena
• Varimathas (More detailed)
• Illidan Stormrage

4. Ignore → Blacklist​

Please rename Ignore to Blacklist.

The current Ignore only hides message content, but you still see that the user commented. That still feels uncomfortable.

I suggest:

• Completely hide the blocked user’s messages and activity.
• Prevent blocked users from commenting on any of my resources.

5. Anti-Fraud & IP Ban​

There have been many scammers on Hive in recent years. Many model makers had to release their work publicly after being stolen. Most incidents trace to the same person.

Can you IP-ban alt accounts when a user gets permanently banned? I know VPNs can bypass this, but it’s still worth doing.

6. Rename Not Counted As Update​

Changing a resource’s title currently counts as an update and shows “Updated.” Please detect only name changes (not file changes) and do not mark it as updated.

 

[IronBladeClan]

For example, when I upload a new resource, 20 approved resources get pinned all at once within an hour. I’ve had this happen at least three times. It makes new resources hard for users to discover.

(asking as a noob who's never uploaded a resource)
Are you saying that, sometimes, 20 recently-approved resources will get pushed to the "Latest posts"/"What's new" section at once and display in the top right of the top page of the forums, and that that's happened to you at least 3 times around the time you were uploading a new resource that you were hoping would display there instead?

If that's what's going on/if that's what you mean, then I TOTALLY AGREE. This kind of thing also crowds out other new posts, since sometimes, if shortly after them being posted, there was another post in the same sub-forum such that the first post will no longer show up in the sub-forum's preview on the top page, then the "Latest posts"/"What's new" section is the only alternative way for the first post to get visibility.

 

[General Frank]

The Blacklist idea sounds horribly anti-community and just 'weaponized' bullying. It is just a very gross idea.
That ignore list should stay as it is - you protect yourself NOT prevent others from participating in the community.

On the model approval requirements I can somewhat agree, but we did not have the Sanity checker tool since 2018 or so.
If it works in-game it should be okay, but if it is horribly un-optimized it should go under hard scrutiny.

Also, any model should have the right to get pinned. No preference for high-quality only.

 

[BaiyuGalan]

Are you saying that, sometimes, 20 recently-approved resources will get pushed to the "Latest posts"/"What's new" section at once and display in the top right of the top page of the forums, and that that's happened to you at least 3 times around the time you were uploading a new resource that you were hoping would display there instead?

Yes.

The Blacklist idea sounds horribly anti-community and just 'weaponized' bullying. It is just a very gross idea.
That ignore list should stay as it is - you protect yourself NOT prevent others from participating in the community.

You’re right as well. But I still believe I need to completely block and never see that person’s messages from my perspective.

 

[IronBladeClan]

Fixing the UI so that their messages stop showing up for you is fine imo, but i think banning them from commenting on your resources altogether is pretty messed up

 

[General Frank]

Yes.

You’re right as well. But I still believe I need to completely block and never see that person’s messages from my perspective.

Use the ignore feature. You don't need to see them and I bet we both have people that ignore us and we are non the wiser or we would not care much about it.

 

[deepstrasz]

Irrational (i.e. emotional like how everyone wishes on a whim or forced as in some totalitarian countries) censorship must not be implemented anywhere. If a user breaks the rules or harasses you, there's the staff to take care of the situation within the limits of site rules and common sense. Otherwise, you'll have to learn to live with things you don't like. HIVE does not function on a social credit basis either.

As for the resource bumping, you can sort them how you want based on quality, comments, ratings etc. The front page also does something like you mentioned but that doesn't mean people should be made to see only the same few highly rated resources over and over in the resource sections. That's unfair favouritism propaganda.

 

[General Frank]

Irrational (i.e. emotional like how everyone wishes on a whim or forced as in some totalitarian countries) censorship must not be implemented anywhere. If a user breaks the rules or harasses you, there's the staff to take care of the situation within the limits of site rules and common sense. Otherwise, you'll have to learn to live with things you don't like. HIVE does not function on a social credit basis either.

As for the resource bumping, you can sort them how you want based on quality, comments, ratings etc. The front page also does something like you mentioned but that doesn't mean people should be made to see only the same few highly rated resources over and over in the resource sections. That's unfair favouritism propaganda.

-10000 Social credit for you too speak against the great leader!

 

[BaiyuGalan]

Spoiler: Demo

 

[vindorei]

I don’t know, if you two keep talking about so called social credit sounds racism, considering where poster is from.

 

[Footman16]

5. Anti-Fraud & IP Ban​

There have been many scammers on Hive in recent years. Many model makers had to release their work publicly after being stolen. Most incidents trace to the same person.

Can you IP-ban alt accounts when a user gets permanently banned? I know VPNs can bypass this, but it’s still worth doing.

I can confirm this is what already happens when they make a new account if it shares an IP with a banned or known account it is flagged and caught. However if they use a VPN then this can circumvent the automatic detection.

As for the other suggestions there may be Xenforo limitations to take into account but I can chat to @Ralle and see what's possible.