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Hello worlds,

๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ’ž ๐Ÿ We're still working hard in delivering the best we can for Similar Worlds.
Here's what's new since my last post.

[b]- Hearts[/b]
You can finally Heart posts and comments.
Make sure you show how much you like what other people are saying, but don't forget to comment too :)
We will soon activate the notifications for the hearts (Hearts will not send emails).

[b]- Privacy Settings[/b]
There are a few Privacy Settings that you can find in your Account Settings:
- Can logged out users view your profile?
- Can users view your Friends list?
- Can users view your Latest Replies on your profile?

We will be adding more settings as the time goes on, so keep an eye on them!

[b]- Adult Contents[/b]
This is where we've been mainly busy in the past few days. Andrew is doing a very good job on this matter and we're still working every day in improving our Adult filters.
Even though you may see some Adult posts from time to time, please trust me here that we are already filtering 80%-90% of the adult contents.
We are not done yet, so we hope that in a few days there will be ZERO adult contents being shown to people who don't expect any.

In addition, we've added a few warnings on posts and profiles that we believe have adult contents, so that if you ever head in those pages, you can decide if you want to stay or leave that page straight away.

[b]- Performance[/b]
Another area we are constantly working is in improving the performance of the site.
As our member base and the contents are growing, there are some technical things that need to be improved sometimes.


Thank you for your support and we hope you stay with us.

We are constantly listening to your suggestions, so please keep giving them to us, as they are very important to the future of Similar Worlds.

Very kind regards,
Nuno
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Hi Gentle ... thank you for listening to me ... the seed has been placed ... I see no benefit from automated moderation (i.e.-EP)

As much as is seems that I like moderation ... I am not a fan ... rather, I object to it, in most it's forms ... for a different reason, than you might think.

The Wall Street Journal highlighted an in-depth analysis performed for investors in IPOs of social media sites.

The analysis determined the #1 cause for a social site to fail, was moderation.

They noted the odd paradigm with unmoderated anynomous sites. That the wild wrst of those sites, seemed to drive people away, but actually thrived ... with an identifiable 100% correlation that the moment a site starts earnst moderation it never rises higher, and starts a downward path..... they predicted EPs demise long ago.

The investment community's conclusion was, moderation at the site level, in any way, which places the burden to officiate disputes with an uncompensated group ... who make value judgements inconsistent with the community ... offending everybody and doing no good whatsoever ... destroys the spirit, then the popularity.

The article noted that moderation on each site was induced by features and lack of features programmatically related ... not the people.

The article recommended moderation be performed at the site of the infraction ... in your situation, by long-form story authors.

I would like to see you guys make the big money ... you are doing the work.

Appreciate the consideration.

Would not have taken the time, unless I thought highly of your work ... and the potential.

Happy to discuss further.

With aporeciation for your progresd

With encouragement for your boundless pursuit.

Kind regards