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this exact issue was the initial reason i stopped posting to instagram. i only went back for artists i follow that dont have newgrounds or furaffinity. isn't it fucking disturbing that social media is the main way most people keep up with their friends and the world and yet the companies that own them have done nothing to improve their moderation?? they'd rather put their efforts into making the platform itself worse
like i get it, people will always be mean on the internet, the only thing you can do about it is to ignore it. but when there are systems put in place to punish the people who DO act mean, but those systems dont work, you have to admit its fucking frustrating! we shouldnt have to tolerate bullying and bigotry running rampant bc IG's bots are fucking broken
I've seen some people speculate about Special Sauce. Here's what the source code says.
In short: Each site is assigned a score from 0-100. "Special Sauce" lists sites by descending score. Followers, views, likes, profile comments, and being featured all factor into the initial score. In addition, penalties are applied for brand new sites, being blocked a lot, and extremely high API calls. Finally, scores decrease over time since the last site update.
As a new user who joined after this roll out it feels a little weird to see this grading system when I came here to just browse and organically find fun sites.
well, the idea is to have a more holistic front page than just most followers or most views. but you can always set it to random to get true variety! try not to worry about page rankings so much. it's healthier that way.
its still very very VERY much a work in progress and VERY early in development so god knows how long its gonna be til im done with it but hey, good things come to those who wait yeah?
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so the site is really clean and modern, very very much focused on the social aspects a lot more than other OC storage sites. its honestly more like an art-based social media with character storage as just one aspect of that. if youre looking to roleplay or socialize, this isnt a big deal, but if you only want character storage, the website can be pretty overwhelming to use with the amount of events and general stuff-
-plastered all over your screen. i uploaded a few characters from Roadkill for starters, and the profiles are heavily customizable with lots of detail, most of which is optional. it uses BBCode for larger textboxes but i dont believe you can use full-on HTML like on Toyhouse, so the amount of customization is definitely welcome. there ARE some features that are paywalled, but most of them are things the average user-
-doesnt need, as in the website isnt unusable if you dont pay. you do get pop-ups advertising the premium subscription which is a little annoying but hey, im pretty sure theyre a smaller team, so let them make that bag. you have limited space for uploading images directly to profiles but it seems to be a pretty decent amount and you can get more with premium. so you'll want only the most important stuff,-
-like ref sheets, important context, etc and you also cant add multiple characters to one image like on toyhouse. they make up for this though with the social feed, where you can upload as many images as you want in posts without them taking up your storage space, and you can tag multiple characters on your posts, which will then show up on their profile. i think this is a pretty good way to get around the limited-
-storage while also giving more of an incentive to post and interact with the community. since these posts, again, use BBCode, you can also tag your characters in text-only posts, great for RP prompts and short stories, which are all good for getting people invested in your OCs. there's even a separate section of the site where people can directly send you fanart and fanfiction of your OCs and an on-site marketplace.
from my browsing i believe there are also groups and chatrooms, a live roleplay chat, and the home page of the website acts as your main feed. its a little confusing and overwhelming at first, but not a bad site if you're looking for something more social.