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More Transparency towards Post Approval/Removal

Hello! I have had previously accepted posts be removed for editing a typo, as well as many high quality, well thought out posts not accepted. It is very frustrating as there is generally no reason given. I have signed up with a microsoft email and enabled notifications, so I should be recieving an email, however, I have not recieved a single one thusfar. This can be very frustrating as suggestors will not know what they are doing wrong (My posts have continuously followed guidelines, triple checked), and yet have been removed. 

In addition, it is not always clear what is "acceptable" and what isn't. The threshold is 3-4 small images, but there is no definition of what a "small" image would be, which adds to confusion. Furthermore, are 1-2 "big" images allowed? Why is it that longer posts are less likely to be approved despite being more thought out? Doesn't this encourage lower quality posts?

I appreciate how hard you guys are working to keep this feedback site running, however, it does sometimes feel like the way it is moderated encourages shallow suggestions that do not affect the game outside of surface level changes.

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    The moderators need to seriously consider this post, it's ridiculous.

    I made a post making sure to follow the guidelines, and there were no posts that came up that were about the same topic—which is surprising bc I thought tons of ppl would of already posted the same thing— I even made sure not to user any pictures or links–and my post was about color palettes, so not using pictures was really difficult– and I spent an hour drafting and redrafting it making sure it was well-thought out, but despite all that it was not even approved for others to see. 

    It's really discouraging I wish the mods would at least say what was wrong, so so many people expressed the same frustrations about the feedback site, it's infamous for this.

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    Registered User commented
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    I agree.

    And I would like a place on this site where you can see your disapproved posts. It feels so off when the post that you have just been working on simply disappears.

  • 13
    Registered User commented
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    I agree, and this has also happened to me recently! 

    And I'm suddenly unable to post feedback...

    Which is unfair, considering that I was not informed that they removed my posts...

  • 11
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    In addition, it needs to be easier to find feedback related to yours...

    I had several posts removed today, because I was not aware of several similar posts (And I checked- or at least, I thought I did... Which is my point; I checked for similar posts, and I couldn't find the ones that were similar...)

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    You are lucky your post even got approved, what with SEVERAL similar complaint posts out there. But I see you have much more explanation about what exactly annoys you, like the long post removal thing. I 100% agree that the site needs a pending approval revamp. I've posted a well suggested post with 0 posts out there with the same idea, and it's "pending approval"...

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    Agree.

    And it is not only about new posts, it is also about comments.

    They say: Dont make a new post, comment to a similar post!

    Me: *trying to do so, thinking about a good, constructive comment that sticks to the topic and gives further suggestions*

    Mojang: "Well yes, but actually no!"

    None of my comments get even approved, and nobody tells me why. And this obviously also happens to others all the time :(

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    I keep trying and following the posting guidelines. Sometimes I can tell myself why the feedback wasn't approved but sometimes, like today when I posted a comment under the snapshot 5 article, it followed all the guidelines. It wasn't a duplicate comment. But my feedback wasn't approved (or was removed because I saw someone refer to a comment with contents only mine had as far as I'm aware). And I have no clue why. I wish they'd give us a notification, some indicator of what we're doing wrong. It's way too frustrating.

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    Firstly, some posts can be controversial, especially when it comes to previously considered suggestions or potentially inappropriate content. Secondly, a major overhaul in gameplay is a lot of work for the developers, so naturally, people are discouraged from making posts that have significant effects on gameplay.

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    Ideally, I think the entire post approval system that holds certain posts automatically detect as 'pending approval' should be gutted, or at least a reason for removal provided. It's frustrating, borderline censorship, and prevents people from finding relevant previously submitted feedback.

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    Seriously! I posted a feedback on something that i have not seen anyone post about before (Trim enchantments) but somehow it got deleted too. No clue what guideline it broke but not any that are mentioned on the guidelines page.

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    With all the money Microsoft is making by all those microtransactions from Minecraft Bedrock Edition (since most of the revenue ain't going to the creators), they could totally hire new moderators and speed up the approval times

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    mojang seem to only listen to big known youtuber and ignore and delete normal people feedback. this is called censorship and can make massive backlash