Comment by leonardteo | Hacker News Reader

Comment by leonardteo | Hacker News Reader

I feel you...

We had similar issues with the Google Play store for the ArtStation App (https://magazine.artstation.com/2018/12/happened-artstation-...), it simply got taken down and appealing continually got rejected. It was only after the issue got picked up as the top story on Hacker News and other sites that exposed the dysfunctional nature of their moderation that finally Google subtly changed their policy so that if the content is primarily “artistic” it’s allowed, but the catch is that only they deem what is appropriate and not...

We recently updated our Chrome extension also and it just seems to me that not a whole lot of effort is going into the Chrome Web Store, at least on the developer side where you update the extensions.

As a web developer, i am tired of JavaScript and whole web ecosystem and want try desktop or mobile apps. But then I read stuff like this and just cannot imagine building a business where AI or one single outsourced moderator can upend my business.

I hate regulations but I am of opnion that if you are a platform that other people use to make living then you should be regulated. Don't be platform of you cannot provide processes to handle appeals or able to pay massive damages in case of false positives.

For now, I will stick with webdev.

Oh I knew Apple applied the prude-policy to their store. I did not realize Google did too. Interesting.

Yet for some reason does not flag the Reddit, Instagram, and Twitch app with similar or worse content. I wonder if their algorithm has special exceptions built in to ignore apps specifically by name or by "downloads > X".

That's kinda NSFW.....might be helpful next time if you indicated it as such.

Really?? Feels like I'm living in 17th century New England here.

I can confirm it's NSF(my)W in 21st century Old England.

There are no shortage of workplaces where viewing nudity in your web browser isn’t considered professional. That’s...probably 99% of U.S. companies.

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