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Same game repeatedly #1 in Latest multiple times per day for last 7-9 days

A topic by Tabby Cat Blue created 28 days ago Views: 238 Replies: 5

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Hi, one game seems to be spamming the Latest tab for physical games. For the last week, this game, The Infinite Digital Circuit TTRPG has constantly been back in the top 1-10 games. I check the tab multiple times a day (when I get bored). It's the main way I find new ttrpgs. The game moves down to maybe 10th most recent, then is back in the first slot in the page. It's a small annoyance that one developer seems to be gaming things, but I'm concerned that if one person gets away with it, others will and the Latest pages will become a wasteland of the same games. Is this a bug? This also feels really weird, when I see several posts here saying they can't get their games to show up on the Latest tab at all.

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cartergray3332328 days ago

That doesn't seem normal. If it's repeatedly returning to the top without a real update, it may be a bug or something worth investigating. I'd report it so the team can check before it starts affecting discovery for everyone.

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Irog28 days ago

Indeed, a game constantly straying in the top 10 "latest" is very suspicious.

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Pivot:)DTIMAL27 days ago (3 edits) (+1)

Greetings, I'm DTIMAL, the developer of The Infinite Digital Circuit TTRPG. I saw the discussion and understand the concern. I recently found out a unconventional method with specific parameters to keep putting my project to appeared in the Latest/Recent tab and was testing it this past week if it is truly a bug/glitch but also because, as a new greenhorn developer with no connections, stagnant on any growth, and no other options to gain attention. I know getting visibility is difficult with this discovery algorithm and because of that I was getting a bit trigger happy with this method. I have not shared this method for manipulating visibility to any other developer or on the Internet and I plan to keep it that way and stop doing this method so frequently. However since it may affect discovery for other developers, I already let The Itch Team know and they should determine whether this is intended behavior or a bug/glitch. - Thank you for all the concern, It was valid and understandable and if I was in the other side, I would have been the same -DTIMAL

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Tabby Cat Blue27 days ago

Not sure you really think it is valid or understandable, DTIMAL, as I see your game is back in the top 10 Latest physical games again as I am type this.

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Pivot:)DTIMAL27 days ago (3 edits)

That's fair and I'm sorry. I understand why it looks contradictory. After posting my reply, I reported the behavior privately to Itch because I think they should determine whether it's intended or not.

In the previous message I basically said I will try to avoid relying on it but will occasionally use it as I said "not so frequently" and as a small struggling Creator I need all the visibility I can get.

However with the backlash from you with accusations and antagonistic intent and potentially consumers and many other developers I will stop.

If they determine it's unintended therefore wrong to keep doing, I'll respect whatever decision they make and won't do it for other games I will create or develop in the future.

Until then, I'd prefer to let the Itch team investigate and make the final determination.

I appreciate you and others bringing up the concern. I understand why it raised questions, and I hope the team can clarify whether this behavior is intended or not.

-DTIMAL

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