Shadow banned? Censored? Something's weird..

[ArtiX]

So, how do i explain this without you drawing the wrong conclusions from it?

I'll just start with the essentials.

If you've ever uploaded something to the Steam Workshop, you probably noticed the statistics tab. (top right corner when you open your item's page)
There are 2 windows with graphs, the first shows the cumulative subscriber count, the latter shows subscribers, visitors and ratings on a daily basis.

Usually you see both of them. Recently i noticed that on some items of mine the second stat doesn't appear any more, with other recent items it only appears after a few days.
My items also, the ones that have no second stat shown, do not appear in the popular tab or any other listing, except for the recent items tab (i'm referencing to the PlanCo Workshop)
Once the stat appears they appear in the popular tab, though after a week or a few days after upload it will only be shown in the lower pages.

This brings me to the assumption that i'm somehow shadow banned or somethin like that, i don't really get it, but i have a suspicion:

I think either some algorithm or some weird people flagged my uploads because of the Gozer. Maybe, because of the pale pink outfit she appears naked to some who just glance over?
I'm a little annoyed, but if Gozer really is the culprit that would be really funny and ironic.

Either way, i'm confused. Anyone who might have some answers? I can't find a way to contact Steam support regarding this and i have zero indications on rep or whether any of the items is 'censored' or not, other than seeing those indicators i pointed out (popular listing & statistics)




PS:
I use Gozer for size reference, she's as tall as the Archer.

Anyhow, this thread might turn into an interesting discussion.

 

[Wagi]

Interesting to see what answers there are...if any.

Based on the off-color names and subject matters of blueprints uploaded to the Workshop, I'd be hard-pressed to think it was because of the Gozer, but stranger things happen... Anyways, hope someone has an answer for you!

 

[ArtiX]

Interesting to see what answers there are...if any.

Based on the off-color names and subject matters of blueprints uploaded to the Workshop, I'd be hard-pressed to think it was because of the Gozer, but stranger things happen... Anyways, hope someone has an answer for you!

I hope so, too. Maybe someone else has a similar issue. After all, it could also be that the Steam Workshop server is just really slow recently.
On my last item, the trash bin, the second stat appeared after a few hours. However, i checked some of the others and mainly it's the more recent Decals
where it still doesn't appear. It's the ones (when you look over my Workshop) with Gozer in Close-up.
However, i find it odd, how Steam doesn't even give you a notice or anything.

In any case, my personal little hotfix will be to part ways with the wonderful Miss Gozer and use a different motif.

 

[Delgus]

I think it's simply a matter of how buggy the Steam workshop is. Personally I've had the statistics not showing properly on a few occasions and I dont think it would be related to a shadow ban. For example, there are still bugs when you want to automatically sort out your collections, and steam hasn't come around to fix that for a year now.

I wouldn't stress over being shadow banned if your other items are showing statistics properly, it's probably a case of bugs.

 

[ArtiX]

I think it's simply a matter of how buggy the Steam workshop is. Personally I've had the statistics not showing properly on a few occasions and I dont think it would be related to a shadow ban. For example, there are still bugs when you want to automatically sort out your collections, and steam hasn't come around to fix that for a year now.

I wouldn't stress over being shadow banned if your other items are showing statistics properly, it's probably a case of bugs.

Yeah, you might be right, however, there's two items that are older than 4 months and they still don't show correctly.
In any case, i'll just pick a different motive and no more Archers or Gozers.
Speaking of which, you have a great design approach with your Workshop Thumbnails, i like the color Schemes.

 

[Delgus]

Yeah, you might be right, however, there's two items that are older than 4 months and they still don't show correctly.
In any case, i'll just pick a different motive and no more Archers or Gozers.
Speaking of which, you have a great design approach with your Workshop Thumbnails, i like the color Schemes.

Thanks! I try to keep it a bit clean hehe

 

[lilibat]

Maybe it's because Gozer is a licensed character?