Sony: LittleBigPlanet Level Moderation 'Continually Improving'

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Following fan complaints that LittleBigPlanet level moderation is too strict, marketing manager Mark Valledor has said that the moderation process is evolving, but stopped short of responding to specific points of contention.

"The level moderation process is something we're continually improving," said Valledor. "The small percentage of levels moderated have been done so after the community has reported them using the Good Grief tool. We never moderate levels that have not been reported in this way."

Reports of moderators deleting levels that contained no objectionable or copyright-infringing material have been consistent since the game's release in late October. Sony responded to the allegations by issuing a set of content guidelines for level creators to follow.

"The vast majority of moderated levels were due to offensive material," added Valledor. "However we are evolving the way moderation happens to ensure that creators are made aware of why their level was blocked. More to come shortly."

Valledor also noted the team is working to improve the game's online servers, as well as the search function for user-created levels.

From The Chatty
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    December 3, 2008 7:12 PM

    Bah. The blocking of fan-tributes (Which *do* fall under fair use: see, CoH lawsuit) is still the killer for me.

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      December 3, 2008 7:24 PM

      I'm not so bothered about that. I played a cool-ish Mirror's Edge tribute level, and a MGS-themed one that was pretty neat. But I say such moderation is probably a good thing overall, as I'd much rather be playing something unique and interesting. I mean, isn't that the whole point of the game at the end of the day? Forget all of the "OMGZ get all trophies in thiz lvle" levels, I think everyone should be encouraged to make the weirdest and most fantastic shit from their imagination. Some people are making some fantastic levels, and if the best some idiot can think of is to make a level full of giant penis creatures or a re-hash of some other game then they don't deserve to be playing the game in the first place IMO.

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        December 3, 2008 7:25 PM

        Everyone who bought the game deserves to be playing it, and I know I'd be much happier with it completely unmoderated, save by filters. People could tag levels as "penis monster" or whatever, and I could filter those out.

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      December 3, 2008 8:02 PM

      I saw a bunch of levels that were taken down back up there the other day.

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