Is there any way to ban all accounts that don't have at least a single actual printout photo proof ?
I'm just a beginner in the 3D world, but it's simply amazing and disappointing how many accounts there are without a single print. Such accounts unfortunately have thousands of likes and downloads, but in fact they only sell designs that are obviously not their own, but were collected from all over the internet and planted as their own work. It's terribly humiliating and pathetic to see such guys who upload 10/20/30 models at the same time and obviously don't even have a 3D printer because none of the uploads have an actual photo of the printed model. I simply loses the will to create something on my own when guys like that, who don't have a single print or printer, get thousands of likes and downloads, and their job is just to wander the internet and download ready-made designs.
Makers World has introduced a mandatory real picture of the printed model and in this way will reduce fakes at least a little
Is there any way that Printables do something like that or to ban all accounts which do not have at least one photo proof that they really have 3D printer and that they really do some printing ?
RE: Is there any way to ban all accounts that don't have at least a single actual printout photo proof ?
Thanks for the report. Sadly no easy options from the user side to avoid this style of accounts at the moment, but we are looking into it. As the platform grows, along with the rewards, there are always users that will try to exploit it for monetary gain. This is a bit of a cat-and-mouse situation, and there will be some phases where it's worse than usual, but we are catching and banning fake accounts like these, but sometimes it can take a couple of days. If you spot any of these, please make sure to use the report function too so that we can get some extra awareness for our team and sorry about the experience.
Tommy
Community Manager