I appreciate that Epic is looking into the issue and it “needs triage”, however creators have been screaming about this for months on this forum and Epic has been mostly silent on the issue. Creators have shown example after example. It got so bad that the spammers were even mocking the system in plain view on this forum. Two different posts have discussed this issue in depth. My last count on these two posts Epic replied 3 times.
This is a two way street. Epic you need the creators as much as we need you. Your constant non-communication on large issues is really unacceptable.
Epic has chosen to highlight certain maps forever and give them non-stop exposure for 3+ years. You have made a business decision that you feel is good for the the long term stability of the community. I get that, I do. I am not sure I agree with it, but you have your reasons. But, allowing this spam map issue to go on unchecked for months and finally now say “hey yeah we might have a problem” is really shortsighted. This should have been fixed permanently last year, either with programming or the ban hammer. If you don’t have the technical ability to fix it, start banning creators and the issue solves itself.
This community has offered countless suggestions and you ignore us and those suggestions. The top 250 creators get a relationship manager to help them. The bottom 99.9% get nothing. How about selecting 15 or so good quality creators that have been around a while that have had marginal success, but are creating high quality maps and start listening to them in a group setting once a month or so. The community has a broad group of backgrounds. You can draw from the experiences of some of those people. I myself have been programming in the business world for 30+ years and have been a gamer my entire life and entered the UEFN space at launch. My UEFN partner is a 30+ year graphic designer with broad business experiences. There are many other creators in this space that have diverse backgrounds that have a lot to offer. But you have to be willing to listen to us.
This post has 190+ comments and 170+ votes. Epic replied in October about a fix they were putting in place, that marginally improved the issue. Since then nothing.
This post has 50+ comments and 100+ votes, Epic has never replied to this post.