In r/games, creators are reacting to Nintendo deleting Super Mario Maker levels for violating advertisement rules, where creator tags and hashtags are treated as marketing, raising concerns about moderation and creator expression.
>Several well-known creators, including DGR, PangaeaPanga, and Ryukahr, have reported being contacted by Nintendo with the news that the levels they created have been deleted due to "advertisement rules."
The issue appears to be that tags such as #DGR and #TeamShell are apparently classified as marketing.
and here I thought before reading the article that it may have been hashtags that could have been considered inappropriate but nope its just Nintendo being Nintendo as usual.
John Linneman of Digital Foundry was affected by this earlier today. The rule apparently applies to usernames too.
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