Hash tagging

It helps sort out by specific hashtags if you search the gallery using hashtags rather than username or the name of the creation. I tag my creations #nocc so that if players want a creation with no cc, search that it’ll pop up along with other creations tagged* with it as well. It just makes the searching process more easier and specific
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What's the purpose of EA/Maxis making it so that you have to use # to search for a word instead of just having a searchable description field like a normal database? It seems like having to add a #hashtag just takes up extra characters.

@CrystalAbyss1 i’ll have to use the no cc sometime, but I know if you do use cc it won’t show in the gallery unless the person searching checks the cc box. And @greenXen, I agree; hash tagging creations with tags like “seasons” “gettowork” is redundant and you are going through thousands of creations, even if a creation has only one of those package items it’s going to be tagged with such. If I’m look for something specific like a “cabin” then I tend search that.

I for one do not like to have certain hashtags. As I am offended by the #stop stealing. It makes me feel like I am being accused and I have not done anything so basically anything in the gallery with that hashtag I do not put it in my game sort of like the NIKE thing going on now. Hey I am older I find those kinds of things offensive. Now if the hashtags are helpful then yes, they can be used to search quicker. But the ones that are not descriptive are to me just offensive. The gallery is for sharing not making accusations that you are stealing. It all belongs to EA anyway. Other times when I do download from the gallery I go in and favorite all the creators items, and look for their creations when I need something in my game. Hastags that do not inform to me are just useless.
I do not use the hashtag when searching very much.

"greenXen;c-16719551" wrote:
What's the purpose of EA/Maxis making it so that you have to use # to search for a word instead of just having a searchable description field like a normal database? It seems like having to add a #hashtag just takes up extra characters.

A searchable description field would be inefficient. There could be dozens of words in a description that aren't actually good for identifying a lot. The hashtags allow people to choose which words in their descriptions are searchable and also allow people to search them.

@jimmysnan I hear you. Like I said above I like to search as well without hash tags and I’m not a thief either. I prefer when people leave a description of how many rooms/bath and what the design is, like I usually do myself. I just thought hash tags somehow help with having your creation seen, because since the new patch it seems like new creators or not popular creators get their work thrown to the side almost unnoticed while popular creators get all the glory...and I think there are some very talent non-popular creators that should get noticed.

"JC1979;c-16719613" wrote:
@jimmysnan I hear you. Like I said above I like to search as well without hash tags and I’m not a thief either. I prefer when people leave a description of how many rooms/bath and what the design is, like I usually do myself. I just thought hash tags somehow help with having your creation seen, because since the new patch it seems like new creators or not popular creators get the work thrown to the side while popular creators get all the glory...and I think there are some very talent non-popular creators that should get noticed.

I am going to go in and favorite all your items. I had a post on this hashtag thing once before it was taken down, and in that there were some comments that some simmers that get a lot of popularity (not all mind you) that there is some sort of cheat that racks up the points for them. I would hope this is not the case. But when I read that in the post I was shocked and then thought why not? could be true.

I tried to go in a favorite all your creations but the gallery must still be down as I get nothing showing when I use your JC1979 It would be great if we could have a post calling all non-popular creators to put in their information and maybe a pic of their favorite creation. I may just do that. What do you think? Another place to showcase their work. Maybe it would get others to notice. Or get others to mention the not so popular talented creators and the link to their work.

Well my username is different from this one...it’s under solenegirl.

"JC1979;c-16719623" wrote:
Well my username is different from this one...it’s under solenegirl.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/926932/attention-gallery-download-cheating-is-real
That is the discussion I was talking about. I am appalled.