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ScottB9
New Scout
6 days ago

Gallery Sim disappeared

Earlier today my Sim peaked at 3,235 downloads and should be showing in the third from the top row of the Popular Now sort, but has suddenly disappeared from view, when it would be getting peak additional downloads. This is very disappointing as I've never had a Sim get so much traction before and now I'm missing out on downloads. The Sim is still showing in my shared content, but I can't get him to show up by any other type of gallery search.

Here is the link to the Sim in the online gallery

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/B22F733F440A4DD7950EF1C0AA751246

 

6 Replies

  • Hi ScottB9​ 

    He shoes fine for me if I check your gallery. It's possible that the Sim was reported though. Not sure if that makes him disappear from popular now.

    Can you find him in your own gallery ?

  • ScottB9's avatar
    ScottB9
    New Scout
    5 days ago

    If I look at my own gallery or use the direct link I can see him, but if I just go to the gallery he's not showing up anywhere and downloads stopped abruptly after getting more than 700 in the day prior.

    I thought it was too paranoid to type, but I wondered if someone reported my Sim (there's nothing bad about it) to get rid of it as t was the only non-white Sim nearing the top of the Popular Now sort. Is there any way to check to see if the Sim was reported to hide it from everyone? And if so, is there any consequence for the user that did it?

    My last very popular Sim (also non-White) stopped getting downloads abruptly and froze in time as well and I think the same thing happened, where all my other gallery uplooads occasionally get additional downloads and favorites. Here is the link to that Sim...

    https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/2202B7C728744769BB14E7CFB7457726

  • ScottB9's avatar
    ScottB9
    New Scout
    5 days ago

    PS I don't know if it's related but after this was posted three very mean comments were left by other users. I deleted the comments which I regret now, but at the time I was just sort of shocked. They didn't seem to rise to level of reportable but weren't nice, things like "I hate this Sim so much, you should never try to create anything esle again, etc. "

    I don't know if it's possible to see the deleted comments, but I suspect a connection....

    https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/99497FE75AAA4FA2B048578FA49ABE1B

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    5 days ago

    It's one possibility but I'm unsure if that hides it from the popular now or not. It usually hides Sims if you have hide reported content ticked in the options but if you can see them otherwise, that's not the problem.

  • ScottB9's avatar
    ScottB9
    New Scout
    5 days ago

    I checked my Game Options and do not have the hide reported content option checked, so this may not be the issue, but it's certainly puzzling to go from hundreds of downloads in a 12 hour period to a state of complete invisibility. 

    Using the direct link I added to the original post, or sorting using my own user ID within my own account is the only I can find the Sim now. If I go directly to the gallery and search I see my other content, but my two most popular Sims are obscured some how. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    5 days ago

    Yeah not sure what's going on. As said, I don't know which filters are affected if something gets reported. Since you can still find it, it's not your local settings + i also didn't see it in the popular now one.

    Maybe someone else has more experience with this.