Developer Update - 1 December 2022

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@ThatGuy

I heard that the trust ranks were scaled down in scope in the early days because some of the “veteran” or “legendary” folks were a little toxic. Likely, because they considered themselves superior to the lower user ranks based on the exclusivity of their title.

This isn’t correct. Those were removed before Trust Ranks even launched because they were redundant and offered no functionality.

@ThatGuy

Have there been concerns that public facing exclusive invite only groups might bring back the old attitudes among some of the newer enthusiast/hardcore VRChat users?

No more than a Discord server, Twitter circle, MMO guild/clan/corp, or private party might.

@ThatGuy

Also, is there a moderation process in place to ensure that there are no groups designed for the purposes of hate, discrimination, and/or harassment?

Yes, it’s essentially identical to the Community Guidelines as it applies to individuals.

@Nekotaku

If it’s supposed to be a “core feature” it really makes no sense to lock anything behind Plus.

As has been stated a few times (twice in this thread, the blog, the video, in the FAQ, on Twitter, on Discord), locking it behind VRC+ initially is meant almost entirely as a “let’s not knock over our databases” measure.

@Nekotaku

I’m working on the video I’ll be submitting for the NYE.
Please tell me there will at least be a list of all videos used somewhere afterwards. orz

Please direct all questions regarding the video stream to the thread for it!

That being said, we didn’t plan on listing them, but I don’t see any reason we wouldn’t… aside from the fact we didn’t tell people submitting them that we’d do that. So, that’s a factor.