Thanks for the thoughtful response — seriously, I appreciate that it wasn’t just a brush-off.
You’re right about one thing: moderation is a thankless job, but it’s not an excuse to settle for a broken system, especially when other platforms are proving that better is possible. I came over from Neos — and while that place had its own issues (believe me, I was bullied constantly) — when it came to moderation and acting on feature requests, they actually did something.
Let’s talk solutions for a sec, because pretending they don’t exist just lets this mess continue:
Code-gated avatar toggles — There are already avatars out there that use a code input system to lock adult features like nudity or DPS/SPS. If creators really want to publish explicit avatars publicly, this kind of lock would prevent accidental (or intentional) exposure to minors. If that system already exists in avatars, why hasn’t VRChat pushed it as a requirement?
File-checking on upload — This is the big one I’ve been shouting into the void about: the VRChat Creator Companion could easily scan avatar files for known prefabs like DPS, SPS, TPS, PCS (you know the list — we all do). If those are detected, it could automatically restrict the upload to private-only. It’s not hard. It’s literally scanning text and animations. It would remove a huge amount of manual effort and clean up public worlds fast.
Instead, that burden falls on users like me who spend hours reporting avatars — and all I get in return is ghosted, or occasionally my reports get half-acknowledged. I’m doing their job for free, and yet I’m the one chasing shadows.
No platform is perfect, sure — but Resonite is showing strong signs of commitment to community-first moderation already, and even Altspace had a tighter grasp on content control than this.
So yeah, I get that silence “comes with the territory,” but it’s also a sign of complacency. And that’s not something I’m willing to accept — especially not when it directly affects kids who don’t know what they’re walking into.
Let’s not normalize apathy just because moderation is hard.