As a Roblox user, I am currently unable to hide game sorts that I do not like on the games page. If Roblox were to address this issue, my experience as a user would be more satisfactory.
Explanation
Roblox has put effort into creating new game sorts and improving recommendations, but I still see no way to hide a game sort. Why do I want this feature? I don’t want to see game sorts I am not interested in. For example, I don’t like obbys and simulators, and I would like the option to hide the game sort.
Why this should be implemented
If this feature is added, I would have more customization and control over what content I see. This would make my experience better. In addition, Roblox can also use this as data. If I hide a game sort, then they know what kind of games I do not want to see. This is more information that could help improve game recommendations.
What should happen when you hide a game sort?
This is kind of like the feature on Youtube where you could say you are not interested in a video so that Youtube shows you different content in the future. Hidden game sorts can be replaced by other game sorts the algorithm thinks you may like.
Although I do support this, I can see why they probably wouldn’t allow this. The game sorts are meant to promote games and if people hide entire sorts, then that can not only hurt the games’ developers, but also the corporation. I know that sounds farfetched, but think why can’t we dismiss ads on an average free website. Sure you can hide them, but another one is going to flash on shortly after at that slot. If people can dismiss ads for as long as they like, it’ll hurt the site developers.
Maybe an option to compact sorts into shorter rows so that a smaller version of game icons are visible, but not the title. This allow more room for other sorts while also promoting the games in the original one.
Well here is how I see it. As you said, game sorts are meant to promote games. If Roblox is displaying game sorts that I have no interest in, all they are doing is wasting space on the games page. For example, I have no interest to play any obby game. If Roblox replaced the obby sort with something else I would like, then they are doing a better job promoting games.
A similar feature is on Youtube as well. If I don’t like a type of video, I can tell Youtube that I am not interested and it will replace it with something else.
Do you think my feature request would make more sense if I changed it to something like a “Not interested” feature instead?