In response to LittleBigPlanet’s recent moderation issues, Sony has made an official comment on the PlayStation Blog stating that the company is continually improving the way in which it moderate user submitted levels.
Said Mark Valledor, Marketing Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCE): "The level moderation process is something we’re continually improving. The small percentage of levels moderated have been done so after the community has reported them using the Good Grief tool. We never moderate levels that have not been reported in this way.”
“The vast majority of moderated levels were due to offensive material, however we are evolving the way moderation happens to ensure that creators are made aware of why their level was blocked. More to come shortly.”
In addition to moderation, Valledor posted new statistics for LittleBigPlanet, stating that nearly 60 million levels have been played online. You can find the full list of statistics below.
– # of user generated (UG) levels = 177,657
– # of comments = 1,093,491
– # of times Story levels have been played online = 36,661,881
– # of times UG levels have been played online = 22,463,892
– # of levels played online = 59,125,403