Do not automatically select a Group Public instance
naqtn
Users sometimes go to the Group Public instance unexpectedly, and that causes trouble or "social drama". This can be mitigated if the app does not select a Group Public instance automatically.
When you open the world detail page in-game, the app selects an instance as the default. I am unsure of the specification of how the app chooses the one, but it could be a Group Public instance.
Although it is explicitly shown as Group Public, and users will see the popup message "You have joined a Group Public instance" when joining, people actually go to Group Public unexpectedly or accidentally.
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kawashirov
I believe whole UI page for instance and its selection is
REALLY BAD
and need to be redesigned to something like this:I made this up for like 10 mins in paint, sorry for the quality.
But whole point is that instance selection must be more informative, obvious and explicit.
Probably not even select any instance by default.
kawashirov
I mentioned those issues like a year ago already in the comments of this canny: https://feedback.vrchat.com/feature-requests/p/world-owners-should-be-able-hide-group-public-instance
kawashirov
Another variant is a
horizontal ribbon
how it was in "legacy" UI.This approach was working fine, and I see no reason to change that to what we have now. This one is much better:
Same, as I suggested above, GPs going last in the list, unless user have friends in it.
ВладосПолтос
Delete group publics pls
LoppyDaCutie
that would be like saying "hey dont go to official public instances" :finger guns:
naqtn
LoppyDaCutie: Just to clarify, this request doesn't intend to remove the listings. You can go to a Group Public instance if you want by choosing from the instance list.
LoppyDaCutie
naqtn: you have a point there though, this would help prevent underaged -13 year olds from joining the group lobbies
Coquelicotz
GroupPublic is distinct from Public in terms of having dedicated moderation, and it should not be presented as a joining option that can be confused with Public. Therefore, the priority display for joining from the World tab should be Public (including the creation of new instances).
If a user wishes to join a specific GroupPublic, they can navigate through the Group Activity in the social section, so they should perform that action.
LoppyDaCutie
Coquelicotz: that would imply they are in the group in the first place if they wanted to see what groups they are in to join from the group activity tab in socials, perhaps
vrchat could make a groups tab to see what worlds have group instances open if players really wanted to join off them that way instead like group discovery.