Sv443-Network / JokeAPI

REST API that serves uniformly and well formatted jokes in JSON, XML, YAML or plain text format that also offers a great variety of filtering methods
https://v2.jokeapi.dev
MIT License
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Current state of the API and why joke submissions are disabled #489

Closed Sv443 closed 10 months ago

Sv443 commented 10 months ago

Joke submissions have been disabled for the rest of version 2.3's lifespan.
This is due to the current system for it being way too underpowered for me to go through all submissions manually.
I really appreciate all the submissions and willingness to contribute but I am simply unable to keep up with it at the moment, especially with the sheer volume of abuse (spam and just entirely hateful "jokes") that is being submitted.

I have been working on a new version of the API on and off for a while now and it will feature a much improved, community-based submission review system, where it is much easier to submit jokes, vote on your favorites to be added, and where I can get an actual team of moderators to review them and give them the final touch.

I hope you can understand and I hope I can finish the new version some time soon, though with the amount of rework that is planned please understand that it can take a good while.

For any updates, you can watch this repository or join my Discord server.
Also feel free to create a discussion if you have questions, concerns or suggestions.