Post by dracko19 on Jan 18, 2008 21:15:46 GMT -5
Hello,
It has come to my attention that the art area is getting closer and closer to smutville. We have a policy here at rs.net that you need to keep your pics at the PG level or lower. IF you decide to step it up and go PG-13, you MUST include a warning in the subject line of your post AND you MUST NOT post the actual image on our forum. You may post a LINK to the pic AND a warning about what the user will see if they click on that link.
Why do we have such a policy? Why don't we allow stronger pics or complete nudity? After all, nude woman are art right?
Well, it comes down to the TERMS OF SERVICE on Proboards. Allow me to share a story with all of you.
Back in April of 2006, this board was deleted. We all thought it was some kind of joke, but this was no joke. The PROBOARDS admins said we were in VIOLOATION OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE and our board was gone. Just like that. No warning. Nothing.
I got involved and had several long and desperate conversations with the PROBOARD staff about restoring our board. After some strong persuasion, I was able to get the board restored! (*Phew*) It appears we had a thread on our board where some members were actively sharing full eps of KP. Just ONE thread out of THOUSANDS here at rs.net and that ONE THREAD almost caused years of history to vanish with a single complaint!! The PROBOARD STAFF made it quite clear that this was our "last chance" and another Terms of Serivce (TOS) violation would cause our board to be gone...forever. Period.
So, due to this strong probation, I investigated the TOS and asked the proboard staff several questions about it. I wanted to be very sure we understood what was a violation and what wasn't. The big part of the TOS that I wanted to get clear was this paragraph here:
I asked them specifically about the "porn, sex, nudity and adult content" portion of that paragpah. Would a nude pic of a cartoon character classify as a TOS violation? The answer was "ABSOLUTELY - NO ADULT CONTENT OF ANY TYPE".
What about semi-nude or provocative pics? Now we enter a "gray area". According the staff person I talked to, it was completely up to the staff person reviewing a complaint. His feeling was if we had actual "images on the site" displayed for all to see, we were going to be in trouble. If we simply posted a "link" with a "warning" we would probably be okay. However, if it got out of control, we could be in trouble even doing that.
And so, we came up with the policy I mentioned at the start of this post. Its not an arbitrary policy meant to stifle art or creativity. I know many of you are hooked on these characters and some are attracted to them. I know you want to push the envelope and I actually encourage all of you to do so. Just don't post your envelope pushing art directly on our site please.
This forum is made up primarily of late teens and college folk. I know most of you can handle this kind of subject material. However, we have a few members who can't and the PROBOARD staff can wipe us with a flick of the wrist if we get carried away. Please keep rs.net a family friendly place so we can all enjoy this board for many more months to come.
Thank you.
It has come to my attention that the art area is getting closer and closer to smutville. We have a policy here at rs.net that you need to keep your pics at the PG level or lower. IF you decide to step it up and go PG-13, you MUST include a warning in the subject line of your post AND you MUST NOT post the actual image on our forum. You may post a LINK to the pic AND a warning about what the user will see if they click on that link.
Why do we have such a policy? Why don't we allow stronger pics or complete nudity? After all, nude woman are art right?
Well, it comes down to the TERMS OF SERVICE on Proboards. Allow me to share a story with all of you.
Back in April of 2006, this board was deleted. We all thought it was some kind of joke, but this was no joke. The PROBOARDS admins said we were in VIOLOATION OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE and our board was gone. Just like that. No warning. Nothing.
I got involved and had several long and desperate conversations with the PROBOARD staff about restoring our board. After some strong persuasion, I was able to get the board restored! (*Phew*) It appears we had a thread on our board where some members were actively sharing full eps of KP. Just ONE thread out of THOUSANDS here at rs.net and that ONE THREAD almost caused years of history to vanish with a single complaint!! The PROBOARD STAFF made it quite clear that this was our "last chance" and another Terms of Serivce (TOS) violation would cause our board to be gone...forever. Period.
So, due to this strong probation, I investigated the TOS and asked the proboard staff several questions about it. I wanted to be very sure we understood what was a violation and what wasn't. The big part of the TOS that I wanted to get clear was this paragraph here:
User's web site may not contain content promoting the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, nudity, or any other form of adult content, profanity, hate, "spam," fraud, racism, mlm, pyramid schemes, or promote any illegal activity.
I asked them specifically about the "porn, sex, nudity and adult content" portion of that paragpah. Would a nude pic of a cartoon character classify as a TOS violation? The answer was "ABSOLUTELY - NO ADULT CONTENT OF ANY TYPE".
What about semi-nude or provocative pics? Now we enter a "gray area". According the staff person I talked to, it was completely up to the staff person reviewing a complaint. His feeling was if we had actual "images on the site" displayed for all to see, we were going to be in trouble. If we simply posted a "link" with a "warning" we would probably be okay. However, if it got out of control, we could be in trouble even doing that.
And so, we came up with the policy I mentioned at the start of this post. Its not an arbitrary policy meant to stifle art or creativity. I know many of you are hooked on these characters and some are attracted to them. I know you want to push the envelope and I actually encourage all of you to do so. Just don't post your envelope pushing art directly on our site please.
This forum is made up primarily of late teens and college folk. I know most of you can handle this kind of subject material. However, we have a few members who can't and the PROBOARD staff can wipe us with a flick of the wrist if we get carried away. Please keep rs.net a family friendly place so we can all enjoy this board for many more months to come.
Thank you.
If this board got deleted I would just be a wreck. There are so many important threads and PMs that I don't ever want to lose. 
but...) too, and I barely have any friends outside the virtual world 
Anyways thank you so much for doing what you did, Dracko 
