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Post by dracko19 on Aug 22, 2007 9:08:17 GMT -5
From PROBOARDS staff...A support question was recently posted on the PROBOARDS support forum asking if adult (rated M, NC-17, etc.) stories were allowed. Here is the answer: This should be in the support board so I will move it there for you after I answer the question. The answer is all content has to be viewable by anyone 13 years and up even if you have the content in a password protected board because as you said people can lie about their age. Any kind of talk such as roleplaying that has general sex in it would be a TOS violation and would get your forum deleted. If the content is anything you wouldn't want a 13 year old seeing or is what would be considered to be 'adult' then it is best to avoid it altogether. Anyone posting a story that would take it into the "adult" category is subject to serious action from the staff. Do not post adult content or LINKS to your adult stories. If you find a story has adult content, please copy/paste that content into a PM and send it to the staff immediately. Thank you. |
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Post by captainkodak1 on Aug 22, 2007 12:33:16 GMT -5
Thanks for the ruling.
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Post by Darth_Comrade on Aug 22, 2007 13:21:30 GMT -5
I thought it was kind of obvious!  |
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Post by CDB on Aug 22, 2007 13:28:21 GMT -5
I thought it was kind of obvious! I know.  I mean nobody would be stupid& foolish enough to post adult (rated M, NC-17, etc.) stories here on the forum. I mean come on now. There are other places for those stories. |
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Post by wallaceb on Aug 22, 2007 13:31:07 GMT -5
I thought it was kind of obvious! I know. I mean nobody would be stupid& foolish enough to post adult (rated M, NC-17, etc.) stories here on the forum. I mean come on now. There are other places for those stories. BUT someone did, and that is why we are informing you all |
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Post by dracko19 on Aug 22, 2007 13:36:11 GMT -5
Actually, there has been several examples of this over the past few months. We aren't trying to be the Fun Police here and killing all your entertainment. We are trying to protect this board from getting deleted out of existance.
Hopefully, this "reminder" will keep everyone on the straight and narrow.
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Post by Darth_Comrade on Aug 22, 2007 13:43:55 GMT -5
I do recall a time when we had a lot of adult material going around...I'm sure glad that's over. Even at my age I still don't enjoy that stuff... Just because I'm nineteen doesn't mean I have to find 'mature' stories and art entertaining.  |
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Post by Luke Danger on Aug 22, 2007 14:07:00 GMT -5
Roger wilco Dracko19, I'll keep a eye on how my stories play out
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Post by bubbahotek on Aug 22, 2007 15:53:12 GMT -5
Sorry engaged keyboard before brain. Won't happen again.
Bubba
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 22, 2007 16:20:31 GMT -5
I am concerned as well about indirect links. I have posted a link to my FF.net profile on several occasions, and there used to be a mild "M" rated fic there (I've since moved all of my adult material to more appropriate places under a different screen-name so folks googling CA won't accidentally run across it) There are also those of us who advertise our own personal websites, and mine has a link that leads back to FF.net (again, I only have "T" rated stories there now)
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Post by ScareGlow on Aug 23, 2007 2:57:25 GMT -5
Indirect links shouldn't be a problem, as any website clearly states that they are not responsible for the contents of linked sites. Legally, there shouldn't be any danger.
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Post by beeftony on Aug 23, 2007 4:38:48 GMT -5
I write lots of M fics....  'Course, a lot of them are KiGo, so I don't expect that many positive comments from this board for the few T rated stories I do post here.  I actually got into "adult content" (read: porn) at age 13, so I know how damaging it can be to someone that age. Looking back, I wish I hadn't looked at some of the things I did. Of course, now I'm mature and I can handle it, but sure as hell I wasn't back then and I find this ruling to be both fair and very much needed. I clearly label all of my M fics and provide very explicit warnings out of respect to younger readers who may not be able to handle the content. Of course, more often than not, this just leads to more youngsters reading the stories. Still, my M stories are neither disturbingly violent nor sexually explicit (that would be MA, which ffnet doesn't allow), and the rating is mostly for language. However, I understand exactly where you guys are coming from. There are other places for that kind of thing. Places that verify your age. I never have and never will post an M rated story on this site. This is a family site, and I respect that. Let's hope everyone else does as well. |
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Post by Luke Danger on Aug 23, 2007 15:12:38 GMT -5
I clearly label all of my M fics and provide very explicit warnings out of respect to younger readers who may not be able to handle the content. Of course, more often than not, this just leads to more youngsters reading the stories. Still, my M stories are neither disturbingly violent nor sexually explicit (that would be MA, which ffnet doesn't allow), and the rating is mostly for language. It seems if anything isn't allowed, then people get more exciteted to read it... its a instict becaues people assume it is somthing real good. I am not taking phsycology in high school... |
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Post by mike on Aug 24, 2007 1:53:34 GMT -5
I'm gonna give my story a little editing....
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Post by kristessential on Aug 27, 2007 8:59:27 GMT -5
The only "fic" I ever wrote was rated M and not for sexual content, it was due to swearing - a lot of swearing and references to drugs and suicide.
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Post by dracko19 on Aug 27, 2007 23:33:04 GMT -5
The only "fic" I ever wrote was rated M and not for sexual content, it was due to swearing - a lot of swearing and references to drugs and suicide. And all of that would be a violation of PROBOARDS TOS as well. |
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Post by ScareGlow on Aug 28, 2007 2:35:46 GMT -5
The only "fic" I ever wrote was rated M and not for sexual content, it was due to swearing - a lot of swearing and references to drugs and suicide. And all of that would be a violation of PROBOARDS TOS as well. Only if he posted it here, right? |
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Post by dracko19 on Aug 28, 2007 6:49:08 GMT -5
And all of that would be a violation of PROBOARDS TOS as well. Only if he posted it here, right? If he posted the story here OR he posted a LINK to the story here it would be a problem. PROBOARDS considers DIRECT links to inappropriate material the same as if you post it on the site. Indirect links aren't scrutinzed as closely. |
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Post by shallow15 on Aug 28, 2007 7:10:14 GMT -5
Only if he posted it here, right? If he posted the story here OR he posted a LINK to the story here it would be a problem. PROBOARDS considers DIRECT links to inappropriate material the same as if you post it on the site. Indirect links aren't scrutinzed as closely. So let me make sure I have this correct... If I write an M rated fic and host it at ff.net, I couldn't put a direct link to it on this board. BUT, if I posted a link to my profile page at ff.net that has a link to the M-rated fic on it, that would be okay? --Erin M. |
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Post by ScareGlow on Aug 29, 2007 3:26:43 GMT -5
Yep.
Strange, though, that sites are held responsible for links people post there... Well, if it helps.
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