BobT wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 04:55
Anon wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2024, 00:14
OnTilt wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2024, 00:08
Right, there are degrees. This is why there are different sub-categories like soft, hard, etc. I really don't understand what's so hard about the definition aspect. "Was it designed to titillate" seems pretty direct to me. I understand there will be grey areas where you can't tell for sure, like the covers of some of the magazines that were posted. I also understand if Rusty wants to allow certain degrees of pornography inside of dedicated threads or behind NSFW filter (I don't agree, but I understand).
But all this "Well akchually there is no definition" bit is honestly going over my head or something. I just don't get how we can not know or understand the definition.
It's all fine and dandy until the day somebody gets a random ban/warning for posting a supposed porn the user thought would be yet another "NSFW" content, then it'll be an even bigger shitstorm than what happened today
Regardless of the actual definition of "Pornography", for forum acceptability it should be pretty simple.
"Standard nudity (including transparent / form fitting clothing that reveals genitals) allowed in clearly marked NSFW threads, or otherwise in clearly labelled spoilers.
Media depicting sexual acts is forbidden unless it is game content, which must then be inside clearly labelled spoilers".
Any of the above may be removed at discretion of moderators".
If anything is "borderline" and spoilered or removed by mods based purely on subjective judgement at the time, then do so but just notify and don't punish / warn, unless repeatedly & intentionally violated.
Job done.
As to the topic, A & B I'd consider "porn", C is "sexy" but otherwise alright, D is borderline due to the nipples but eh, have to look close on that specific one, if just browsing past it I don't think would notice.
@rusty_shackleford Regarding what I wrote above, I think
@Xenich proposal here is also sensible:
viewtopic.php?p=75205-what-do-you-consi ... sly#p75205
Simply add a "[NSFW]" BBCode that is essentially just a pre-formatted, pre-collapsed & blurred:
► WARNING: NSFW Content
Nuds go here
Anything NSFW outside of NSFW marked topics MUST be inside these.
Also add a NSFW topic icon / tag / whatever, that prefixes "[NSFW] - " onto the topic title when creating topics.
Then update the rules to mandate people use those two solutions (with moderator's discretion on additional tagging of anything too borderline) for nudity, and outright ban "sexual acts" (I think that's self-explanatory enough..).
Then as Xenich said (if hiding such from view is possible), hide those for Guests, and give members a toggle (defaulted OFF but configurable during sign-up and then afterwards via profile settings) for whether they wish to see the NSFW elements & topics.
If off, they don't see the topics at all, and for the in-post tags they just see an empty NSFW field.
That way, workposters, catholics and coomers should all be happy. Other than small tiffles (where anything too borderline gets forcibly tagged by mods), there shouldn't be any further arguments around what's "porn" or not (who cares?), it's a simple separation between "Nudity" and "Sexual Acts".
(As I mentioned,
direct GAME content should be the single exception for Sexual Acts being permitted, however these should still be suitably tagged / NSFW spoilered).
I think that's a sensible approach.
@Vergil Would even you be happy with this?