Forum: Community Center


Subject: Stop to bloody and gory pics! At least, make them put a warning message!

Calanthe opened this issue on May 26, 2003 ยท 69 posts


cambert posted Tue, 27 May 2003 at 7:14 AM

Come on, Dialyn. This is someone who, by their own admission, opened a picture entitled, 'The Butcher of Bakersville' "where, still in the thumbnail you can see severed thumbs", clearly marked as 'horror' genre, and then complained about the gory content. Did you check out the thumbnail on the artist's gallery page? It's just a miniature version of the whole scene - the blood splashes are clearly visible. Everything that advertised the picture also advertised the nature of its content. Doesn't Calanthe have any responsibility in this? Given that she ignored the title, genre, and thumbnail, do you imagine having a 'Violence' tag would have made any difference? This isn't just symptioms of forum boredom where people wanting Calanthe to feel like you need to apologize for having your own thoughts. It's a bunch of people objecting when someone demands that Renderosity protects them against their own idiocy. On the related note, I'd be happy to see a 'Violence' tag instituted in the galleries and have made the point many times before (as eirian mentioned above, it doesn't seem to be on the agenda, possibly because it would almost impossible to police). If people want a filter, it's no skin off my nose. I'd just exercise my option not to use it.