X-perimentalman opened this issue on Jun 25, 2003 ยท 114 posts
tafkat posted Sat, 28 June 2003 at 6:02 AM
Doesn't anyone else think this issue is a little, how can I put it, dry? It's become some sort of self-feeding obsession with some people. Image went up. Image was deemed unsuitable. Image taken down. Artist disagreed. Decision stands. Who knows, perhaps it was a harsh decision. Perhaps there really are a dozen more suggestive images in the galleries that haven't been taken down. I didn't see the picture so I don't know. But so what? It's been established that such decisions are to some extent subjective, so people are bound to disagree. Perhaps another perspective would be to ask, "If the image really wasn't against TOS, why did the admins take it down?" One reason could be because they hate the artist and they're engaging in covert attrition warfare. Another could be that they get commission for removing images. Yet another that it's a ploy to ensure popularity of the forums by causing a 20 thousand word argument on the matter. Or is it simpler to assume that the admins genuinely believed the image was unsuitable and, for this reason, decided to remove it whilst at the same time proferring an apology? I know which I think is the most likely. Is there really anything more to say? If I doggedly pursued all the decisions or member remarks that I disagreed with or took offence at you'd need to open a new forum. A last point: If someone wants to make changes to the TOS, as a result of this issue or any other, then why not post a reasoned suggestion in the Suggestion forum? Then everyone can join in. Or is the only purpose now to find a chink in someone's argument, regurgitating vast reams of quotations until someone's caught out or banned or gives in and apologises simply because they can't stand it any more?