art8boi opened this issue on Sep 21, 2004 ยท 40 posts
lmckenzie posted Mon, 27 September 2004 at 5:40 AM
Well, as an aside, there are any number of digital and print comics these days that are definitely "adult material." The entire internet is a minefield if you're trying to avoid nude, near nude, provocatively posed flesh popping up on your monitor. Clicking on a result from even the most innocent Google search is liable to bring unintended results. To sanction someone for those lapses is like getting mad at your spouse because Jante Jackson's breast flashed while they were watching the Superbowl. Unfortunately, no filtering algorithm is perfect, much less capable of accounting for the individual nuances of what any one individual might want to see/avoid. If you're doing some legitimate work/school activity, then the people in charge either need to understand and accept the realities of the internet and the Poser world in particular or accept the fact that you can't use these sites to get your work done. Is it possible to tag and filter out every instance of nudity and suggestive content in the Marketplace? I suppose it is though heretofore, Renderosity has not deemed it worthwhile or necessary to do so. If it's just the thumbnails you object to then that's a legitimate point--how many people agree is open to question. Surely, however, you're not suggesting that beyond that click of no return, people not be able to see what they're buying? If it's a matter of being stuck without home internet access, I sympathize, been there, done that--and I don't think there's an entirely satisfactory answer to the problem. Sites like Animotions (dedicated to comics & such BTW) offer some PG rated alternatives. In general though, it's a little difficult to surf the 'net Poser universe without encountering anything that isn't going to raise the hackles of someone somewhere.
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