Forum: Community Center


Subject: A community for artists...

spinner opened this issue on May 10, 2005 ยท 138 posts


agiel posted Tue, 10 May 2005 at 3:46 PM

Should I mention that, out there, in the real world of museums and galleries, you can run into artists that push the envelope, generate a response... and sometimes, that response is that their work is not included in exhibitions or downright banned. My point being that moderation of the content of an art gallery is not reserved to online content. I have another analogy to explain the reality of moderation at Renderosity. Imagine a bar, or a club, where people are welcome to come in, post their pictures on the walls and, yes, buy stuff while they are here. Would you mind if someone walked into that club, stood on a soapbox and started screaming about the end of the world, the state of religion or politics ? Would you find it surprising is the owners of the club called their bouncers or whatever security they have, and ask them to leave ? You may have the right of free speech - I guarantie you that you will not last long in any kind of bar or club if you start behaving in a way that the owners are not comfortable with. Yes - there are clubs that allow pretty extreme things. Even them have their limits. And there are clubs that accept only the whipsers of a library. They have their own limits. Think of Renderosity as a club, with its own limits, and life will become suddenly a lot easier :)