If I'm reading mejed/s post correctly, it's not the TOS themselves he's concerned about. It's the way the TOS are enforced.

And that's something that is worrying me too. The subjects the TOS are dealing with do not allow for simple black and white decisions. So I think that most (possible) TOS violations fall into the grey areas, and the staff has to decide whether it's a violation or not.

Now if the TOS were strictly enforced, meaning that only posts/images that nobody can possibly interpret as maybe skirting the TOS edges would be allowed, artistic freedom would be completely absent. The pinup genre would have to be abolished, World Events/Social Commentary would have to be eliminated, and so on. Not a desirable situation, I guess.
The actual situation is one of a certain leeway. Sensuality is allowed, as long as the artist doesn't go too far. Sharp social commentary is allowed, as long as the poster doesn't go too far. And so on.
The staff determines what is "too far" and what is not, on a case by case basis. And that's where uncertainty comes in.

Don't get me wrong, I think the staff are doing a very good job on handling possible TOS violations.

Quote - It's just a poser render, not "La Gioconda" or "Guernica", so why get so upset over such trifling matters?

It's not the content or the artistic value of the removed posts that's upsetting. It's the uncertainty over what is "too far" and what is not, in combination with the severity of the consequences when a post is judged to be over the edge.

In the most recent case it's not "leaving in a huff", it's about a merchant here who cannot afford the possibility of getting banned over gallery images that might be a little over the edge.

And that's what's upsetting IMO. That's why I'm in favor of a severity level system, in which occasional posts that are judged to be slightly over the edge will not lead to a ban, in which old records do not have eternity value. A system in which the severity of consequences is proportional to the severity and frequency of transgressions. A system that is fair.

Again, I think that the staff is doing a very good job, but I also think they have to do this job under circomstances that are more difficult than they have to be.

The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter

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