mickma - i understand everything you have to say, and largely agree.  but this isn't a small club with exclusive membership.  the galleries aren't juried, and if they were i'm not sure the mods have the qualifications to do so.  and that guy with the doll, i'm betting he does tons of pics in fetish outfits which would fit the nudity standards. 

it's been my continued point that in every single experience i've had in the art community, from students to professionals, from fine art to dance to design, nudity isn't an issue.  most fine art standards i know would place a simple and well wrought nude above just about everything i've seen at cgsociety.  what bothers me is the hypocrisy of the standard (not in the thumbs, but don't take it out of the gallery) and the complete unfairness of it.  and none of that addresses the fact that if someone didn't like how the galleries were in the first place, and didn't respect the majority of of site members, why become a moderator?  this isn't like the one guy in your analogy.  this is going to a free-for-all where most of the people are guys (and girls) like that, most of the artwork is of that type, and it's always been like that.  you're the anomaly, not him.  i'm pretty sure i am, too, but frankly i have lots of different artistic standards and that's just one type i'd say doesn't fit in even the student fine art community.  which this isn't.  i could go somewhere else that was more akin to your examples, but i stay here because i get something out of it being open.

i would never have an issue with the cgportfolio posts which are moderated to check for quality.  if that was done here, i wouldn't complain.  it would be consistent and explicitly  subjective.  i'd still think the change was somewhat mercenary- let the site be entirely open and full of revenue generating traffic until you get big enough to start keeping some people out- but it wouldn't be as unnecessarily binding as the new rule is.