ElectricAardvark opened this issue on Apr 10, 2002 ยท 100 posts
Penguinisto posted Fri, 12 April 2002 at 10:34 AM
Wow. VS, I can't help but agree here. It'll be hard at first, since you'll have legions of people flaming back at you about being prudish or such... after all, lots of people in real life have tried to shut exactly this sort of thing down, and not just over children, either. I usually don't mush around in the galleries all that much these days, but I do see it as a challenge. You've seen it (and have proven it) yourself- T&A unfortunately rules the Poser gallery... and unfortunately, most of the T&A kiddies are going to want a certain idealized image to fill their collections with. I do see one problem, though it isn't a short-term one. Let me explain, albeit in a brutally honest way: Given the evidence we have so far (70k+ members but damned few actually contribute anything at all), the bulk of R'osity's membership IMHO is comprised of folks who don't give a shout in Hell about art, they just came to see Vicky's tits and gum up their keyboards. Given this, what would happen if we all jumped in and got aggressive about discouraging this sort of thing? Would R'osity begin unleashing the bans against us if their membership were to drop because of the proportional drop in T&A in their galleries? Note that I'm not accusing R'osity of encouraging any sort of soft porn here, but I am saying that if we jump in and do this, and the membership begins to drop as a result, how would R'osity react? Once the complaints from these 'artistes' start reaching the staff, then what? Don't think that this isn't far-fetched... I am convinced that once the T&A factor is successfully discouraged in the galleries, that the hits will begin to drop, and then the membership numbers. Once that happens, we will all find ourselves at a rather ugly crossroads. As for my part, I have already removed all the images from my own submission pile that even hint at gratuitous T&A. I cna only hope that anyone else who is alarmed at the degredation of the galleries can do the same. /P