But Google is all about NOT being evil, right ? And the ones griping the loudest getting banned all seem to say that self censorship is the worst evil of all, right ? So (to me) it seems like what they really want is not even about "dirty pictures" ART so much as a form of rape.
The sanest idea I've heard - and fer sure there will be people who try to post naughty stuff untagged Because They Can; we call them 'idiots' if we're being nice - is to have one or more NSFW tags (%nude, %gore, %tentacleporn, whatever) that the poster could apply, for which other people could then filter in their own accounts (or which filters would all be applied automatically for accounts of under-18 users, assuming people never lie about their age.) I mean, ultimately people can defeat any system if they want to. The idea is to have something that lets people avoid images they don't want to see without having it be a big ol' flag-fest. 'Cause that feels pretty crummy, if you post something intended as Art and someone freaks out because a nipple or a penis is showing, and you get flagged/banned.
I would soooo love that. I like Red Bubble because they have that.
ReplyDeleteIf they're set & managed by users they'd be less evil than arbitrary flag&ban. If run by The Management, yeah, evil.
ReplyDeleteBut Google is all about NOT being evil, right ? And the ones griping the loudest getting banned all seem to say that self censorship is the worst evil of all, right ? So (to me) it seems like what they really want is not even about "dirty pictures" ART so much as a form of rape.
ReplyDeleteThe sanest idea I've heard - and fer sure there will be people who try to post naughty stuff untagged Because They Can; we call them 'idiots' if we're being nice - is to have one or more NSFW tags (%nude, %gore, %tentacleporn, whatever) that the poster could apply, for which other people could then filter in their own accounts (or which filters would all be applied automatically for accounts of under-18 users, assuming people never lie about their age.)
ReplyDeleteI mean, ultimately people can defeat any system if they want to. The idea is to have something that lets people avoid images they don't want to see without having it be a big ol' flag-fest. 'Cause that feels pretty crummy, if you post something intended as Art and someone freaks out because a nipple or a penis is showing, and you get flagged/banned.