Images on Wordforge

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  1. Tamar Garish

    Tamar Garish Wanna Snuggle? Deceased Member

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    In the interest of everyone on the board, I think we should adopt this stand on images:

    Anything more revealing than a bikini or bra and panties or anything implying sexual contact must be in a "NSFW" spoiler unless it's in The White Room.

    It is the fairest stand for the board to take for the enjoyment of everyone, considering how many people are at work or school or simply do not want to see explicit materials. People who enjoy it, will have the White Room and the spoilered pics in other threads.

    This, of course, means cleaner avatars. If you wouldn't see it on a billboard then you shouldn't show it here without warning.

    Discuss.
  2. Linda R.

    Linda R. Fresh Meat

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    Sounds fair enough to me, but I await the inevitable shitstorm from Face... :garamet:
    Speaking of images, is this anything we should worry about?
  3. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    No. We're not using copyrighted images for commercial purposed. At most, we hot-link some in single posts for comedic or other effect. Fair use.
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  4. Tamar Garish

    Tamar Garish Wanna Snuggle? Deceased Member

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    Sometimes, I wonder if anyone reads these threads anymore. :garamet:

    Anyone else have an opinion? Beuller? Beuller?
  5. shootER

    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    I agree with Lanzman. There's no money being made on any images that get posted here (either hosted or hotlinked--Mmmmm...hotlinks...:drool:).
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  6. Tamar Garish

    Tamar Garish Wanna Snuggle? Deceased Member

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    I meant on the first post.
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  7. Mrs. Albert

    Mrs. Albert demented estrogen monster

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    I like the avs and I think not showing naughty bits is a good enough rule.

    Like, Mr. Plow's av......:drool:

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    Yeah, it sucks for some people to have to turn off avs when posting from work, but it'd also suck for me not to see this glorious image every time I read his posts, so there ya go. :shrug:

    If this does get made into a new rule, could we at least wait until we have a gallery? Pretty please? :pwease:
  8. Elwood

    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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    It can be the same argument that was used when talking about rep comments for those in the red.

    We are denying contributing and faithful members a portion of the board's functionality to make a small handful of people happy. It's going to go. The only issue is the wording.
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  9. Mrs. Albert

    Mrs. Albert demented estrogen monster

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    Does Mrs. Flow's have to go too? :cry:

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  10. shootER

    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    :doh:

    Um, yeah...

    It really doesn't matter either way to me. :shrug:
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  11. Elwood

    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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    Okay, how about the rest o'ya?

    Observers? You've observed, how about a comment? :marathon:

    Staff?
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    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    It seems a sensible enough rule. I say make it so.
  13. Linda R.

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    Already agreed...
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