#Where to draw the line for 1a
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I understand your cautious nature but rest assured I am infalliable and you can remove that last word /lh
well... not really cautious. I'm just more of a free agent using Arch these days with certain peeps gone.
although I should be more cautious about my ex-bf rn
this thread is weird escapism for me atm
This took a turn. I know we haven't always been on the same page with things but I hope you're not in danger!
DMs, I guess?
Well as I said, discord TOS prohibits it and unfortunately that's the end of the line, the additional discussion was essentially just fluff
I honestly would be shocked if alc allowed that in general without a very clear SFW context that wasn't being abused (and if it was, would have to clamp down on it hard).
Anna had to ban calling people "good boy" and "good girl" from how it was being used several years ago.
I had to ban 2 people that signed someone else up (after they leaked their own email address by accident in a screenshot) to an adult website.
I had to ban 2 people that signed someone else up (after they leaked their own email address by accident in a screenshot) to an adult website.
this is kinda funny ngl
All of the people in question were minors, and I don't find it funny because at the end of the day, the more the SFW lines are blurred, the more you enable predators to operate in your space
were minors
oh π«
I think as an outsider you probably find it more funny, but moderators can end up in a position where something really bad can happen, and they could've stopped it, but didn't have the knowledge, experience both, to stop it, or at least prevent the space they moderate being used in that way.
hope ur good twin
the more the SFW lines are blurred, the more you enable predators to operate in your space
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It's spelled Kali, it's a pen testing distro, and discord is more optomised for windows.
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discord is not optimised for anything
it's a web browser :tf:
https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-sticking-with-react-native
they still standing by this
not really
female:
of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to bear young or produce eggs
nipple:
the protuberance of a mammary gland upon which in the female the lactiferous ducts open and from which milk is drawn
okay so.... either nipples that cant produce milk or people that cant produce eggs
i dont get it
I could translate what I think they'd mean by this but it enters into possibly transphobia, they're probably just thinking of cis women
i feel like i should be able to report discord for discrimination
because thats what this is
it specifically says typically
i feel like i should be able to report discord for discrimination
adhering to biology isn't discrimination
they're probably just thinking of cis women
no they specify females which is different
???
they only disallow "female nipples"
that's...discrimination
they are literally no different to "male nipples"
ah i thought you meant it in regards to trans folk
but no, as much as you'd want to say that it is their platform and they are within their rights to moderate the content they allow on it
when i get on e i will be able to produce milk
but like... arent there laws about treating people differently because of sex/gender?
they are literally no different to "male nipples"
the breast structure of males and females is different, so is the underlying skeletal structure which does affect the breast
when i get on e i will be able to produce milk
and this is not true, if you start lactating I suggest you go visit a doctor as that indicates an issue in regards to your body
a lot of things are physically possible but that doesn't mean they should be done, lactation in trans women is something which REALLY shouldn't be attempted and also it will not happen naturally
why not??
also uhhh
even if "female nipples" are different
how the fuck are they sexual
like....
im sorry wtf
- biological males can never produce the same milk as biological females so breastfeeding should not be considered for the safety of the child
- that would be galactorrhea which is caused by your body not being a state it should be in which can endanger your health
In America? I doubt currently.
well that's just dumb societal stuff really, you can't rationally explain that
it's cali, im sure there are
ah yes, so many people get turned on specifically from seeing nipples
sorry, "female nipples"
there are, such as Title IX, but these laws do not apply to platforms like Discord which have the legal freedom to moderate content as they wish with the exception of not being able to allow content the government bans
this is hard to talk about on this server, but many women find that area stimulating, in a sexually gratifying manner, don't really want to be any more detailed than that.
thats not specific to "females"
I think it is a lot more common to women than men, and it is certainly celebrated in the media a hell of a lot more for women than for men.
not trying to lead this to a more detailed discussion, just kinda flawed given the zones on the body that result in the same thing, by that logic a back would be sexual
we're talking about females here, thats the wording discord uses
there's definitely a sense of arbitrarity to it, but discord are going along with a very broadly common social aspect in how it's seen.
we're talking about females here, thats the wording discord uses
I think they've phrased things slightly clumsily, I am giving best faith interpretation of what I think they're digging at
conservatives inventing gender will never not suck π
there's definitely a sense of arbitrarity to it, but discord are going along with a very broadly common social aspect in how it's seen.
I mean no matter what, even if it's irrational they can do what they want, their platform after all, they could ban the color pink if they wanted to
eehhh
but why is everyone so okay with this
when you sign up for a platform you accept their terms and conditions, if you don't like the rules don't use it
i'm pretty sure discord based this type of rule off of societal norms.
well as you've seen people do care it's just that their decision is final so all discussion is merely for the sake of discussion
I actually wish there was more acceptance of nakedity (in a non-sexual way). I've seen breast feeding women be oggled at by teenagers - that's just horrifying, just wanting to be able to feed their kid, have to do it outside, and then get objectified (though in this case I get the impression she was done with the world and stopped caring). But yeah, so many platforms are worse, look at facebook, X, even Bluesky has a massive amount of transphobia on it
I'm pretty sure there are multiple platforms that don't consider female nipples as sexual content, but discord isnt one of them
yeah discord sucks in many ways
also for the amount of trans people on discord, the wording is REALLY weird
oggled at by teenagers
yeah that's what a society that divides sexes, allows younglings to have easy access to pornographic material at a very young age and is restrictive and conservative regarding nudity will do to ya
oh my God I'm complaining about discord and it isn't about their product team, that's really refreshing
whats that
also uhhh
%slowmode 5s
oop
%slow 5s
Y'all can now send one message every 5 seconds.
im eepy
eep time
who tf set it so high
rachel
wording is REALLY weird
not to sound offensive but when you don't look at it from an activist point of view you wouldn't bat an eye
product as in, product owners and product managers
"activist"????
uh per hm7 wanting it
@flat forge
Just so you're aware
well majority of people that don't actively care about trans issues will not see anything wrong with it
activism: practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue
ehhh they werent talking here at all
Which is an issue I wanted to bring up but idk if it was allowed. The minds of the young have been so affected by sexual content. honestly, my belief is that the original sticker that was sent was removed is because someone may have subconciously connected that type of furry art style to pornographic content
not getting involved, it's outside of my remit and I'm apathetic, just putting it out there. I actually think at this point the original thread is probably done, but I guess we don't have a controversial channel to be redirected to π
honestly in a way this is valid because that type of furry content almost exclusively uses cartoonish artystyles that'd appeal to kids
did you see my intial response on this topic?
but... the artwork isnt sexual???
tf
i am talking about nsfw furry artwork having the same style and tone
π― this is one of the many causes made by pornography being easily accessible by minors
i personally wouldn't consider it nsfw just wanted to voice my personal gripe with that part of the furry fandom
^ my 2 pence/cents/whatever is trading better
i did not sorry
people should be able to make porn in whatever artstyle they want
well I've replied to it so feel free, I don't know the origin story so can't say if I agree with it being removed or not
bring back classical art style for nsfw content
https://www.artchive.com/artwork/the-dream-of-the-fisherman-s-wife-katsushika-hokusai-1814/
NSFW warning for old (1814) japanese sexual artwork
dotle do u have the sticker
I think the argument being made is that a certain style is used perhaps close to exclusively in that style?
i readded it based on the consensus we had here
THE FURRYFICATION
sorry im kind of confused by what that means
is the thing around the neck meant to be a bdsm collar or a bell or something else?
just a collar
probably not the intent
if it's just a normal collar then I don't understand the issue with it personally
if you're nsfw brained (an addict) you'd likely see it as nsfw
yea
that's what I assume happened
the issue is that with how people are nowadays a lot of normal sfw stuff can be taken to nsfw areas
what i always say is, if you see something as sexual, all that means is that specific thing turns you on, we arent going to ban everything anyone has ever had a fetish about
a good example of that is professor lando on youtube/twitch
I do think we should ban ankles however, surely you must agree that they are too much /j
a good example of this is feet
like im sorry but...
they arent sexual
me when im a housewife in the 1500s and have to flash my angle to a guard to bribe em
if you think they are thats on you
ankles are a better one imo but yeah
well, not necessarily, there are things that are overt, such as objects designed as such
and that includes fetish clothing
same π―
if the conversation is done I recommend locking the thread just due to its size, but your / other mods call π
catermelon
I don't think anybody wants to read the 1100+ messages in this channel so a slowmode from the start would have been good for this and all the other meta threads from here on out
@grok please summarize
Me?
Is this implying that addicts are dirty minded or dirty minded people are addicts
Or just me
Adult content addicts
what about ssh do you see as nsfw?? π
to be clear as possible they were not in any way referencing you no matter how I read it, you just happen to have a word they used in your username π
it'd be like me thinking people are talking about me every time someone in this server tags someone and says "thanks"
I see
oh yeah, you remotely log in to your system...that's the stuff...
Um no, I'd see a naked woman as somewhat sexual (somewhat due to artistic nudity being a thing), does not mean I'm attracted to women lol
That's just a really stupid argument
any and every image?
Every image of a naked woman? Maybe not as I said I think there are cases where nudity is artistic instead of erotic in nature
That's just a personal attack but as an argument lol
Depends on presentation, like foot fetish art specifically is obviously sexual
I was relating it to a social, rather than legal, standard.
A social standard specifically applying to industrial society, of which Discord is a product.
And then yes, there is ToS
What matters more than laws is what credit card processors think
it's very hard to give specific characteristics of what makes a normal vs sexualized depiction of a foot but like. you can tell.
this argument is just dumb sorry
Duck test
Sorry for the ping reply
follow discord tos and
if we base the sexual or not on perceived intend?
yes there will be ambiguity problem but at least it'll be more fair this way
and if we want fairness then maybe some sort of system to deal with the ambiguity
I don't think it's a bad thing to be stricer than the TOS for reasons I've mentioned in this thread
If "naked" furries were such an issue, The Furry Nexus, a server with many times more members than this one, wouldn't be able to exist
And again, I'll bring up the argument of: what about Renamon, lucario, any pokemon-based character, Daffy Duck, Buggs Bunny, or any other anthropomorphic characters?
In such cases I think intent and perception are both important factors
if it is widely being percieved, or there is a nsfw intent, including talking in a masked, coded way, then it becomes problematic for a community that has 13 year olds in it
I think this whole argument of this sticker being NSFW is false assumptions and anti-furryism
I think its in bad faith to assume its anti-furryism
regarding the sticker itself again, it doesn't look nsfw, but if there is a wider context, like it's being taken from a comic that is nsfw, I may see an argument
Agreed
which mod removed it, and what was their reasoning, would be the pertinent questions, but on a 1K thread, this may have already been probed, because who is going to read 1K messages?
dotle is definitely making the argument worse in my opinion
While I see their standpoint, they've been hung up on nipples pretty much the entire time, which is already against TOS and thus has no value to this thread
yea i stopped talking about that
sorry this uhh wasnt the right place for that lol
I just think the sticker being moderated to begin with (which is what started this) was done with some anti-furry sentiment or bad faith
As someone that typically runs servers that don't allow NSFW content - here's where I usually draw the line in the sand:
NSFW - Sexual
- Content depicting actual pornography
- Content depicting one or more individuals in an explicit act
- Content that openly displays any form of genitalia
- Content depicting fetishistic behaviours/imagery
- Do not the animals (bestiality)
NSFW - Non-sexual
- Content depicting gore, extreme violence, or death
- Racist, homophobic, religious, or otherwise harmful depictions of certain people/groups
- Depictions of self-harm or worse
Ultimately though, a lot of this stuff comes down to common sensical "keep the chat clean" types of rulings. Obviously nobody wants to step on self-expressionism, and furries often catch this a lot due to the typically "unclothed" nature of artistic anthropomorphic depictions.
Reality is though, they have fur. So long as there's no outright genitalia being emphasised in the artistic work, it should abide by the rules and not be targeted as a violation.
The list I've put above is not exhaustive - but it is a very good baseline that gets across a generally ToS-safe tone of force moderators and admins can use to keep a community clean and safe.
So, two mods requested admin input. I signed off on it being removed primarily because it was being spammed, not necessarily because I think it is all that nsfw in and of itself.
Content depicting gore, extreme violence, or death
When I was barely pubescent I got yeeted off of a server for posting that not realizing it was NSFW (I just assumed nsfw meant adult content) and therefore broke the rules lol
Ahh that makes more sense, @coral harbor
Thanks for the explanation unpickable
why not use that as the reason then?
I feel like if the moderation reason was "spam" it wouldn't've sparked as much, if any discourse, as "unclothed personified anthropomorphic character"
that was quoting SSH
when asked for why that sticker was removed
whom also mentioned the spam problem
Still, "unclothed personified anthropomorphic character" was unnecessary in this instance, and could've just been attributed to spam
NSFW is a broad term often used to describe things sexual in nature, however that is only one category of things that is covered. It's why I usually break it up into its constituent parts, rather than leaving it as a vague broad definition
for context before i made this thread we had some mildly heated talking in an HU only channel sparked from this exact message
wondering if I could share my rice that includes a wallpaper that's adapted from the final panel of chapter 125 of Tokyo Ghoul :re,
the panel in question features a nude male resting his head on the thighs of an almost nude female who is cradling his head with her hands with her breasts visible but no nipples present, neither are genitals as those are covered using the specific pose the characters are taking
technically it doesn't fit the criteria for banned content
I see
Like I said in my post before - it's not an exhaustive list of prohibited things. If the content itself is sexual in nature, then it's best to use your best judgement which should always be:
If I have to ask if it's appropriate, I probably should not send it
You will never be blamed for erring on the side of caution
well normally I wouldn't think twice, just asking as a result of this thread
I'm not anything close to staff here, so, take what I say with a grain of salt - but this is how I operate in every community I enter
Given that this server is partnered with Discord, it's best to think ToS first before your actions. If you've got promiscuous-adjacent material you'd like to share, that's more or less where DMs come into play
Like, there are children in this server, iirc
@peak seal This was my original stance before we found out it's for spam reasons.
@flat forge (sorry if wrong mod, I think you reinstated it?) now that it has been reinstated, if there's a spam problem again, will it be removed, or will the spammers be removed if they don't stop?
or a third option?
It's not a bad stance. I kinda just gave out how I treat things.
As for the spam stuff though - I can't really comment on the situation at fault here as I wasn't there to witness it. Spam is fairly subjective from a moderation standpoint, though there's definitely still some nuance to consider as well.
If the user is repeatedly sending the same gif/sticker/message, is it actively being used in reaction the conversation/bit/topic at hand? Or is the user simply sending the content on a whim?
I've seen, and even participated in, conversations where someone has said the same thing numerous times in a row. Heck, when I first joined this server, I used the word 'ditto' like three times in a row, all to make a bit.
There's context here that a moderator should look for when it comes to removing spam or enforcing rules, but is not always realistic to expect - especially if the chat is quite busy, it can be difficult to react in a timely manner while absorbing enough context in a quick skim-through of a conversation they only just joined in on.
if someone repeatedly sends anything, then we talk to then
historically in this server spam was seen as something that was nonesense and/or disruptive in that way, so, I also wasn't around for it, but my suspicion would be a small group of users sending it repeatedly which either makes the entire chat screen the sticker, or continues to bump the chat, in both cases making meaningful conversation harder to happen and being off putting to new users who want to have mature conversations
that's what I mean by if they don't stop sorry, the missing bit, don't stop after being spoken to
i personally would treat that as a problem with a user, not the sticker
Absolutely! Like I said, there's a lot of nuance to consider... Though, this thread has certainly delved in and hyper-analysed what was/happened. Each instance is its own story to unravel - which is part of the responsibilities of moderators to sift through and unravel.
They brought it to my table with that, nsfw, as the primary issue. I simply signed off on it with no further comment.
And I figured "hey, why not?", as it so happened that this also got rid of the spam issue.
And modding that much spam seemed like a lot of moderation overhead.
I can see how things got so confusing here between a moderator action and their reasoning, and the perception of the reasoning.
Agreed.
Are there any plans in place to help ease this confusion in future?
Is this scenario really expected to be a regular occurence? π
Shrug
Not really. This thread is at least public.
It's my work habits kicking in 
once a week we will add a sticker, remove a sticker, and give ambiguous reasoning as to why a sticker was removed???
One of my main issues as a mod here was that I thought the rules were enforced overly prudishly
Like telling people to change their about me because it had the word cock and therefore is NSFW
It is the fucking 13 year olds who do nothing but say cock, if you have an issue with it, it should not be an NSFW issue but a maturity issue imo
promiscuous-adjacent material
well it's just physical closeness akin to a hug
It's more that I see a pretty decent opportunity for staff to convene and discuss communication. I'm an observer - and some skills with occupational health and safety lends me to suggesting, or at least asking, to see if there's something that can be done to ease future instances
@dusty apex I can't speak for the past year but if that's in reference to when I was a mod well, this is my stance, and we had good reason to be.
I think in a community this size there's always going to be a lack of clarity for some people that will need deeper manual explanation, and also, sometimes people won't agree with mods logic, doesn't mean the mod's logic is wrong (though it may be), it's just, communication is rarely if ever 100% efficent
It was in reference to my time as a mod
^ something like this happened iirc
I mean if we start openly talking about genitals it can quickly lead to bad situations, we had to ban role play and calling people "good girl" / "good boy" at one stage because it was being used flirtaiously, I had to mod 2 members talking about kissing, there was a large age difference, when I told the older person how old the younger person is they were humiliated, they hadn't considered that apparently
when I told the older person how old the younger person is they were humiliated, they hadn't considered that apparently
europeans smh smh
For sure! Though in this instance where it seems some public confusion has taken place, it seems like a good time to talk internally about what happened, identify why it happened, and reflect on things that could possibly have been done differently to avoid an outcome where a moderation action had to be reversed.
That's just me though, and I'm not staff in any capacity whatsoever, so.... I'mma leave the topic here - my points have been made and I don't wanna hijack the chat talking about possible staff courses of action.
All I know is this:
Microslop Windung is garbage and Linux is based. Yolo
Linux bad, bsd good
There are only so many hours in the day, this is like a 30K sized server lol
This sticker always just spams lol
Even aside from it being NSFW (in my now widely disagreed interpretation)
It's annoying. I think I may start to regulate mutually spamming stickers specifically.
Holy this thread is still active?
Because that was my issue with the thing specifically.
I personally donβt think itβs NSFW but nevertheless people shouldnβt spam it, or any sticker for that matter.
I will say, me posting that screenshot was in bad faith since I obviously want the sticker removed for different reasons, but the spamming was just annoying on top of that to me
The real test is I should make it my wallpaper tmrw at work and see if someone talks to me about it
If not I'll completely drop the argument
What is the argument for it being nsfw?
Unclothed anthro character
Is that nsfw?
Not anthro in terms of stance of design, that's just in behavior
I guess I don't see it because there's no eronious zones, either it's a boy, or it's covered up by fur
Eronious?
I'm very sleepy, just woke up, lets go check spellings
erroneous - in this case very common ones
Sorry still not familiar with the term in this context
maybe I'm getting the word wrong, but, an area of the body that is very commonly depicted as being overtly intimate
this is a huge server
Erogenous by chance? I interpreted the lower part of the image as breast but I might have been wrong
ahh that is where we differ, it looks like a normal dog chest to me, not the upright position, butspecifically the chest, if normally sticks out a little on dogs
Hm, maybe actually. I didn't see it like that intiially but I see it a bit now
I mean, do you have anything to contribute to the topic?
No...no-one thinks that's 1a, that is a literal picture of a dog, you've come into this thread without reading either the very start of it or the immediately preceding conversation towards the end...
I think there's a difference between animal artwork and anthro animal artwork and I think anthro should have to obey more so human rules
I don't fully agree but I think vegancookies made some damn good points about the character design so I'm still personally reconsidering. I'm the last holdout I think
The original complaint about the sticker was it's NSFW, the person who made that complaint has softened their stance on it.
The original reason for the sticker being removed was primarily about it being used for spam, some mods are in disagreement about the best way to deal with spam (remove the thing being spammed vs talk to and then potentially remove the spammers).
I'm going to dip from this thread, and argue there is merit in locking it as it frequently is used in tangents, and is far too long to reasonably expect someone to actually read, instead if a similar issue occurs and needs discussing, best to make a new thread.
The purpose of a thread like this is to explore an issue, not have a 100% conversion rate in terms of us all collectively agreeing on every single bit of nuance.
I think I agree that it's not 1a now just because yeah it can also be seen as a normal dog chest. I think I only viewed it differently because the character was upright
Because the thread isn't really about the sticker
The sticker issue was resolved before the thread was even made
People just chose to fixate
But uhh
Have we finally stopped talking about breasts?
Now that's DEFINITELY 1a
As for the sticker I say not nsfw
And I also question why a link to a bash manual in the Epstein files got flagged nsfw
Its so funny because that bash manual also has a redaction π
It didn't, we don't have automod rules that match that
I mean NSFW under 1a
it was because it's linking to the epstein files at all, not about the actual content of the link posted
LOLL
ooo uh
what do you guys think about this image? the artist has said that it isnt sexual
yeah its not sexual how is it sexual
are we gonna rule any romance related stuff as sexaul
Tbh i can see why people would say it is but to me it just looks like two logos put together
lets not start listing porn sites
oh yea sorry
Ok so this has devolved into discussing adult sites with children
Let's lock as everything that needs to be said should have been said in the 1323 messages
Further meta threads/tickets can be created, but they should have a 15-minute slowmode applied to hopefully keep them readable and higher quality
Agreed
I'm gonna remove the last few messages due to the site referencing, etc
