#Where to draw the line for 1a

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hybrid mountain
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we can't go against discord TOS or select & choose what to enforce

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vegan isn't wrong here

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discord servers have been shut down for far less

lapis schooner
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thats fair

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and we are discord partner server too so we get more spotlight

dry snow
hybrid mountain
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although I should be more cautious about my ex-bf rn

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this thread is weird escapism for me atm

dry snow
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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!

hybrid mountain
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DMs, I guess?

slim bluff
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Well as I said, discord TOS prohibits it and unfortunately that's the end of the line, the additional discussion was essentially just fluff

dry snow
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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.

slim bluff
dry snow
dry snow
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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.

warm grail
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flat forge
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also

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discord is based in cali right

dry snow
# flat forge discord is based in cali right

It's spelled Kali, it's a pen testing distro, and discord is more optomised for windows.

||Discord Inc.
444 De Haro Street
Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States of America||

flat forge
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discord is not optimised for anything

slim bluff
flat forge
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i mean

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hang on

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"female nipples" is pretty vague

slim bluff
# flat forge "female nipples" is pretty vague

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

flat forge
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okay so.... either nipples that cant produce milk or people that cant produce eggs

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i dont get it

dry snow
flat forge
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i feel like i should be able to report discord for discrimination

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because thats what this is

slim bluff
flat forge
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they only disallow "female nipples"

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that's...discrimination

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they are literally no different to "male nipples"

slim bluff
flat forge
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when i get on e i will be able to produce milk

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but like... arent there laws about treating people differently because of sex/gender?

slim bluff
# flat forge when i get on e i will be able to produce milk

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

flat forge
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no but like

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it is physically possible

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not saying im going to lol

slim bluff
# flat forge it is physically possible

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

flat forge
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also uhhh

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even if "female nipples" are different

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how the fuck are they sexual

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like....

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im sorry wtf

slim bluff
# flat forge why not??
  1. biological males can never produce the same milk as biological females so breastfeeding should not be considered for the safety of the child
  2. that would be galactorrhea which is caused by your body not being a state it should be in which can endanger your health
slim bluff
flat forge
flat forge
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sorry, "female nipples"

slim bluff
# dry snow In America? I doubt currently.

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

dry snow
# flat forge how the fuck are they sexual

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.

flat forge
dry snow
slim bluff
flat forge
dry snow
slim bluff
slim bluff
flat forge
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but why is everyone so okay with this

slim bluff
flat forge
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i just mean like

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why is everyone so okay with those rules

warm grail
slim bluff
dry snow
# flat forge why is everyone so okay with those rules

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

warm grail
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I'm pretty sure there are multiple platforms that don't consider female nipples as sexual content, but discord isnt one of them

lapis schooner
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yeah discord sucks in many ways

flat forge
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also for the amount of trans people on discord, the wording is REALLY weird

slim bluff
dry snow
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oh my God I'm complaining about discord and it isn't about their product team, that's really refreshing

flat forge
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also uhhh

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%slowmode 5s

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oop

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%slow 5s

turbid smeltBOT
flat forge
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im eepy

lapis schooner
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eep time

flat forge
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who tf set it so high

lapis schooner
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rachel

slim bluff
dry snow
dry snow
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uh per hm7 wanting it
@flat forge
Just so you're aware

slim bluff
# flat forge "activist"????

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

flat forge
warm grail
dry snow
# flat forge ehhh they werent talking here at all

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 πŸ˜‚

slim bluff
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flat forge
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tf

slim bluff
warm grail
slim bluff
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i personally wouldn't consider it nsfw just wanted to voice my personal gripe with that part of the furry fandom

dry snow
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^ my 2 pence/cents/whatever is trading better

warm grail
flat forge
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people should be able to make porn in whatever artstyle they want

dry snow
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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

slim bluff
warm grail
flat forge
dry snow
flat forge
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i readded it based on the consensus we had here

slim bluff
flat forge
dry snow
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is the thing around the neck meant to be a bdsm collar or a bell or something else?

dry snow
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if it's just a normal collar then I don't understand the issue with it personally

slim bluff
flat forge
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yea

slim bluff
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that's what I assume happened

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the issue is that with how people are nowadays a lot of normal sfw stuff can be taken to nsfw areas

flat forge
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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

slim bluff
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flat forge
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like im sorry but...

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they arent sexual

lapis schooner
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me when im a housewife in the 1500s and have to flash my angle to a guard to bribe em

flat forge
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if you think they are thats on you

slim bluff
dry snow
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and that includes fetish clothing

lapis schooner
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i love free itme

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wait wrong channel

flat forge
warm grail
warm grail
dry snow
# flat forge

if the conversation is done I recommend locking the thread just due to its size, but your / other mods call πŸ™‚

lapis schooner
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catermelon

drowsy nymph
rose urchin
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Is this implying that addicts are dirty minded or dirty minded people are addicts

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Or just me

dry snow
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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 πŸ˜›

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it'd be like me thinking people are talking about me every time someone in this server tags someone and says "thanks"

dry snow
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oh yeah, you remotely log in to your system...that's the stuff...

rose urchin
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Yes

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Well not always remotely

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Can be done over a USB cable too

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:P

dry snow
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πŸ˜‚

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well if anyone would know

native narwhal
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That's just a really stupid argument

native narwhal
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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

native narwhal
native narwhal
dense tide
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I was relating it to a social, rather than legal, standard.

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A social standard specifically applying to industrial society, of which Discord is a product.

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And then yes, there is ToS

native narwhal
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What matters more than laws is what credit card processors think

primal needle
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it's very hard to give specific characteristics of what makes a normal vs sexualized depiction of a foot but like. you can tell.

primal needle
native narwhal
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Sorry for the ping reply

lapis schooner
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follow discord tos and

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if we base the sexual or not on perceived intend?

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yes there will be ambiguity problem but at least it'll be more fair this way

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and if we want fairness then maybe some sort of system to deal with the ambiguity

dry snow
coral harbor
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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

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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?

dry snow
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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

coral harbor
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I think this whole argument of this sticker being NSFW is false assumptions and anti-furryism

abstract parrot
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I think its in bad faith to assume its anti-furryism

coral harbor
dry snow
dry snow
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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?

coral harbor
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dotle is definitely making the argument worse in my opinion

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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

flat forge
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sorry this uhh wasnt the right place for that lol

coral harbor
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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

peak seal
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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.

dense tide
slim bluff
dry snow
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Thanks for the explanation unpickable

coral harbor
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why not use that as the reason then?

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I feel like if the moderation reason was "spam" it wouldn't've sparked as much, if any discourse, as "unclothed personified anthropomorphic character"

lapis schooner
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when asked for why that sticker was removed

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whom also mentioned the spam problem

coral harbor
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Still, "unclothed personified anthropomorphic character" was unnecessary in this instance, and could've just been attributed to spam

peak seal
lapis schooner
slim bluff
# peak seal As someone that typically runs servers that don't allow NSFW content - here's wh...

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

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technically it doesn't fit the criteria for banned content

peak seal
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You will never be blamed for erring on the side of caution

slim bluff
peak seal
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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

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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

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Like, there are children in this server, iirc

dry snow
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@peak seal This was my original stance before we found out it's for spam reasons.

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@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?

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or a third option?

peak seal
# dry snow <@150809297239015425> This was my original stance before we found out it's for s...

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.

flat forge
dry snow
# peak seal It's not a bad stance. I kinda just gave out how I treat things. As for the spam...

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

dry snow
flat forge
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i personally would treat that as a problem with a user, not the sticker

peak seal
dense tide
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And I figured "hey, why not?", as it so happened that this also got rid of the spam issue.

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And modding that much spam seemed like a lot of moderation overhead.

dry snow
peak seal
dry snow
peak seal
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Shrug

dense tide
peak seal
dry snow
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once a week we will add a sticker, remove a sticker, and give ambiguous reasoning as to why a sticker was removed???

dusty apex
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One of my main issues as a mod here was that I thought the rules were enforced overly prudishly

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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

slim bluff
peak seal
dry snow
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dusty apex
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dry snow
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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

slim bluff
peak seal
# dry snow I think in a community this size there's always going to be a lack of clarity fo...

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.

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All I know is this:
Microslop Windung is garbage and Linux is based. Yolo

dry snow
native narwhal
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This sticker always just spams lol

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Even aside from it being NSFW (in my now widely disagreed interpretation)

dense tide
crisp shore
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Holy this thread is still active?

dense tide
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Because that was my issue with the thing specifically.

crisp shore
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I personally don’t think it’s NSFW but nevertheless people shouldn’t spam it, or any sticker for that matter.

native narwhal
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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

native narwhal
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If not I'll completely drop the argument

crisp shore
dry snow
native narwhal
dry snow
native narwhal
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Not anthro in terms of stance of design, that's just in behavior

dry snow
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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

dry snow
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I'm very sleepy, just woke up, lets go check spellings

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erroneous - in this case very common ones

native narwhal
dry snow
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maybe I'm getting the word wrong, but, an area of the body that is very commonly depicted as being overtly intimate

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this is a huge server

native narwhal
dry snow
native narwhal
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Hm, maybe actually. I didn't see it like that intiially but I see it a bit now

dry snow
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I mean, do you have anything to contribute to the topic?

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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...

native narwhal
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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

native narwhal
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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

dry snow
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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.

native narwhal
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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

rose urchin
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Because the thread isn't really about the sticker

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The sticker issue was resolved before the thread was even made

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People just chose to fixate

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But uhh

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Have we finally stopped talking about breasts?

stray goblet
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Yea I'm in the camp of this rule being overly prudish

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ASCII dick? Man who cares

native narwhal
stray goblet
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As for the sticker I say not nsfw

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And I also question why a link to a bash manual in the Epstein files got flagged nsfw

native narwhal
drowsy nymph
stray goblet
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I mean NSFW under 1a

primal needle
flat forge
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ooo uh

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what do you guys think about this image? the artist has said that it isnt sexual

lapis schooner
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are we gonna rule any romance related stuff as sexaul

rose urchin
lapis schooner
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lets not start listing porn sites

flat forge
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oh yea sorry

drowsy nymph
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Ok so this has devolved into discussing adult sites with children

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Let's lock as everything that needs to be said should have been said in the 1323 messages

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Further meta threads/tickets can be created, but they should have a 15-minute slowmode applied to hopefully keep them readable and higher quality

rose urchin
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I'm gonna remove the last few messages due to the site referencing, etc