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- Bennn5
I think those who are offended by those threads stopped visited them a while ago. But I understand the lack of ressources to moderate them, is there that much moderation going on in these threads?
- scarabin10
I support qbn and whatever decision they make.
You guys have already seen my glass-flattened penis collection and I have other sources for close-up butthole shots so there’s really nothin’ to lose
- colin_s1
This seems to me to be an issue of precedent setting. Short of a declared list of rules, forum engagement is predominantly a social contract. If there's no common understanding as to why pornography is or isn't allowed (and under what, if any, circumstances), it'll probably lead to those ideas being tested (by force or just the passage of time).
Is it an outright ban on NSFW content , is it a "mods are tired" deal... I think all that people are looking for is the established baseline of what system exists (and, if possible, knowing why).
Personally I always thought having porn content here was strange. For one, it seemed completely off-brand for a design forum that tries to be at least semi-conscious of humanity? And for two, the amount there was seemed a bit ... excessive. But I do like that it was always contained to a couple threads that I could just ignore, and I can see the risks of ending it all without any sort of nod to what isn't or isn't acceptable.
I'm fine with removal but would only suggest some type of "moving forward, here is a baseline system" established rule set. There have been plenty of posters over the years who have gone to great extent to kind of push boundaries, so it seems removing something without acknowledging how to move forward is the riskiest path.
- I'll subscribe to your magazine.SteveJobs
- Don't need a strong description of what QBN is, just more rigidity around what it isn'tcannonball1978
- noneck4
The NSFW stuff is embarrassing and is preventing grown-ups from engaging with the site.
- I don't agree. If more grown-ups would contribute more seriously good content, the nsfw would disappear by the weight of the better content.uan
- In that case we would benefit from more ways to share that content here- more media support. Gifv, reddit video, mp4, webp, etcscarabin
- uan, you just found the catch 22. we can't get eddie van halen unless we make a triumphant video, but we can't make a triumphant video without eddie van halen.SteveJobs
- drgs4
Whose problem is it/who is bothered by it?
- the moderatormonospaced
- & we've all hinted this for a long time nowGuyFawkes
- I've literally never complained. I simply don't visit those pages, nor do I post in them. It's not hard to avoid, mostly.monospaced
- Once a year I'll go through the Boobs one, because ... boobs. :)monospaced
- exactly, and that's how it should beESKEMA
- cannonball19780
I vote for removal, but I think removal is a partial solution and a bad one if it is the only step taken. Silencing a problem does not get rid of it.
- scarabin4
Weird that this comes up months after we took a poll and actually cared about it.
I was once banned for posting a shot of testicles. Just plain ol’ ballsack. Now it’s a political issue that must be belabored for a year.
Just make a decision, we’ll live with it. And if we don’t we’ll die mad. Who cares
- I wouldn't exactly say it's political. But I understand what you're saying.monospaced
- CyBrainX3
I'm voting against removal for NSFW threads. They are easily avoided. Getting rid of hate speech and such is worth removing.
- omahadesigns0
Good riddance.
- shapesalad2
I think we need to think about how to have a better life. And so I agree with all the trash removal.
Perhaps a trashcan icon can be next to thread titles - and those that receive the most clicks per week are automatically binned.
- i_monk5
Good. Long overdue.
I've said it before: I manage a small team of young female designers, and I would never, ever, direct them to join QBN because of the NSFW stuff.
There are a billion porn sites out there and a thousand ways to share tit and ass pics (and NSFL shit) with strangers. Do it there.
- I almost forgot this was a site for designersfooler
- Make QBN Great Againi_monk
- wait, there's porn on the internet??sarahfailin
- same. I know a bunch of great female ADs and CDs that don't know about this place but don't want to point them here bc of the filth.shellie
- jonny_quest_lives-1
Accidentally clicking the NSFL thread and seeing a human penis squeezed flat between two pieces of glass like something out of that Hannibal TV show was enough to destroy my faith in humanity... Do what you must...
- oh the horror, the shock! Hope you're well now!ESKEMA
- take the pepsi challenge and peruse through that NSFL thread and see if you come out unscathed. shit in there probably has this site on a watchlist of some sortjonny_quest_lives
- comicsans2
Shocked at the suggestion there is moderation given how so many bad-faith posters were left to roam unchecked for months. At least those threads kept everything in one place and the 'moderators' knew where to go.
- drgs0
There isn't really much nudity in COTD. My last 4 post for illustration:
https://www.qbn.com/reply/402626…
https://www.qbn.com/reply/402623…
https://www.qbn.com/reply/402539…
https://www.qbn.com/reply/402378…It's circa how it was meant to be.
There is one user who posts obvious pornography, but I suggest you moderate the user, not the thread.
In fact, make it a challenge:
Keep boobs/butt/thighs of the day threads open for posting, but no nudity allowed! :)
- nb2
I also think that QBN will always be considered a small-time, pathetic forum. No one in the industry takes it seriously. The QBN brand is very much male-dominated, insular and immature holdover from the days when web forums were a thing people cared about.
Maybe the QBN brand can change over time, and this is a step in the right direction, but it will take time.
Honestly, if you came here with no context and saw Boobs of the Day Butt of the Day Chick of the Day... who takes this seriously. I agree with _mort, above.