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[looking4it]

No, but it's good you pointed it out

to be honest i almost didn't post that because i didn't want anyone to start nagging or pulling AV's...that will get me in trouble with some folks....

 

[ElusivButterfly]

Well It appears Nigel gave up being a mod here

 

[ShyGuy68]

Wow...Just noticed ShyGuy is back as Moderator........I wish you both well.......... but I do feel like you should tell us why your removing pics when you do. Just leave a lil note so everyone knows. I no longer accept the tale of LIT HAS GLITCHES..........Ya'll need to speak up. Your removing pics, yet you say nothing. How the heck are members to know what is over the edge? I do not blame ya'll for doing what you are asked to do, but I CAN and DO blame ya'll for not stating reasons why, or even that you did it, when you do it!

You could make things sooooo much easier if you did leave a note as to why, or at least that you did it, then people would automatically figure out why. I had some removed but were out of the rules, yet others were also removed that were within the rules. Are ya'll picking and choosing? Are ya'll playing favorites and dissing those who are not favs of yours? Are you looking at only some threads and not others?

Yeah I know I am being a wench but until you respond to someone...anyone with answers, I will continue to post in this manner.

I just saw this, and wanted to tell that I'm not removing all those pictures. You can easily see when I edit a post, because it'll say "last edited by ShyGuy68" at the bottom of the post. I've tried to get an answer about the pictures that goes missing, but I don't get a clear answer from the siteowners, so I don't know what's happening.

 

[ElusivButterfly]

I just saw this, and wanted to tell that I'm not removing all those pictures. You can easily see when I edit a post, because it'll say "last edited by ShyGuy68" at the bottom of the post. I've tried to get an answer about the pictures that goes missing, but I don't get a clear answer from the siteowners, so I don't know what's happening.

Thank you for responding. I think your answer is what everyone wanted. I hope you do get the answer as to why the pics are disappearing but it is good to know that ya'll are not removing all the pics.

Thanks again ShyGuy

 

[tiez]

It'd be awfully nice if the admins removing images would actually note why they're doing it. "removed for reason e" or "copyright violation" or something. Rather than just having things magically go 'poof'.

Doing something like that might actually even HELP things, by letting people know more precisely what mythical law they've supposedly violated.

(well, turn the mythical law into a reference to a real law reference).

*sigh*

 

[ElusivButterfly]

It'd be awfully nice if the admins removing images would actually note why they're doing it. "removed for reason e" or "copyright violation" or something. Rather than just having things magically go 'poof'.

Doing something like that might actually even HELP things, by letting people know more precisely what mythical law they've supposedly violated.

(well, turn the mythical law into a reference to a real law reference).

*sigh*

Refer to ShyGuy's response to me and you already have the answer to your questions. THEY are NOT removing all the pics....there is a problem he is attempting to get an answer to.

As for real law..read the new laws as they are written and there are NO definitive answers....but we all have common sense...we know what should be allowed and what isn't...if we do not have common sense enough to realize the basics, that is our problem....not ShyGuy's or the admin's....sorry if this sound flippant, it is not intended to be so, but we know alot more than we post on here...It is about time we showed just how much common sense we do have...I admit I have bouts of "blonde moments", however when I go back and re-read, I realize that is what I had...lol

 

[tiez]

Refer to ShyGuy's response to me and you already have the answer to your questions. THEY are NOT removing all the pics....there is a problem he is attempting to get an answer to.

As for real law..read the new laws as they are written and there are NO difinitive answers....but we all have common sense...we know what should be allowed and what isn't...if we do not have common sense enough to realize the basics, that is our problem....not ShyGuy's or the admin's....sorry if this sound flippant, it is not intended to be so, but we know alot more than we post on here...It is about time we showed just how much common sense we do have...I admit I have bouts of "blonde moments", however when I go back and re-read, I realize that is what I had...lol

So ShyGuy is the only person that has that editorial control? Okay, I did not know that. I figured there was more than one person out there doing it. A place as big as lit would seem to have more than one person handling the editorial duties.

ShyGuy gets a beer if he comes up to my neck of the woods

(and you too.. )

 

[ElusivButterfly]

So ShyGuy is the only person that has that editorial control? Okay, I did not know that. I figured there was more than one person out there doing it. A place as big as lit would seem to have more than one person handling the editorial duties.

ShyGuy gets a beer if he comes up to my neck of the woods

(and you too.. )

Thank you...He is the ONLY moderator of the AM boards...so yeah he needs all the beers we send his way...*smiling*

Oh and I love them so....*cheers* Here's to us all!

 

[thulium]

R/T posting sites

I wonder how the sites that allow R/T posting of images in their chat rooms are planning on dealing with these new regulations???

 

[doctorofluv]

I used to really enjoy looking at everyone's pictures posted on here. It's not fun anymore to go to a thread and find out that I'm too late by a few hours to view the pictures. I guess I'll have to find something else to do in my spare time now! hehehehehehe

 

[red_flame]

its just a hicup calm down people

it has been pointed out there is a message posted if the mods take the pics if there is no message its just a glitch repost and see what happens

 

[Kundalinguini]

vBulletin and Attachments

Actually, the vbulletin system allows admins to remove posts and attachments (of course.. they're the admins, after all), and Manu and Laurel haven't weighed in on this that I've seen (surprising given all the chatter about it). Additionally, any specific security level (e.g. Adminstrator or Moderator) can have their preferences set so there doesn't have to be a "last edited by" message.

Of course, anyone with database access, that is, anyone with root access to the server, can also remove anything they like if they understand the (quite arcane) database structure.

Glitch? I can't imagine what kind of glitch can remove random attachments from the database. The image is kept as a string of data inside the database, not in a folder where they could be browsed and deleted. Granted, there are quite likely mySQL database tools that let you do this, though I couldn't find one.

The one thing that could be possible is if the acceptable file size was lowered, so that any files larger than that were purged, but I suspect what would really happen is that the jpeg data would be truncated at that point. Such jpegs are readable, but with an error that might make vbulletin refuse to display them. But... the link would still be there.

If it were all attachments being deleted, we might be able to think the database is just too big and is throwing them out in a nightly attempt to keep itself to a size limit, but some go and some stay. I guess maybe it could purge all attachments above a set size (an admin could write a SQL query that would do that), but I don't know of any control in vBulletin that lets you set up anything like that. Besides, is it only the larger attachments that are "disparu"?

So, I'm sorry... the only rational explanation I can see is that they are being removed by someone, or by some custom-built control run amuck.

 

[Shankara20]

Hello All:

Upon returning from my holiday festivities, I found several PMs asking about missing pictures.

Images HAVE been removed that are in violation of Lit's posting guidelines. A reminder of those guidelines can be found here:

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=346199

The laws have changed, and Lit has had to change along with them, or risk being shut down for violating those laws. As those that run Lit do not want the site shut down (and I hope that you don't either), they have been removing pics as they find them. You can also help with this by a) not posting pics in violation of the guidelines, and b) reporting pics that are in violation as you see them.

Personally, I think it's a shame that the freedom that was had in posting previously (with SOME limitations) is no longer possible. However, if we want to avoid lawsuits, fines, imprisionment, etc. - as well as keep Literotica available to us, this is what we have to live with.

Thanks to all for your patience - I hope this answers your questions.

Thanks,

Nigel

This is the #1 post to this thread for those that have not read it. Lit HAS been removing pics.

Too Bad.

 

[Kundalinguini]

Well, we all know pics are being removed. I just think there needs to be a better explanation of the criteria. Some of the pics being removed are tamer than a Victoria's Secret catalog. What's the rule here? An examlple: A "lascivious display of genitals". What (or who) defines "lascivious"? Furry but not shaved? Outer labia but not inner? No clits? If it's pink you can't post it? Flaccid is OK, but erect isn't? Erect is OK if you don't touch it? Or is it simpler than that: If it makes you hot, don't post it? How about warm? Tepid?

I understand wanting to be cautious: no one wants Lit to be shut down, but come on... let's be realistic about it. The best way to follow the rules is to be able to understand them, and perhaps to have a way to ask why a certain pic was removed (though first I guess we'd need to know who is removing them). The number of posts being reviewed, this must be a full-time job.

Why not use vBulletin's subscription feature to make AmPics subscriber only, and prove we're 18 by charging us a dollar on a credit card? Sucks, I know, but so does this. Or maybe we should just take up a sitewide contribution to defray the cost of moving the server to Amsterdam. Hey Manu... do that and trips to Amsterdam are a business expense.

 

[red_flame]

i dont have a CC so thats me out if they do!

 

[ElusivButterfly]

Actually, the vbulletin system allows admins to remove posts and attachments (of course.. they're the admins, after all), and Manu and Laurel haven't weighed in on this that I've seen (surprising given all the chatter about it). Additionally, any specific security level (e.g. Adminstrator or Moderator) can have their preferences set so there doesn't have to be a "last edited by" message.

Of course, anyone with database access, that is, anyone with root access to the server, can also remove anything they like if they understand the (quite arcane) database structure.

Glitch? I can't imagine what kind of glitch can remove random attachments from the database. The image is kept as a string of data inside the database, not in a folder where they could be browsed and deleted. Granted, there are quite likely mySQL database tools that let you do this, though I couldn't find one.

The one thing that could be possible is if the acceptable file size was lowered, so that any files larger than that were purged, but I suspect what would really happen is that the jpeg data would be truncated at that point. Such jpegs are readable, but with an error that might make vbulletin refuse to display them. But... the link would still be there.

If it were all attachments being deleted, we might be able to think the database is just too big and is throwing them out in a nightly attempt to keep itself to a size limit, but some go and some stay. I guess maybe it could purge all attachments above a set size (an admin could write a SQL query that would do that), but I don't know of any control in vBulletin that lets you set up anything like that. Besides, is it only the larger attachments that are "disparu"?

So, I'm sorry... the only rational explanation I can see is that they are being removed by someone, or by some custom-built control run amuck.

Well since ShyGuy can't seem to get any response from Manu or Laurel, I would say they have placed one or more people in the catagory of Admins on this site. My opinion, mind you, but I feel they are going through the attachments and deleting from there. That is the only way they can be removed and have no last edited by___________. I do not feel there is any glitches..Or should I say any glitch that is removing all the pics...We all know certain things are not permitted, yet are being posted and removed within 1 - several hours later. I feel sometimes if a pic seems questionable to one of those who are doing the removing, they remove it to be on the safe side, as for those which are clearly within the rules, I feel it is human error or someone just mucking with us to make us think or wonder if there are glitches. The admins or those they have given privileges to are doing the removals. We will just have to take things as they come or leave...I am not leaving...I will repost and repost...I will find another place to hold my pics on and then post, whatever. They think they are being sly about it all (which is why we hear nothing).

This how I see things. I could be wrong, but I highly doubt it.

 

[ShyGuy68]

The word from the siteowner is that they remove pictures that are against the rules (https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=346199) when they become aware of them, so it's not a glitch in the system.

 

[Guest]

The word from the siteowner is that they remove pictures that are against the rules (https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=346199) when they become aware of them, so it's not a glitch in the system.

Red Flame had one of her thumb removed.

Yes thumb, sits next to fingers, one on each hand, useful when holding knives, forks, pens etc. Some of us even hit the space bar with them when writing annoyed posts!!!!

Rule 27 - no thumbs allowed.

 

[Falcon822]

deleted

 

[red_flame]

Red Flame had one of her thumb removed.

Yes thumb, sits next to fingers, one on each hand, useful when holding knives, forks, pens etc. Some of us even hit the space bar with them when writing annoyed posts!!!!

Rule 27 - no thumbs allowed.

my thumb is obviously just too sexy

 

[Guest]

my thumb is obviously just too sexy

Oh, please may I suck your thumb???

 

[red_flame]

Oh, please may I suck your thumb???

ooooooo please feel free

 

[Guest]

ooooooo please feel free

Oh a free feel too??? Damn, just when I have to go to!! We must continue this conversation some other time. Your place or mine????

 

[red_flame]

Oh a free feel too??? Damn, just when I have to go to!! We must continue this conversation some other time. Your place or mine????

i think we could make it both have a great weekend

 

[gagn4u3]

so glad

It'd be awfully nice if the admins removing images would actually note why they're doing it. "removed for reason e" or "copyright violation" or something. Rather than just having things magically go 'poof'.

Doing something like that might actually even HELP things, by letting people know more precisely what mythical law they've supposedly violated.

(well, turn the mythical law into a reference to a real law reference).

*sigh*

I'm so glad they didn't remove your pic. Inspirational.