The Anti-Gay Censors strike again

[LeatherChaps]

The Favorite Gay Pic thread has been censored. Once again. Les porn OK... Gay porn not ok. And only in the GLBT do pics get censored. Go figgur.

 

[mtsnowrider]

Censored into oblivion apparently

 

[Missouribiguy]

Ugh, here we go again with this bullshit. Look, if this board was so anti-gay, why do I still have my Male to Male Vids up. Really, you broke the rules, and you lost your thread.

 

[Etoile]

The Favorite Gay Pic thread has been censored. Once again. Les porn OK... Gay porn not ok. And only in the GLBT do pics get censored. Go figgur.

LOL. You don't know me at all, do you?

 

[JKendallDane]

OK....paint me a little confused and hoping for an explanation.

I have read the "photo posting rules" and it appears that applies site wide and not just the GLBT forum...correct?

If so, then why can one visit virtually EVERY other forum and see pix and attachments in posts that would seem to violate those rules if they are applied literally and equally? Many are FAR worse than anything I ever saw posted in the thread here.

I really enjoyed the GM photo thread and contributed to it a few times. If it resurfaces, I don't want to make some innocent mistake that gets it shot down again.

 

[MikeyRam]

That's bs, I call shenanigans.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

OK....paint me a little confused and hoping for an explanation.

I have read the "photo posting rules" and it appears that applies site wide and not just the GLBT forum...correct?

If so, then why can one visit virtually EVERY other forum and see pix and attachments in posts that would seem to violate those rules if they are applied literally and equally? Many are FAR worse than anything I ever saw posted in the thread here.

I really enjoyed the GM photo thread and contributed to it a few times. If it resurfaces, I don't want to make some innocent mistake that gets it shot down again.

*raises hand*

Hi. The reason that you can find *worse* pics on other forums is because (usually)~no one has turned those pictures in to a moderator. Etoile (Who is the utmost in ass kickery) has been very good about maintaining this particular forum when it comes to questionable pictures or content.

The easiest way to make sure photo threads do not break the rules, is to follow them. Otherwise, we as a group lose the fun smexy times photos. (trust me, she has taken away the Bi photos and lesbian photos a time or twenty, too).

This is not OUR web site. So if we want to keep this site free to use, we have to follow the rules or lose the very things we come here to see/do/write about.

 

[JKendallDane]

Thanks Luna and I have no problem with following the rules...but they are so generic and all-encompassing that I am literally afraid to post a pic now.

Here are the basic Forum Photo Guidelines:

- Legally, we can allow soft nudity, but under current United States law, photographs (does not apply to non-photographic images) posted on this site may not contain "sexually explicit conduct", which the government defines as:

- Actual or simulated:
(A) sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex;
(B) bestiality;
(C) masturbation;
(D) sadistic or masochistic abuse; or
(E) lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person.

With those five examples you pretty much rule out:

*Two guys hugging face-to-face (because it could be assumed they are grinding)

*Two guys hugging back-to-face or spooning in bed (assumption of insertion)

*One or more guys naked with a hard on (see "E")

*One or more guys naked withOUT a hard on (see "E")

*One or more guys showing a hard on in clothing (see "E")

*One or more guys who AREN'T hard (good old "E" again)

*Nothing even CLOSE to; or even the possibility of; a blow job (keep those lips above the chest)

*Any photo that includes cum being seen

*Any photo with hand-to-cock contact (assumption of masturbation)

Et cetera, furthermore, et al, and into almost infinity it seems.

I just want to know what does and doesn't fall under those guidelines because I'm not too certain if this one below would even pass muster with those restrictions.

 

[Missouribiguy]

Well, you could always do what they do in the Amateur Picture section on Literotica and post the more graphic pics on a outside link.

 

[LeatherChaps]

Ugh, here we go again with this bullshit. Look, if this board was so anti-gay, why do I still have my Male to Male Vids up. Really, you broke the rules, and you lost your thread.

Tell me how I broke the rules. I posted ONLY links no pics.

 

[LeatherChaps]

*raises hand*

Hi. The reason that you can find *worse* pics on other forums is because (usually)~no one has turned those pictures in to a moderator. Etoile (Who is the utmost in ass kickery) has been very good about maintaining this particular forum when it comes to questionable pictures or content.

The easiest way to make sure photo threads do not break the rules, is to follow them. Otherwise, we as a group lose the fun smexy times photos. (trust me, she has taken away the Bi photos and lesbian photos a time or twenty, too).

This is not OUR web site. So if we want to keep this site free to use, we have to follow the rules or lose the very things we come here to see/do/write about.

Im sorry but this is just "dog ate my homework" bovine scatology. There is no secret that explicit pics are allowed in every other section but this one. The moderator knows it and the owners know it. To imply otherwise is patently dishonest.

 

[Etoile]

Im sorry but this is just "dog ate my homework" bovine scatology. There is no secret that explicit pics are allowed in every other section but this one. The moderator knows it and the owners know it. To imply otherwise is patently dishonest.

For the record, I also moderate BDSM Talk, and I apply the same rules there.

I cannot control other mods.

I have gone back and forth with the owners about whether moderating pictures is really necessary, because it takes me a lot of time and causes a lot of headache for me and angst for participants. The response is always "you're doing the right thing, keep up the good work."

So I'll keep doing what I'm doing.

 

[LeatherChaps]

For the record, I also moderate BDSM Talk, and I apply the same rules there.

I cannot control other mods.

I have gone back and forth with the owners about whether moderating pictures is really necessary, because it takes me a lot of time and causes a lot of headache for me and angst for participants. The response is always "you're doing the right thing, keep up the good work."

So I'll keep doing what I'm doing.

So obviously they are aware of what is being posted in other threads and they are fine with that. So... it is your discretion what is allowed and what is not. It wouldnt be so bad if gays and lesbians were treated the same here but they havent been for the most part.

 

[klippert]

I've fought this battle for a long time. You think the gay threads are censored..try the fetish board. ....But, (no pun) I have learned... you can post freely if you follow the rules.. simply put. You want everyone to see that explicit pic...post it via link.. not url, where the picture is on the thread...

Don't post pix with water marks or links attached... try it.

 

[JKendallDane]

Just for clarification please...

...is using the attachment option considered as actually "posting" a pic, or does that fall under the "link" classification?

If we have to deal with nit-picking, it would be nice to know where the lines in the sand are.

 

[sr71plt]

I'm all in favor of not permitting posting of copyrighted material on Literotica, especially since it's a writers' site, but I agree that it's hypocritical to enforce the rules only here and there. The Web site doesn't erase copyrighted material in much of the forum even when it's reported. It adds to the hypocrisy then when authors here scream and holler about their material being stolen from here and posted elsewhere.

 

[LeatherChaps]

I've fought this battle for a long time. You think the gay threads are censored..try the fetish board. ....But, (no pun) I have learned... you can post freely if you follow the rules.. simply put. You want everyone to see that explicit pic...post it via link.. not url, where the picture is on the thread...

Don't post pix with water marks or links attached... try it.

Thats EXACTLY what was being done there.

 

[MikeyRam]

Thats EXACTLY what was being done there.

Yeah, I've never seen a picture posted on this thread. Only links. Someone has an agenda clearly.

 

[sr71plt]

Yeah, I've never seen a picture posted on this thread. Only links. Someone has an agenda clearly.

I think the reference is to the "Male to Male Vid" thread, and post #814 is an example.