Especially as of late, I've been seeing more and more Find Roleplayers threads that refer to preferring (or even demanding)...explicit...content. Some of them even violate [how I perceive] ToS, with several players saying they would be happy to do sexually abusive, sexually explicit whether in description or even imagery, and other generally very NSFW things publicly (some do say for DMs/docs/etc.). There are even Roleplaying threads now that engage in this kind of content.
Now, I'm not exactly suggesting that we have somebody that's just combing the Roleplay Forums 24/7. That would be unrealistic and life draining. But could there be potential for a kind of Content/Thread/etc. Report option, with a few people dedicated to checking on the reports? They wouldn't even have to have control over anything on the site. It could be set up so that the amassed reports are split/sent to the moderator(s) on a weekly basis, where they skim over the content and determine if it's okay or not. If one is found to be in violation, they could submit the thread to a dropbox of sorts. This way Krin wouldn't have to check everything himself.
Questions and Answers
Q. Why don't the kids just not look at these threads? It's not that hard.
A. You said it yourself. They are kids. Also, unless it's said in the thread title, nobody's gonna know if a thread is explicit or not. And if it is said to be explicit in the title, that's just a flag for violating ToS. If you have an explicit roleplay thread titled something like "Fire in the Rain" (random title I came up with), most people probably wouldn't think it's a steamy NSFW. They'll think it's a cool name and decide to check out what it's like.
Q. Why do you have such a problem with it?
A. Technically, I guess I could just say nothing. But at the same time, I've always been a stickler for rules, I guess.
Q. So what if the NSFW threads were just kept private (DMs, docs, etc.)?
A. That would probably be okay...? I'm not sure if that would still technically violate ToS or not. For the DMs I think it maybe would, since that's still on the site. Just...don't describe all the explicit things you'll do in your Find Roleplayers thread...
Q. If you don't want to see explicit content on the site, why do you bother suggesting looking for it?
A. The point is that I shouldn't be able to see explicit content here. There are literal rules against its existence across the site. I simply do not enjoy seeing how some of it has made it anyway.
Q. Why would you even want this? That's dumb.
A. This is my opinion. I am not saying you have to align yourself with my views. That would be dumb.
Q.Why not a filter?
A. That's a good question! I think that while a filter could work, that would be a pretty big project. There are many, many, many active RP threads, and in those threads can be anywhere between one to over a thousand posts. I do suppose you could have one run through only reported threads, but that would still take a good long time to make happen.
Q. Why would we need more mods? That just increases the chances of something happening to the site.
A. Not exactly, with the way I suggested. Think of them as "honorary" mods - they check content and report back on it, but in reality they wouldn't actually have more permissions. They can access a dropbox (which can be offsite at a doc, actual dropbox, etc.) and get a DM once a week. You can do that as a normal player.
Q. How do you know that explicit content is against ToS?
A. You can find the link to ToS by scrolling to the bottom of any page on Sylestia. The first link in the footer is the ToS link. Also, you can find the specific section I'm referring to here.
Feel free to reply with more questions, constructive criticism, and the like! Have a great day, and thank you for reading! |
