snynchly: scofflawsins:@pillowfort-io this is very, very disappointing. These kinds of &lsquo
snynchly: scofflawsins: @pillowfort-io this is very, very disappointing. These kinds of ‘grey areas’ only leave openings for harassers. So many artists were looking to your website to protect them from false accusations of pedophilia like they endure here, but I can see that will not be the case. @xenoqueer @lines-and-edges @shipping-isnt-morality @freedom-of-fanfic @ace-inclusionist sorry to bother but i thought y’all might wanna see this unfortunate development @scofflawsins I’m a bit confused here, what’s the alternative to having “grey areas?” Not every fanart of a character comes with a canonical age, there has to be some interpretation involved, and at the very least they are confirming it’ll be checked by a human and not a bot. I certainly agree that there should be as little room for harassers and cp as possible, but if you don’t mind me asking, how would you suggest modifying this? Specifying “underage” would be a good start, for one. It seems reasonable on the surface to say “okay, no underage pictures on the site” before you think that 99% of the non-marauders era Harry Potter ships would be underages. Are they just going to… not allow harry potter erotica? Buffy from the first season was underage. Everyone but the teachers in BNHA is underage. They’re saying “barely pubescent” which can be as high as 16 or as early as 10.But the thing is… that doesn’t really matter? CP is not the same as underage. CP is child porn. Real people. Real, actual victims. imo, the way I’d want to see this moderated is for it to not be. Maybe require people to tag it, but don’t ban something outright like this. Look at AO3- they permit underage characters in explicit situations, because they realize that comparing actual child porn and harry/draco pwp is offensive. Comparing real victims of CSA to fiction is honestly horrifying, it’s saying “the thing that you went through is the same as this at-worse triggering material”.The way communities are set up on pillowfort, you can have individual communities with rules against underage stuff if they want to, and individuals that post that stuff? You don’t have to follow them. These sites are there to curate what YOU want to see, and setting these rules down automatically creates an avenue for harassers that they shouldn’t have to begin with.Let people do whatever the fuck they want in fiction. It’s not real. -- source link