Official request

[Inigo Montoya]

devogirl, dolly and lee,

I typed this up, decided not to post it and then looked and on the front page of our board we've got a thread about bandage right above one with a video of a child.

I think it may be time to make an official rule prohibiting the posting of pics or videos of PWD children and/or links to pics or videos. I'd like to make an official request for that change.

In the past, I think the assumption was that it went without saying... I think that now it needs to be said.

It is not my board to mod and I hope this request isn't unwelcome. If the decision is to say no, then I'm not going to gripe. But I wanted to make the suggestion.

Thanks for listening.

[RollAlongSlowly]

Videos of ''Inspirational kids'' and the like are definitely more suited to Facebook than here

[lucretia]

I agree. As tempted as I was to comment, I reported the post. It is difficult (I imagine, I am not a mod) to decide to delete a thread when there are comments. I appreciate Inigo starting this thread to discuss it.

If everyone deleted their comments, there would be no quandary about deleting an entire inappropriate thread.

I know there are threads in the past that are inappropriate, and the mods have locked them. However, that just stops the comments. I can never go back and delete the comments I made on a thread that has a sketchy title and inappropriate content. In those cases I SO WISH I had never commented, even to complain!!!

Again, I am not a mod, but I would strongly encourage anyone who had an issue about a thread please report it rather than comment. If you feel something must be said, then start a thread like Inigo did here or even send a pm requesting the poster to delete his post.

I think it should be clearly stated that only pictures of ADULTS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR CONSENT be posted on this site.

Just because something is on the net doesn't mean the person gave consent. I have a friend who's pics have been turned into memes for inspiration porn and they are pretty easily found... but she NEVER gave consent. Those pics were taken from her blog, altered, and turned into something for which they were never intended.... and unless she spends endless time and money, there really isn't anything she can do.

JUST BECAUSE IT'S A MEME OR ON YOUTUBE OR EVEN A STOCK PHOTO, don't assume the person gave consent.

Would that limit what we post here? Probably. Do I care? No.

I would much rather err on the side of the white hats.

Rant over.... for now.

[Inigo Montoya]

Gah! I didn't think to report it!

I'll happily delete my comments but I'd like to see the link to the little boy's pic be removed as well as the video.

[lucretia]

Oct 14, 2014 6:48:57 GMT -5 Inigo Montoya said:

Gah! I didn't think to report it!

I'll happily delete my comments but I'd like to see the link to the little boy's pic be removed as well as the video.

I agree. ANY links to kids or their pics should be grounds for banning, imho. "We" think we are the good guys here... but I'd wager there are a few, lurking or otherwise, who aren't.... and NOTHING we do here should feed that....

[devogirl]

I agree. The threads/posts are deleted and the photo policy has been updated.

[Inigo Montoya]

Thank you so much!

[Lee]

Yeah, I think we've all mentioned in the past that photos of children are inappropriate, but it's an oversight on our part if it wasn't specifically mentioned in the guidelines. As Inigo said, I think we all just assumed it was obvious. If something like this comes up again, you can also feel free to email the moderators directly before taking the trouble to start a thread and making everyone weigh in.

[Inigo Montoya]

I thought we had but couldn't find it. MRBB was looking too.

I didn't think about a private message to the mods.