Pornography Rule

[Tiberius]

We have decided that in light of recent events, the pornography rule needs to be expanded in order to keep the forums a family friendly place. The new rule is as follows:

Pornography / Pedophilia / Nudity
Pornographic content, pedophilic content, and nudity is not allowed. We consider pornographic content to be an explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity. We consider nudity to be the display of uncovered sexual organs, buttocks, and female breasts. This includes images, videos, and any other medium, as well as hyperlinks which link users to external content. Discussion of pornography / nudity is allowed, provided it is not explicitly sexual in nature (e.g. sex stories). The staff will make the final decision on whether content is pornographic or not, and will take into consideration whether the content is more artistic than pornographic (e.g. depictions of Venus de Milo or Michelangelo's David are not in violation of this rule).

We consider pedophilic content to be any content which contains sexual undertones relating to children. This includes images of naked or semi-naked children, images of child models in "provocative" poses, underaged themed sexual jokes or memes (e.g. pedobear), stories which describe pedophilia as a fantasy, or other content which is deemed by the staff to be pedophilic in nature. Discussion of pedophilia is allowed provided it does not include any of the aforementioned.

A general exception to this rule (applying only to pornography and adult nudity) is when members are posting in the adults only subforum "Area 69". Pornographic content nudity is allowed in this subforum, provided it is legal in the United States of America. Whilst discussions concerning pornography / nudity are allowed elsewhere in the forums, if the discussion is intended to be sexual in nature, it should be posted in Area 69. In order to gain entrance to Area 69, members must be at least 18 years old, have at least 60 posts, have been a member for at least 60 days, and should request to join the 18+ user group. Members should then take a photo of a photographic ID with their username written on something in the same photo. The member can black out all identifying features of the ID, except the photo itself and the year of birth. The photo should be sent via a private message to a member of staff, who will either approve or reject the request.

There are no exceptions for pedophilic content.

Some of these changes were made in order to clarify what is / is not allowed based on a recent thread, and other changes are required in order for us to continue generating advertising revenue, which funds the majority of the server costs.

The staff will be removing historic content which now violates the expanded rule, though no retroactive punishments will be handed out. Future violations of this rule will be dealt with according to your punishment system.

Please note that this rule change may require some of you to self-censor, especially when it comes to sexually themed jokes and memes. As always, Area 69 is available for those of you over 18 years of age, where the rules regarding pornography and nudity do not apply.

- Staff

Moderator Notice

I'd like to let everyone know we've reconsidered the stance on sexually themed jokes. We're not banning them on the main forum. Things will be pretty much as before, with sexually explicit jokes reserved for area 69. But keep children out of the jokes please.