Pornography Rule

[Tiberius]

I think that would be going a bit too far, and it would certainly take the fun out of several threads where posting images is the main theme.

Our members report rule violations often, and our mods are diligent, so I think we'll be able to handle moderation of images without the need for approval.

[account_inactive]

Just occured to me, another site I was on years ago had mod approval for all pics.  That is a bit much to task the mods with, but would the forum software permit the addition of a 'mod' tag (instead of a hide tag) that would allow only mods to see the pic, and if not a violation, to remove the tag.

It would also help on occasions when  the tag isn't removed that those of us out in the fora would then be getting feed back where the line is, as I am sure 'the line' is going to a be a subject of much behind the scene mod discussion.

I know I went a very long time without posting any pics here, and it seems I really post scads now.

The mod tag is the tag for the moderator notices. Adding mod approval for pictures is ridiculous. But if it came to that I am sure they'd manage no problem. There's eight moderators and five admins.

[Tiberius]

Is there advertising on Atheist forums? Can't we just all donate a little more money? I mean it's not really a big deal for me personally, because I doubt I ever violate the rule anyway. It's not what I'm here for. I just like to avoid that slippery slope. Just like it's the nature of government to add laws and never repeal them, so too is it the nature of internet forums to add more rules and never get rid of any of the old ones.

There's advertising on all pages for logged out users. Unfortunately we ran the site on donations for several years, and the problem is that people don't just donate a little more money. We've had several large donations in the past that helped the site for a long time, but unfortunately donations these days are rare.

Adding adverts that only appeared for logged out users seemed like a good compromise, because ultimately nobody who joins the site saw them, but they still generated sufficient revenue to pay for the site bills.

[Losty]

How strictly are we going to be enforcing the sexual jokes thing? I think my entire sexual innuendo thread my need to be either deleted or preferably moved to a69

[CapnAwesome]

Is there advertising on Atheist forums? Can't we just all donate a little more money? I mean it's not really a big deal for me personally, because I doubt I ever violate the rule anyway. It's not what I'm here for. I just like to avoid that slippery slope. Just like it's the nature of government to add laws and never repeal them, so too is it the nature of internet forums to add more rules and never get rid of any of the old ones.

There's advertising on all pages for logged out users. Unfortunately we ran the site on donations for several years, and the problem is that people don't just donate a little more money. We've had several large donations in the past that helped the site for a long time, but unfortunately donations these days are rare.

Adding adverts that only appeared for logged out users seemed like a good compromise, because ultimately nobody who joins the site saw them, but they still generated sufficient revenue to pay for the site bills.

Maybe you should do a wikipedia style donation drive once a year? Or make a patreon page. I'd be into something like a patreon page. You could make a thermometer where if so much money is raised, we can tell dirty jokes again.

[Cyberman]

Just like it's the nature of government to add laws and never repeal them, so too is it the nature of internet forums to add more rules and never get rid of any of the old ones.

That's not accurate, at least as far as AF is concerned. We've had plenty of rules that are no longer on the books; just off the top of my head there's the old "no preaching" one, for example. Then there was our Prime Directive, gone the way of all things. Our rules are constantly being revised and updated.

[brewer]

This may get interesting. For visuals, I'm gonna play it like broadcast US TV. I may end up pushing the envelope verbally, but then I think a lot will.

[Minimalist]

Republicunt is in half of the political threads here.

I'll re-double my efforts!

[brewer]

Republicunt is in half of the political threads here.

I'll re-double my efforts!

And a penis is in all.

[rexbeccarox]

So... my avatar? I'm fairly attached to it...