For me the issue has two parts.
1) Our advertising platform generates significant revenue for the site which allows us to effectively host the site at no cost. The advertising platform has several restrictions which mean advertisements cannot appear on sites containing adult content, among other things. Given that we are a site that is 100% user generated content, we need to enforce certain rules in order to keep are account in good standing. Adverts are disabled in Area 69 (they are disabled for any logged in user), but they do appear on other pages. I've had several warnings regarding content in the past which violated the advertising platform policy, and when I've checked it out, it also violated our own rules (we just missed it at the time).
2) We do not have an age limit on the forum, and we are open to members who may be minors. Given this fact, it would be irresponsible not to prohibit certain adult themes, including sexual references, sexual jokes, etc.
1) Our advertising platform generates significant revenue for the site which allows us to effectively host the site at no cost. The advertising platform has several restrictions which mean advertisements cannot appear on sites containing adult content, among other things. Given that we are a site that is 100% user generated content, we need to enforce certain rules in order to keep are account in good standing. Adverts are disabled in Area 69 (they are disabled for any logged in user), but they do appear on other pages. I've had several warnings regarding content in the past which violated the advertising platform policy, and when I've checked it out, it also violated our own rules (we just missed it at the time).
2) We do not have an age limit on the forum, and we are open to members who may be minors. Given this fact, it would be irresponsible not to prohibit certain adult themes, including sexual references, sexual jokes, etc.
