Samuel Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hello, Following a consulation with the staff, and a fair bit of discussion, 6 of our 8 staff have voted on a policy regarding personal pictures on TDN Forums. The decision reached was that with immediate effect, all personal pictures are banned, including those of a member over the age of 18, with no exceptions. This was passed with a majority of 5, with 1 person against. The reasons cited for this new policy, which has led to an update in rule 5 of the Forum Rules, is thus: "Compared with other forums, the vast majority of TDN Forum members are under the age of 16, and many do not have an approach to the internet whereby they can express their feelings through their vocabulary without the use of emotiocons, can not express a wide range of opinions, and cannot 'show their true self'. Whilst this is in no means the whole of our forum memberbase, the staff feel it is unfair to exclude some people from posting photos whilst some can. We feel that as people are generally not able to successfully express themselves, and create a proper identity for themselves, it is unfair to allow these people to post personal pictures and expose themself in a way which becomes a lot more personal - if they can't express themselves through words, they shouldn't be able to throw photos around. It's all about a person's approach to the Internet, and not everyone in our forum is able to grasp how to approach with success. It is definately unethical to post a picture of a person under 13 years old - complying with COPPA guidelines - but it's also unfair to exclude some and not others." From this date, all pictures of yourself, your family, school or road - which may personally identify you - may NOT be posted on TDN, or linked to. With many thanks, Samuel pp TDN Staff - Moderation Team, Content Team The team would also like to announce that we'll be trialling a new general method of post edits this week, and that Y2 is subject to more delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 cool, thats all cleared up, is the trial for all or just the FM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Yeah and everybody better follow this rule You wouldn't want me to get the meepit out, WOULD YA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Mikey in with the professionalism once again :) The trialling method is just a new, professional way of editing posts. We'll get user feedback at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I try. :) And to answer Vivi's question, it is for everyone. No one really spams in Fantastic Members Forum. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini-Chan Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 woww! what a rule! X3 ooo wow professionally editing posts XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Mikey in with the professionalism once again :) The trialling method is just a new, professional way of editing posts. We'll get user feedback at the end. Does that mean that we can't talk about it, until feedback is asked for, so that all feedback is in one nice general place. I just saw the new method, and TJ has comments, so shall TJ wait or shall TJ speak? Either way is perfectly fine with me, I'm just wondering. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Woah very nice decision. I agree that it's either all of us or none of us. Very good TDN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 We thought we'd be democratic about it, yes =] Yep, please keep them, TJ. =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 that includes avatar right? Can we have like a sig with our pic in it, but in a cartoonish way? As long as people cannot identify you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 in the art sections can we still post some nature photos that we might have taken, or would that prove out location (which be quite hard unless a big landmark) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Loopholes, eh? 1) Nature photos are fine as long as they don't identify you or your local area tooo much. 2) Cartoon drawings are fine, as long as they are not so true to the real thing that you're easily identifiable =] Images of you are banned EVERYWHERE, not just posts. Can I please also raise the point that, whilst TDN can not moderate actions outside of this site, we strongly recommend keeping your pictures to YOURSELF, and not posting them everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Good rules but...I am so darn impatient with the V2 delays...:P The suspense is tearing me apart to know if I got on staff or not :( <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lightning Strike Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I totally agree with the decision taken by TDN Staff. They discussed the situation, and came to a decision. No photos. Although I never post personal photos on the Internet, many people do. If on Neopets it's not allowed, then here it isn't either. I think that's agreeable, especially as most of our community are formed by teens. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tyler Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I wish I had seen this a few hours ago before I made my Komik, oh well I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudedsunny Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I think it's a great rule and good decision too. In that case can someone in staff edit my post in Photomedia 2, in the art section? 2 of the photos have my friends face in them - while it's not MY face I think the rule is generally applicable to anyones face, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 so we cannot even post a link to our pics, am i right? (sorry just double checking, just in case) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 From this date, all pictures of yourself, your family, school or road - which may personally identify you - may NOT be posted on TDN, or linked to. With many thanks, Samuel pp TDN Staff - Moderation Team, Content Team The team would also like to announce that we'll be trialling a new general method of post edits this week, and that Y2 is subject to more delay. Yep, linking is not allowed. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 oh yess sorry i missed the "linked to" part. Thanks TJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Oh you know, I try sometimes. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tyler Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Would this rule apply if I take a picture of myself, then Ink, color, shade, and manipulate it so I look like a cartoon anthro animal? ((Hopefully I can become that good at CGing. )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikaown Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I would assume that it's okay if you don't look like yourself, but then what's the point in a picture? Oh you know, I try sometimes. ^_^ Only sometimes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Would this rule apply if I take a picture of myself, then Ink, color, shade, and manipulate it so I look like a cartoon anthro animal? ((Hopefully I can become that good at CGing. )) i already asked and he said we can do that as long as we are not identifiable. So no it doesn't apply for cases like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Dan. Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I'd like to say, bloody good show to whoever the single person who voted for was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 What if our homepage has a pic of ourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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