Guess Someone Decided to Be Offended
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:26 pm
I posted some of the pictures I took on my shoot with the OMP Model Arie. Yesterday the gallery had received over 8000 hits and had gone to #33 most popular for the week.
This morning the gallery no longer appears on the popular list at all. I got a snide "Guest" comment about how it seemed ridiculous that any girl a photographer could talk into taking off her clothes was termed 'a natural beauty.' Gutless comment, no email or name. But even more gutless is the uneven application of nebulous standards to what can be voted upon and ranked.
I would understand it if I got an email or posting saying "Picture 667 is beyond the standards. Remove it or the gallery will be pulled." But nothing is said. And nude galleries are up there on the popular list. No, I am not going to point that out to Pbase admin. Why should they pull them, too? I am certainly not offended. But if a gallery is clearly marked "Nude" or "Artistic Nude" what is the big deal?
I post things at Pbase to be seen. The voting allows others to recommend galleries for viewing. Pulling the popular vote from a gallery drops the views.
A couple years ago we were promised that this would be solved. I do not see the solution, just silent pulling of the rug out.
Anybody recommend a site where this is not the case?
Kind of PO'd about this,
Ellsworth Weaver
PS Warning: the Arie Gallery has nudes. So does the Sundae gallery. *shudder* Do not look if you are offended.
This morning the gallery no longer appears on the popular list at all. I got a snide "Guest" comment about how it seemed ridiculous that any girl a photographer could talk into taking off her clothes was termed 'a natural beauty.' Gutless comment, no email or name. But even more gutless is the uneven application of nebulous standards to what can be voted upon and ranked.
I would understand it if I got an email or posting saying "Picture 667 is beyond the standards. Remove it or the gallery will be pulled." But nothing is said. And nude galleries are up there on the popular list. No, I am not going to point that out to Pbase admin. Why should they pull them, too? I am certainly not offended. But if a gallery is clearly marked "Nude" or "Artistic Nude" what is the big deal?
I post things at Pbase to be seen. The voting allows others to recommend galleries for viewing. Pulling the popular vote from a gallery drops the views.
A couple years ago we were promised that this would be solved. I do not see the solution, just silent pulling of the rug out.
Anybody recommend a site where this is not the case?
Kind of PO'd about this,
Ellsworth Weaver
PS Warning: the Arie Gallery has nudes. So does the Sundae gallery. *shudder* Do not look if you are offended.