Question for upper management

[Edbert]

so, what you're saying is you have a hairy back?
eww you freak

Only gets freaky when I braid it!

 

[Aya]

Hi all.
Just been having a read through this thread, very interesting points of view, also well put too. I find the whole thing quite intriguing, as I was removed from YouTube some months back for apparently breaking their inclusivity rules, I guess that a person/people had taken offence at a post of mine. Strangely I have never posted anything that could be considered remotely offensive, I have always been complimentary to model builders and their builds. Sometimes I posted on Music items re: certain bands and or tracks, again always polite. Anyway after scratching my head trying to discover what I may have done, it occurred to me that my Avatar was of a model figure of Heinze Gudarian, wearing an Iron cross. I think this must be what caused the problem???? It seems ludicrous that a 2" high figurine could have been my marching orders. Aya.

 

[airdave]

youtube (like facebook) has AI inspections of every image and comment, and they have a list of red flag items.
Their practice is blanket censorship with no exceptions just to avoid future litigation.
I don't blame them, because there are so many users intent on spreading hurtful things,
but it can be annoying for the average user.
Innocent posts regularly get caught up in the policing.

I have a friend who is an airbrusher and he does body painting too. Mainly painting women's ****s at biker events.
Nothing rude or nude, all in good fun and acceptable taste, but sometimes a bit risque.
He regularly posts photos from the events and regularly gets infringement notices and has his photos taken down.
Nobody complains, it's just the facebook AI police.
It's ridiculous when you consider the crap that is posted and allowed on facebook.
Countless "see-thru" clothing videos, or fake breastfeeding tutorials. Not to mention the actual sex related stuff.

And then there's always the issue with karens and kevins.
It only takes one prude or self-righteous namby-pamby to send a complaint.
And it's usually because they are ignorant of what they actually see, or ignorant of actual history.

 

[Jakko]

It's ridiculous when you consider the crap that is posted and allowed on facebook.

What irks me about this in general (not just on Facebook, which I don't want anything to do with anyway) is the American prudish mentality that gets forced on the rest of us, and which most then don't even question and then begin accepting without even realising it.

Or as it's sometimes put: There's apparently no problem with seeing lots of people get beat up and shot, but heavens forbid there would be even a hint of nudity.

 

[Edbert]

There's apparently no problem with seeing lots of people get beat up and shot, but heavens forbid there would be even a hint of nudity.

Youtube is full of people fighting but nothing gets blurred until some woman's top gets pulled off.

The exceptions are blood or gunfire, those have to be obfuscated too.

 

[Jakko]

I was more thinking of this attitude in general, not on any specific (anti)social media platform. But yeah, the example of YouTube is a good one, or some years ago, Facebook censoring classical paintings by some of the best artists who ever lived, because they had naked women in them. Or, even, this "****" warning you see in lots of places. I mean, WTF?!

 

[airdave]

LOL I saw a "sensitive content" warning a few minutes ago blocking a video on facebook.
I was required to click my acknowledgement to see the video.
It was a short video trailer for the game War Thunder. (Computer game with Planes and Tanks shooting at each other)
LMAO

 

[Airborne01!]

There is also the ridiculous situation where trigger warnings are issued to students about to study writers like Chaucer - ' This author invokes themes of misogomy etc and uses (nasty) words that relate to sexual interc ---rse (OOOOh Noooo!)' Don't even consider Shakespearean works such as 'Taming of the Shrew!
Steve

 

[Jakko]

interc ---rse

Now you're doing it yourself

 

[airdave]

So apparently if you say "pipe bomb" + "al queda" + "sexual intercourse" all in one post, the FBI, ICE, and Mark Zuckerberg, will all show up your house.
I'll let you know.

 

[Edbert]

Dave's not here man!

 

[airdave]

Nothing happened yet.
But I found sticky tape on all the door locks and theres this odd clicking on the phone line.
No worries, right?

 

[Rockin' Rob]

3 messages and 26 notifications....?
I think someone's trying to get ahold of you Rob..lmao

Hey man. I'm old school. I'm lucky to be able to figure out how to post pictures.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Hey man. I'm old school. I'm lucky to be able to figure out how to post pictures. Let's put my computer literacy like this.. I love Super Nintendo and one game off N64