Originally posted by: SuhanaSafar
@ Kat & Bhoomi:
Please don't be offended guys. I'm sure Minnie and the Development did not intend to hurt anyone. They are just trying to bring into light a very serious problem. There are young children who visit the forum, and it is essential for their well-being that every section be free of graphic material. The FF section has been put on the spot because there really are some stories there that are sexually explicit. I myself have read at least two in the past few months that made me uncomfortable. I'm sure that no parent would want their young children to be exposed to such things. It would be nice if we could censor the board so that only teens and adults can read certain stories with adult content, but there really is no way to do this. That's why I agree with the development team that it's better to keep the stories clean. As an FF writer myself, I think this is a reasonable request, and I think that the other writers should accept it as well. I sincerely hope I haven't offended anyone...
Thank you Suhana, that so very well put. Members like you is what has made IF such a great place to be in.
Originally posted by: bhoomikauttam
Suhanasafar
Am not talkign abt the reasoning ...am ok with what they want to covey and the seriousness of the issue.. The subject doesnt intend to do what it should..i have that plain thing to say..
all the remaining things u have mentioned..i agree there can be..and there r ways of tackign it..especially if the writers n readers go hand in hand to resolve the matter... as an active member I foudn the SUBJECT line really hurting.. not he matter written in it...
Hello Bhumi, I am sorry if the subject line hurt you. That was not the intention. However, for the past two weeks the dev team has been taking in views from all sections, and barring a handful, the consensus is that we need to make sure that sexually explicit materials in FF are not ncouraged. Unfortunately that is where most of such content is getting posted and as not all dev team members read it, many a times it goes unnoticed. It's only when members bring it to our attention that we become aware of it. And it has been increasing alarmingly. This post is about Fan Fics. However, it does include rest of the content posted on IF too, hence that has been addressed too as uniformity is of utmost importance.
We definitely understand where you are coming from, and I assure you it is not targetted at anyone. It is just something which needs to be put across in broader terms and be known by everyone. At the end of the day, authors only write what they think will be liked by the audience, so the audience also needs to be aware what they can and cannot expect .
As Suhanasafar pointed out, in this forum, there is to way to regulate what the members read unless there is some kind of basic rule applied to.
Edited by Minnie - 16 years ago
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