Acceptible content guidlines

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 11:52 pm

On the video upload page, how about maybe having a link to a page detailing explicitly what is allowed or not allowed to be uploaded on the servers. Seems a question regarding "what is excessive violence" comes up once a week or so... and something like that really isnt very obvious at all, so I think something more descriptive should be written up so people will know exactly what is and isn't allowed.

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:12 am

I think the guidlines should be more ambiguous, like a religious text. Besides, quite a few people regard anime/japan/amvs as a religion of sorts as it is, why not provide a doctrine for the amv section of it?

Org Profile · Post by **Phade** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:48 am

Hey Zarxrax,

The guidelines are purposefully ambiguous. This is so that people will stop, think, "hmmm, will I possibly get banned for uploading this video?", and then contact me about it if they have any issues with it. If the guidelines were more explicit, I can easily see people making videos just to push the rules. "But you said [insert marginally acceptable footage here] was OK, so I just repeated that from as many anime as I could find, so this means that the video is Ok since it's in the rules." Context usually has much more to do with marginal material than the material itself.

Obvious examples of what is and is not acceptable have been explained already. It's the marginal videos that need to be reviewed. I am the one that needs to review them. The rules say that they should talk to me about it. Some people don't want to bother reading the rules and just ask instead. I get this all the time with "When am I going to be able to download videos?" and "Why is there a 2 week probation period?" emails I get all the time when the explination is given to them on the very page that says they can't download yet.

Phade.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:10 pm

this constitution lives on

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:55 am

why not just link to some globocide amvs and say "this" isnt acceptable

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:18 am

I think that defeats the purpose as well. When it comes right down to it, if you have to ask, it's probably unacceptable.