This post was last modified: Aug 31, 2016 at 10:29 PM by Draku.

Here's what I have at the moment in preparation for our True Launch. What do you all think? I tried to make the tone less heavy than it used to be, though I kept a decent amount of the old text if it worked well in the past. Many of the rules and the general layout of them are still the same.

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This section is to do with the content of your posts.

Host Terms of Service
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Content Warnings
Certain content should be marked with a spoiler tag obscuring it with a clear descriptor of what's contained within. This includes gore, nudity, sexual imagery, and things that could negatively affect certain posters such as epileptic flashing.

Sexually Explicit Imagery
Can be posted with the above warning tag, but don't go around making threads like "lol watd u fap 2 tonite". It'd best be posted humorously or extremely rarely. You can post it a little more freely if it's your own art you're sharing on the Arts board.

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Looks good to me.

In the PPP, a topic creator may report a post as spam if it is contextless or derails their thread, and it will be dealt with one way or another if the staff agrees upon review.

This should be changed to "Outside the PPP" imo. The only thing that should count as spam in the PPP is flooding

I actually meant to fix what that covers up a little whoops. Changed to include more boards.

I do like the PPP as a place where you can make more personalized threads so I kinda want to keep it that way. Whereas in the VGV for example threads will be about broad subjects and giving the TC control over what's spam or not there is kind of ehhh.

Also the "best left unposted" for porn is a little ambiguous. Maybe we could allow explicit images inside a spoiler tag, but only if the context is humorous (i.e. no "post your favorite fapping material" threads)

This post was last modified: Aug 30, 2016 at 1:49 AM by Draku.

Also the "best left unposted" for porn is a little ambiguous. Maybe we could allow explicit images inside a spoiler tag, but only if the context is humorous (i.e. no "post your favorite fapping material" threads)

that was me changing the wording to something lighter considering the old rule read like WE'LL SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROAT IF YOU POST THIS. (actually the old rules in general were like that wtf?) considering its seemingly not against the new hosting ToS i guess it's more allowable?? i dunno.

Yeah there definitely shouldn't be a strict thing. The way I see it, MW isn't a site for jerking off, but it can be a site for finding humor in outrageous things. Sort of like /r/wtf, where there's porn but it's not treated sexually. I think that as long as it's spoiler'd and more ridiculous than overtly sexy, we can allow it.

This post was last modified: Aug 30, 2016 at 1:56 AM by Yoshin.

Yeah for NSFW content I'd say keep it marked as such in [imgspoiler] or [spoiler] and not to overdo it like Spritey said
Wow ninja'd

if @"wtl" gives the ok i'll change it, i want to know for sure i'm not missing something hosting-wise

What was the deal with the old hosting anyway? Is RII a puritan or something?

very well could have just been the old hosting service itself having extremely strict rules

This post was last modified: Feb 10, 2017 at 9:20 AM by Mario. Edit Reason: deleted

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changed!

This post was last modified: Feb 10, 2017 at 9:21 AM by Mario. Edit Reason: deleted

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Can be posted with a NSFW tag, but don't go around making threads like "lol watd u fap 2 tonite". It'd best be posted humorously or extremely rarely. You can post it a little more freely if it's your own art you're sharing on the Arts board.

Allows sexual content without promoting it or making MW seem like a porn site. Perfection

i kind of want to drop the NSFW terminology. while its pretty common on the web is too often used as a catch-all when warnings are going to be more appropriate if they're explicit. just being clear if there's nudity, explicit sexual content, excessive violence/gore/whatever is going to be hell of a lot more useful

plus it doesn't really make sense. plenty of careers are out there that involve "Not Safe For Work" content, and even ones that dont u know people are lookin up that shit at work lmao

Yeah I never liked that label since it sort of assumes everyone on earth works in a cubicle, but on the other hand everyone knows what it means by now

No harm in dropping the "NSFW" label from the rules themselves though. Like you said, it would probably be more useful to just have trigger/explicit content warnings on a case-by-case basis

Altered the NSFW tagging section. Good points.

This post was last modified: Feb 10, 2017 at 9:21 AM by Mario. Edit Reason: deleted

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This post was last modified: Aug 30, 2016 at 3:05 AM by Spritanium.

Maybe something like this?

Sensitive Content

Minus World is a relatively adult-oriented forum. That said, any content that the average person wouldn't want to be caught looking at, must be labeled with an appropriate warning tag. This tag has to be shown to people before they view the sensitive content. If you're starting a thread with risque content, you should preface your thread title with a warning surrounded by brackets (e.g. "[Sexual Content] This is my thread title"). If you're posting sensitive content in another thread, you should place it in a "spoiler" tag, with the necessary warning written immediately above it.

NSFW content includes graphic violence, gore, nudity, sexually-suggestive imagery, sexually explicit text, and anything else that might get viewers in trouble with their workplace, family or passersby.

@OP: Looks fine to me I guess.

• Jokes - If you say something that offends another member as a joke or claim it is a joke, action still may be taken depending on the case and what that member thinks.

If you say something that offends another member [...] action still may be taken depending on [...] what that member thinks.

Okay, fine.

BTW, unrelated question:

Host Terms of Service
No content that violates the Linode Terms of Service. This includes stuff detailed below, but redundancy never hurt anyone.

Is Linode where Minus World was hosted before? This is a legit question; IDK the logistics behind w/e was going on with RII.