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Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

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Post by ivmoreau »

pndy wrote: post #98

Maybe I'm in the minority but I consider religious text books, prayer tracking/reading apps as the low-effort ones - doesn't matter which religion it is. These will eventually show up in the "store" in countless versions. But I get it at the same time - some people may want them on their devices. I'm more concerned in this case that NSFW section contains "political incorrectness". Who's going to decide here what's in…

> Maybe I'm in the minority but I consider religious text books, prayer tracking/reading apps as the low-effort ones - doesn't matter which religion it is. These will eventually show up in the "store" in countless versions.

I get what you are trying to say, but so far, there are actual real high-effort apps. Sefaria is my greatest example of that, since it tries not to be just a book reading app, but to visually show a graph of how text is related between translations, midrash and more commentary. But yeah, most are surely low-effort, I can't disagree on that.

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#132

Post by scaryclam »

wazdra wrote: post #107

I think there's a large cultural bias at play here. Different nations have different relationships to religion. As a french person, the decision to mark religious content as NSFW seems totally normal to me, but I also know that french people are (often too) fierce atheists. I also understand things are different in many places, but I think the argument is too heated right now, maybe everyone needs to take a step back…

I mean, unless you work at an organisation that deals with a specific religion, I would say that they're all NSFW, as there's no reason to be using them at work, and they're bound to cause controvosy at some point.

Given the level of NSFW material in some of them (sex, violence, etc), I think it's not surprising they're getting labelled as such, even without the link to a religion.

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#133

Post by WolfeReader »

nathanaldensr wrote: post #128
TiredOfLife wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you read it? Yes they are

Yes, I have read it, as have billions of others, and we don't agree with you. Your personal political sensibilities are not shared by all. For what it's worth I wouldn't flag any of your chosen religious texts either no matter what they were.

Do you read Ezekiel chapter 23 at work and to your family?

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#134

Post by WolfeReader »

To all the people being performatively upset by this, please clarify your position. Do you believe:

1. F-Droid and other software managers should not have special labels or handling for NSFW content.

2. F-Droid and other software managers SHOULD handle NSFW content, but the Bible does not contain this content (such as in Ezekiel chapter 23).

3. F-Droid should not consider religious texts to be NSFW even if they contain NSFW contents.

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#135

Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

WolfeReader wrote: post #134

To all the people being performatively upset by this, please clarify your position. Do you believe: 1. F-Droid and other software managers should not have special labels or handling for NSFW content. 2. F-Droid and other software managers SHOULD handle NSFW content, but the Bible does not contain this content (such as in Ezekiel chapter 23). 3. F-Droid should not consider religious texts to be NSFW even if they conta…

> 2. F-Droid and other software managers SHOULD handle NSFW content, but the Bible does not contain this content (such as in Ezekiel chapter 23).

Why pick out a tiny bit of Ezekiel when you have the entire book of Song of Solomon?

Anyways, I think the more interesting tension is: What tag or flag would apply to the Bible that does not apply to the Wikipedia app? I have literally used Wikipedia to look up sex positions, which it covers in detail and with pictures.

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#136

Post by nh23423fefe »

WolfeReader wrote: post #134

To all the people being performatively upset by this, please clarify your position. Do you believe: 1. F-Droid and other software managers should not have special labels or handling for NSFW content. 2. F-Droid and other software managers SHOULD handle NSFW content, but the Bible does not contain this content (such as in Ezekiel chapter 23). 3. F-Droid should not consider religious texts to be NSFW even if they conta…

Performative ignorance is much more annoying

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#138

Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

baobun wrote: post #27
giancarlostoro wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is not consistent, is the reddit app going to be removed next? It makes no sense. What about violent FPS games? Consistency would be that they in fact are removing everything that's NSFW.

Would you like to link to the reddit app or a violent FPS game not flagged as NSFW on F-droid? I don't believe either of those actually exists. And again, nothing was removed from the store here, only marked as NSFW.

> Would you like to link to the reddit app or a violent FPS game not flagged as NSFW on F-droid? I don't believe either of those actually exists.

...all of them? (AFAICT)

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.quantumbadger.redreader/

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.btmura.android.reddit/

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/au.com.wallaceit.reddinator/

Actually, let's do it the other way: Can you point to a single reddit app that is marked NSFW?

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#139

Post by ad404b8a372f2b9 »

wazdra wrote: post #107

I think there's a large cultural bias at play here. Different nations have different relationships to religion. As a french person, the decision to mark religious content as NSFW seems totally normal to me, but I also know that french people are (often too) fierce atheists. I also understand things are different in many places, but I think the argument is too heated right now, maybe everyone needs to take a step back…

As a French person the decision seems abhorrent to me. Atheists in France are also in the minority by most measures.

Re: Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

#140

Post by watwut »

WolfeReader wrote: post #134

To all the people being performatively upset by this, please clarify your position. Do you believe: 1. F-Droid and other software managers should not have special labels or handling for NSFW content. 2. F-Droid and other software managers SHOULD handle NSFW content, but the Bible does not contain this content (such as in Ezekiel chapter 23). 3. F-Droid should not consider religious texts to be NSFW even if they conta…

My understanding of NSFW is that it means "not safe for work" and in the contexts I was in, bible was safe for work. I have yet to see an angry atheist demanding that bibles cant be seen on account of Ezekiel chapter 23 like content. As funny as gotcha of "bible contains stories about sexuality" is, back in real world, I have yet to meet someone who would equate it with erotics.

And yes, you can talk about books and movies in which comparable scenes appear in work too.

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