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Please excuse my ignorance, but what does "like a porn star" mean?
Bent over in an awkward position or in a way that exposes the area of their genitals. We're not talking about some kids playing in the sand. This was seriously perverse stuff.
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Bent over in an awkward position or in a way that exposes the area of their genitals. We're not talking about some kids playing in the sand. This was seriously perverse stuff.
I take it you've never seen teenagers at the beach.
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I take it you've never seen teenagers at the beach.
I take it you've never seen the photographs in those subreddits.
Reddit is changing. It's currently in a renewed and stronger Eternal September. Bastion subreddits like /r/AskScience and /r/Truereddit are reduced to junk and fads. The hope for the group of moderated subreddits (Republic of Reddit) didn't really take off, it's just a handful of submitters. The top voted comments on threads about censorship are mostly 1 to 3 months old users. And now reddit (had to) surrender to a d…
/r/ShitRedditSays is entirely sincere. I've been reading it for a while, and they mean what they say.
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How was it obvious? r/jailbait was banned, yes, but that was only after there was a semi-revolution (a mod removed and banned all the other mods, then proceeded to give an ex-mod* his powers back, who then essentially tried to fuck it up (I heard actual preteen porn was posted)). Assuming that that event necessarily means the removal of the other subreddits seems contrived. * VA, the guy who also created & mods r/pic…
How was it obvious? How was it not? Reddit exploded and started making money hand over fist. Anderson Cooper shined a light on the seedy underbelly for like 5 sec and they gave up the game. The past week's events are just ripples from that and Reddit coming to terms with the only possible decision they could have made.
Do you have a citation for this? I was under the impression they were still losing money and the Reddit, Inc stuff was there to allow Condi to distance itself from reddit.
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I take it you've never seen the photographs in those subreddits.
You must not be describing it very well. Provocative pictures of teenagers in swimsuits hardly seems "seriously perverse". It neither qualifies as child pornography under the law, nor would being attracted to that make somebody a pedophile.
These weren't candid shots of the beach. These were posed children. The reason I'm not describing them well is because it's making me uncomfortable to continuously describe them to people who are coming into this discussion with no idea what was posted. You have no idea how queasy I feel typing "child's genitals".
Reddit had the biggest hissy fit of all about how child porn laws like SOPA were going to go too far and ruin the internet. And here they go banning anything involving a bathing suit. The hypocricy is strong in this one.
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You must not be describing it very well. Provocative pictures of teenagers in swimsuits hardly seems "seriously perverse". It neither qualifies as child pornography under the law, nor would being attracted to that make somebody a pedophile.
"Provocative pictures of teenagers in swimsuits" is child pornography. It's the "provocative" part that's important. Even if there isn't any nudity, if the focal point is on the child's genitals and framed to elicit a sexual response in the viewer, it's considered pornographic. These weren't candid shots of the beach. These were posed children. The reason I'm not describing them well is because it's making me uncomfo…
What about utilizing the community to police this undesirable content? I'm sure that opens up other exploits but if the community wants to stay healthy, it has to take responsibility for itself and not just rely on the admins to come up with a magic algorithm that will solve the problem.
You may find it instructive to read the final link in the post -- "LambdaMOO Takes a New Direction" :)
A Rape in Cyberspace
How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society
First published in The Village Voice, December 23, 1993