Rob_E said:
I don't get why folks are upset about not having nudity in the Avatars. You can post all of the nudity that you want in the gallery - its' encouraged. However, some members are reading the forum at work, or where their screen is visible, and nudity without warning could cause them problems. If you have nude pictures, post them in the gallery. A link under your avatar will automatically appear encouraging anyone to click to see your photos.
What gives?
Rob
Hey Rob,
There are a few things. First, I don't know if you were on the site before it switched over to vbulletin, but when it was on Invision board, we had no dicks in avatars and there was a sign in age verification to get into the gallery. This enabled us to continue allowing minors into the forums, where they could make friends and get answers to their questions without being inundated with cock pics and the like, and protecting Mark's ass. None of us blame you for wanting to stay legal and safe. I think by not having to sign in to the gallery, it seems that more lip service is being paid to the attempt to protect minors than actual protections.
Nude ASSES are not pornographic, unless they are spread-cheeked. I saw no reason to eliminate what is okay to see on prime time television. Just like boobs are okay, but not nipples, should be the same for butts.
Changing avatars should be irrelevant, unless it is creating a problem for you to monitor who's is and is not appropriate. Once you have established some moderators, they can help with this though. Most of us here recognise each other by our personalities, not our avas. I don't know if that's unigue, but there are several people I know here very well of whom I've never seen a pic at all. We just don't get caught up in the "avatar for life" thing.
I know it's tough trying to please such a diverse crowd, I have every faith you'll get it squared.