Keldyn Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Oh man... i cannot believe another thread of this nature has been made. Are we not all sick of this topic yet ? And where exactly are the naked women in sig pics here !? I have not seen any and if there were, they would have been removed. Any pornography posted on neowin gets removed. If sigs are a problem for you, simply turn them off. This debate has been done to death. :ponder: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElGato Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 I'm not entirely sure why but I fealt the need to reply to this thread so here goes. Seeing as Neowin caters for 13 and up, some people may find it unacceptable to even see scantily clad pics of young males/females in the sigs, and yes I do realise you can turn the sigs of, but as has been stated before, there are some rather excellent/creative sigs out there that I feel would be a shame to miss. And yes I also realise that there is nothing here you wont see in your local newsagents, but the point is, Neowin as a community needs to at times set examples that may contradict with the individual feelings of the moderators/owners of the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Fair points ElGato, and i know i have said that before. Some sigs here are almost works of art in their own right and i enjoy seeing them. I think people can be exposed to far worse through television, newspapers, magazines, books etc. A few small pics on a news forum is hardly worth the bother. And i like to think that the majority of our visitors are mature enough to not be offended by a picture of a woman in someones signature. I think aslong as there is no outright nudity than it is fine. Just exercise a little tolerance... there is no reason why it should spoil your browsing experience here at neowin.net.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 You know, like others, I havne't seen any nude sigs. By my standards, there's mo sigs that I have seen that crosses the line. Besides, even if there's any that's close to nudity, I think it's tasteful not pornographic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElGato Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Thanks for the quick reply Keldyn, but you and everyone else seem to be missing a very fundamental point, and that is Neowin as a "Community", maybe needs to set it's standards above that of an individual, particulary as it professes to cater for 13 and up. Don't get me wrong, I was deeply sadened, ney traumatised by the removal of the Babes forum, but if you wish this sight to remain the great site that it is, and a place that is a joy to visit by ANYONE 13 and up then I believe some attitudes need to be tweaked a little. If not then fine, but maybe you need to ammend the community Rule from 13 and up, to 16 and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMan Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Originally posted by ElGato Thanks for the quick reply Keldyn, but you and everyone else seem to be missing a very fundamental point, and that is Neowin as a "Community", maybe needs to set it's standards above that of an individual, particulary as it professes to cater for 13 and up. Don't get me wrong, I was deeply sadened, ney traumatised by the removal of the Babes forum, but if you wish this sight to remain the great site that it is, and a place that is a joy to visit by ANYONE 13 and up then I believe some attitudes need to be tweaked a little. If not then fine, but maybe you need to ammend the community Rule from 13 and up, to 16 and up. As if any underage kid's going to let that stop them, but still, if there was a way to enforce it then a chomp of scoobie-esque characters on the forums could be eliminated (for anyone who doesn't know who scoobie is, he's a dick head who pranced around the forums flaming people at random at generally showing his IQ level to be either equal to or below room temperature who got banned but kept coming back). Also, though, I know a lot of under 16's who are mature and have a lot to contribute. Pah, what a useless post by me! :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 dosent matter much to me so im not going to vote :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinh Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Big fuss over nothing :right: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElGato Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Originally posted by BananaMan As if any underage kid's going to let that stop them, but still, if there was a way to enforce it then a chomp of scoobie-esque characters on the forums could be eliminated (for anyone who doesn't know who scoobie is, he's a dick head who pranced around the forums flaming people at random at generally showing his IQ level to be either equal to or below room temperature who got banned but kept coming back). Also, though, I know a lot of under 16's who are mature and have a lot to contribute. Pah, what a useless post by me! :roll: It's not supposed to stop anyone, and I agree there are a lot of 13 -16 year olds that can and do contribute a lot to these forums, but like I said, if Neowin want's to remain the respected site that it is, then maybe it needs to modify some of it's policies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=NickJ= Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 I think these discussions are silly, i agree that in the workplace, i would not like someone lookoing over my shoulder seeing these sorts of sigs, so just turn them off. But now bringing up the point about the ages the site targets and stuff is just silly. There are infinately more places a "child" of 13 - 16 will view images far worse than this, you only have to turn the TV on and after 10mins i guarantee some kind of advert/program will be on that easily outweighs the material seen here. I say "child" because i sure as hell know at 13 - 16 it wouldnt have stopped me coming here, it would've made me visit more! lol ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted April 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2002 good idea, but you will die before it happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Isnt there an option to disable signature viewing? If not could there be the option, seems that would be the simple solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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