masterstoy91's blog post - NewbieNudes Vs Freedom of Speech

Sunday, July 17, 2016, 10:07:56 PM

OKay, so :::::TRIGGER WARNING, I am not in any way agreeing that you have the right to or should have the right to say what you want on NewbieNudes. And if this offends you then please contact NN himself.:::::

NewbieNudes is a website, a website that requires you to become a member to use. This means you technically need to check your rights to freedom of speech at the door. Why? some of you may ask. Well as a privately owned business the owners have a right to make rules that you as a member must follow if you wish to be a member. I mean after all you asked to be here, so when you make a status that gets deleted it is not a violation of your freedoms. Mods are not doing it because of "butthurt" or because they dislike you, we are doing it because NewbieNudes has a set of rules and we are tasked with enforcing them. When a mod removes a forum post it is again because that is when we are tasked to do, same with pictures they are not removed because of jealousy or dislike for someone. Again this is a privately owned and operated website with rules that are available for review by anyone, so yes you have to obey the rules...

With that said I for one and truth is I would like to think most other mods, even those out side the US would gladly stand up for your right to be an asshole, to call people names, and to generally say what you want if we saw you on the street and you were not screaming for the death of others. But this is not Anytown USA, this is Newbienudes so please keep your status updates, forum post, picture post and general behavior while you are here with in the confines of the rules and mods wont have to even interact with you in our capacity as a mod...

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MissLizzie on 17-Jul-16 22:24:53

Great blog Toy.

Mods help keep the site legal and fun for all. The rules on general expected behavior are posted. As you said, NN is a business, and as with any business rules are needed to keep the business operating.

Mr.FX on 18-Jul-16 2:19:14

A touch of couth never hurts.

undisclosedid1 on 18-Jul-16 3:32:44

Amen Toy!!!!!

RoxanneS on 18-Jul-16 14:38:04

Fair points, Toy.

LuLusBakery on 18-Jul-16 20:11:02

I totally agree. My only issue with being censored.....private messaging. I am not sure if there are rules regarding this in particular though? I will go look.

masterstoy91 on 18-Jul-16 20:24:54

literally the last line of the first area of the rules page is "Content rules that apply to one area of NewbieNudes.com apply to all. For example, taboo talk is not allowed it chat, therefore it is not allowed anywhere, including usernames, status, photos, etc." this would include PMs.

LuLusBakery on 19-Jul-16 12:52:18

I would have not considered PMs "etc" or to be not private. Thanks for clarifying. But it's confusing when we don't even know what words are "taboo". Makes it rather impossible to follow the rules...or know when our PMs don't go through.

LuLusBakery on 19-Jul-16 13:02:28

^^^ But you know, I beat a dead horse here. I just don't like the idea that private messages are really not so. That should be made clear, and it's really not. Ditto the banned words. Why keep us guessing on that? It makes no sense.

masterstoy91 on 19-Jul-16 13:11:46

I understand that this is an issue for some members Lulu, how about we suggest a mailerdeamon type thing that would alert us of a PM that does not go through? Yes there should also be a list of general banned words, yes the bot should be smarter and yes members should know these things.

LuLusBakery on 19-Jul-16 16:35:56

It would most definitely be nice to know if a PM does not go through. I was just chatting with a member, not even about anything sexual. Not anything remotely offensive. I knew her well enough to ask if the message was received, and NOPE. Still have no idea why. That is annoying. It's happened to me multiple times. Must be some word I like to use that I do not realize is "bad"! I am just a big fan of clear rules. ;)

EmuLater on 23-Jul-16 12:23:24

A mailerdeamon type thing was one of the suggestions I put forward on the suggestion site. Will it ever happen? I doubt it. Lulu, if you are unsure of whether a PM has gone through, send it to yourself. If you don't get it, take bits out till you find the culprit word. Ridiculous to have to do this I know but it works.

tight_wet_lips on 25-Jul-16 0:51:46

Gee, I know of many other members who posted a blog similar to this one. Hell, there have even been numerous status posts in reference to it. Your words, like most of the words written on this subject still ring true today. Many members as far back as 2003 were mentioning this as well.

It's true, Toy. Very well put. If others don't agree with it, they can leave. If others want to jump on the bandwagon of the oppressed, then that is their right. But it is NN's right to do as he or the site managers to mute, gag or delete the trouble makers.

masterstoy91 on 25-Jul-16 1:33:27

This isn't even the first time I've blogged about this, but people need to be reminded every now and then...

tight_wet_lips on 26-Jul-16 0:39:23

It's good that you re-post it. You know others tend to forget.