Comments on: Flickr and the Pornography Problem

By: strict

strict — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:25:00 +0000

What I think is missing from the analysis of the possible solutions of the problem is: why not let the user decide what is lecit / not lecit to be seen from everybody?

I understand that the application of this solution may not be easy but this is the direction we all should hope the web moves into. It would be intresting also to better understand how (and if) the “Flag this photo as may offend” thig works: it shoud be a good starting point to work on this problem.

By: Mr. Chalk

Mr. Chalk — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:02:00 +0000

well, what really disturbs me about this whole thing is that I actually lifted the “offensive” photo straight out of Terry Richardson’s Terryworld. This book is readily available from amazon and other general purpose bookshops, and is considered to be a photographic art book.

the fact that flickr now imposes more strenuous censorship standards than Amazon or Barnes and Noble is a scary thing

By: PPWP

PPWP — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:05:00 +0000

Except for yours.

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:33:00 +0000

PPWP, of course you do.

By: PPWP

PPWP — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:28:00 +0000

I believe all flesh on Flickr should be banned.

By: Superchou

Superchou — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:10:00 +0000

well done thomas!

By: C.J.

C.J. — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:10:00 +0000

well… if flickr allows nude art to be posted in public groups, but doesnt allow porn, then isnt that was the censors are doing???

By: Stewart Butterfield

Stewart Butterfield — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:04:00 +0000

I don’t think Ana’s determining the aesthetic/philosophical question what’s art and what’s porn, but merely what’s should show up public areas of Flickr.

But, to the larger point: the way we’re handling it now is no good and will only continue until we’re able to implement the better solution (which is coming).

By: C.J.

C.J. — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:45:00 +0000

(FYI zoto does not censor its members, so it seems.)

what bothers me more is that “Ana” from flickr is now the one to determine what is art and what is pr0n…