This is just.........

[Heep]

You're really starting to tick me off Damien. I NEVER said there was nudity, stop yelling at me for saying there was. Yes, I said you were bitching. You still are, and now I am too. "Bitch" is far more commonly used in "family" sites, movies, anything than nudity, so I and no other mods have any problem with it. The "F" word, for example though, does not belong on a "family site", and is thus not used. Tazdev's picture was removed without consulting Hummerman, and the mod responsible was in the wrong, however, he's sorry and everythings cool. So stop blaming every mod, calling us bad people and saying you could do a better job. Yes, the picture after tazdev's was worse, and should have been removed also. Either that, or tazdev's should not have been removed, and I've already stated that was done without authorization. Now stop complaining, please. We made a call to close the thread and we're sticking to it.

[boingo82]

Originally posted by tazdev
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1 : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement..

And a woman posing semi-nude is not intended to cause sexual excitement?? Then maybe you can explain why the males of AF enjoy these threads so very much more that the females.

[DVSNCYNIKL]

Just to be clear, this is not aimed at anyone specifically nor is it reprimanding anyone. I think I just need to shed some light on something that a lot of folks seem to overlook when it comes to how things run on AF. So please take this as an enlightenment or an FYI and not a reprimand or something along those lines.

There are many times on AF when things get out of hand and it is up to a Mod to handle the situation. A forum as large as AF get's to be too much for one Mod to handle and that is when the need for other Mods to assist one another comes in. With this comes the additional responsibility of working together.

But with this togetherness, there is still another obstacle of each ones individuality. Every single Mod is an independent thinker and carries his/her own senses of ethics/morality. As it pertains to AF, I try and tell all the mods to simply stick to the guidelines and enforce those. But if we stick strictly to those, then every single member on here will label us "Nazis" or that we are to controlive. So now you have to understand that we try and create a medium so that everyone is happy and enjoys their stay here.

AF's members need to realize the amount of time and effort every single Mod puts into this, voluntarily. No one is on a salary and no one is receiving any benefit from this, personally. The only benefit that the Mods of AF get is seeing the forums grow into the communities that have formed and to keep them as free flowing as possible with very little ripples. This takes a lot of effort on their part to be as unbiased as possible without violating AF's policies.

Now every now and then, things slip by, intentionally. Instead of appreciating those opportunities that are allowed and just enjoying them, we get complaints when a Mod exercises his authority to enforce the policy when it gets out of hand. This dissappoints me greatly because one person will take offense and what have you and just spoil everything. One thing that I want all of AF's members to understand is, there is not a single Mod on here that is allowed to use their powers on AF to single out a member or to "pick" on a single member. Whether you believe me or not, anything and everything that a Mod does on here is carefully scrutinized and questioned in the Mod corner. So believe me, they don't want to be bothered with having to answer questions, why bother doing it then.

When an AF Moderator get's involved in something, it is usually because it was brought to his attention or he perceives something is not right. It doesn't have to be a majority of people complaining for a Mod to act. Quite the opposite, they listen to each and every single member, because we treat every voice on here with the urgency. It is why so many people enjoy staying at AF and often say that AF is better than such and such board because we offer a more comfortable atmosphere. It is this atmosphere that every single Mod tries to maintain, and it is not an easy task considering the amount of members we have.

So I hope everyone here, to some degree, understands what I'm getting at. There will be some that won't be happy and there are those that will be. I just hope you can understand that we aren't here to play "Power Mod" and see how many people we can piss off. We just want everyone to enjoy their stay here. That is all.

Again, this is not directed to anyone specifically.

[Heep]

Amen.

[replicant_008]

Thanks for the post DVS - I think it should clear the air a little...

[primera man]

SHIT....What are we going to do with the cheques from Igor now DVS


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Well put DVS....Couldn't have done it any better myself

[tazdev]

Originally posted by boingo82


And a woman posing semi-nude is not intended to cause sexual excitement?? Then maybe you can explain why the males of AF enjoy these threads so very much more that the females.

you seem to have convienently forgotten the first part of that definition.

"the depiction of erotic behavior"




and yes I do understand what you are sying DVS

[Ssom]

Hopefully this is the last we will see of the pretty women threads, they cause bitching they rip AF into a rivalry of angry posters vs. mods and I have to sit through it, I come to AF, to switch my brain off and chill, not have to read bickering wherever I go

[DVSNCYNIKL]

Tis the end. I'm closing this thread.