Being part of a virtual world is weird sometimes. But… it isn’t that surprising. It is after all virtual. Weird stuff happens. Now, this week has been weird times a lot! I am beginning to seriously having a hard time finding out what is fact, and what is fiction. Not so much in SL as in RL! So make your bets… is this fact or is it fiction?:
- Linden Lab ask their residents to report on anything “broadly offensive“, yet allows one weird animal fetish, namely strip-tease show with avatars half woman half rabbit.
- The German government asks Flickr to censor accounts from Germany, so that they cant get access to pictures flagged “moderate” or “unsafe”.
Facts or fiction? I haven’t got a clue!
U P D A T E :
The censorship of german users on Flickr seems to be a fact... amazing!
4 had something to say:
Haha. I have no clue either I understand LL's position on the reporting stuff though - it takes the responsibility away from them. Philip Rosedale has often been quoted saying "LL doesn't want to get into law enforcement". Trouble is that certain media headlines put pressure on them to be seen to do something.
There's stuff on SL that I find sick but I wouldn't dream of reporting it. I just won't go back to Gor with out some C4 and an assault rifle ;)
You have a No Votes campaign, I suggest we extend it to No Reporting too.
Laissez faire!
Oh yeah... the flickr thing is weird... are Germans sooooo sensitive? And I wonder if furries think it's sick to watch a half-rabbit-half woman take her clothes (clothes?! Hahaha) off? Surely it's got to be either one of the other, no? Are there no limits to the depths of depravity of animals? They don't even wear clothes! Except for the fox I saw with stockings on once... just wrong.
Confused.
Wow, we live in strange and troubled times. The challenges of mankind is at a peak - how can we navigate safely whilst saving the planet and humanity? Surely, the first thing to do is of course to avoid the risk of somebody being exposed to naked skin - or even a virtual representation of skin - not to mention bodily attributes. If only we can rid of that filth, we can all sleep safely - while our troops and wise leaders are doing their beautiful jobs.
Have a nice summer all! Love from Mike
PS. Kean, how do I remove those tags on your pictures?
The weirdest is really why is it taking them so long to come with the full explanation and solution? And how come they thought all was peachy, and didn't even warn the german Flickr users? And the latest post from the staff in there is even weirder...
And Mike... to see the pictures without tags, MAKE A FLICKR ACCOUNT! then you can comment and all... Oh that is unless you live in germany...
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