So I'm no prude but......

in #steemit7 years ago

While scrolling through the new posts section this morning I spied this offering that is to my mind clearly porn thinly disguised as art with the title "beautiful sexy art."

Now I'm the first in line to be against censorship and I'm fully aware steemit has the NSFW label. The thing is there's probably a few younger generations on Steemit, given the furore with the likes of Facebook and children being exposed to porn, Steemit, maybe, should be careful not to fall foul of any agencies by not having any safeguards in place?

I would have flagged it as inappropriate but that option is not there. I have flagged one other sex related post which the author was pretty peeved about so I'm less enthusiastic to flag this one tbh.

What do you think?

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I think if it's not nsfw tagged, you could flag it. A way someone else described sounded pretty good to me: Flag it and explain in a comment that you flagged it for not using nsfw and tell them you'll remove the flag once they tag it correctly.

Steemit is like a public park. If you take your children out to a park and then see naked people, you might want to go after the naked people, cover your children's eyes (NSFW tag), or maybe leave. I am not actually sure what to say. But the internet and websites like Facebook, Steemit, or others, can have these problems or whatever that they might be.
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It is a question of do we censor and how do we censor and who decides what is censored and when and where and how and why and everything...... I am thinking that maybe children under 18 or 25 should not go on the internet or should not go everywhere or too many places until they are old enough maybe..... because the internet is like a cafe that is next door to some kind of porn bar or something..... and when you take kids to the internet, it is like giving your kids keys to your car.... it is like giving your kids a gun..... it might be dangerous..... kids can Google anything including porn at any time...

I've always held the view that the Internet (Let's leave Steemit Et Al to one side for the minute) is like the Wild West. As I said, I'm not keen on censorship but given Steemit like any relationship needs to start off on the right foot otherwise later on down the line it will be very had to change an established behaviour.

I would suggest giving the poster the benefit of the doubt, as they may not be aware of the NSFW tag.
Perhaps suggest in the comments that they add the tag, then, if they dont, flag.
I have seen people do this, and usually the response is "sorry, I didn't realize, have added NSFW tag"

I have looked at the post. The author is clearly aware of the material as they've written that if anyone is unhappy they will take the post down.

I have to say it's not for me to judge, I just wondered what others think but more importantly is there any safeguards and if so who implements them?

I've seen that a lot of younger kids are joining up now. Steemit doesn't have the controls that some other sites have and so it's up to users to deal with such issues. The NSFW tag is documented and should be used where appropriate. If someone chooses to not use it then I think it's legitimate to flag the post or tag others who might do so. I'm not sure if Steemcleaners cover this.