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Perhaps test people on the AUP.
2 years ago
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I'm beginning to think that FA needs to give people a test on the AUP before they can be allowed to post. I semi-regularly see people going "why did I suddenly get in trouble out of nowhere?" and they're either someone who constantly skirts the edge of the rules¹ or checking out the image in question reveals it to be a clear violation. While, for obvious reasons, there has been a cluster lately, this is hardly a new thing.
It almost seems like a lot of people start with a rough idea of the kind of things that are allowed, then make up their own version of the rules based on that. Combine that with how some have ratcheted their ability to judge character ages way out of whack² and you get people blithely going along and breaking the rules.
So, as a not entirely joking suggestion: Before someone can post, they have to take a test on both what the AUP actually says and on judging the age of characters.
(What set this off was someone talking about their suspension and saying they didn't think anything they drew was against the rules... while having at least one blatant violation literally on page 1 of their gallery.)
1: e.g. One of their regular things is sexualized high school antics. Sure, most of the time the art looks old enough, but when the main character has a sibling in a higher grade at the same school....
2: Draw/consume art of characters who 'look' 16-20, saying they're adults, end up thinking of that as what 20 looks like so go a little younger looking as what you think an older, probably adult, teen looks like.
It almost seems like a lot of people start with a rough idea of the kind of things that are allowed, then make up their own version of the rules based on that. Combine that with how some have ratcheted their ability to judge character ages way out of whack² and you get people blithely going along and breaking the rules.
So, as a not entirely joking suggestion: Before someone can post, they have to take a test on both what the AUP actually says and on judging the age of characters.
(What set this off was someone talking about their suspension and saying they didn't think anything they drew was against the rules... while having at least one blatant violation literally on page 1 of their gallery.)
1: e.g. One of their regular things is sexualized high school antics. Sure, most of the time the art looks old enough, but when the main character has a sibling in a higher grade at the same school....
2: Draw/consume art of characters who 'look' 16-20, saying they're adults, end up thinking of that as what 20 looks like so go a little younger looking as what you think an older, probably adult, teen looks like.
