Inappropriate content in FFs

I'd love to know what the dev team's definition of 'explicit content' is exactly?

Thanku for the post, if I come across adult content then will surely report it.... & you are right I would never want my 12 year sibling to read stuff which is inappropriate....Being a FF writer myself, I'am just not comfortable writing to much of mushy stuff, I feel there is a limit, where the line has to be drawn.....I think ff writers should not write something, which they are not comfortable reading or even comfortable writing....

Hello.



I see where you're coming from, but this topic of what is allowed and what is not is still not clear. I doubt setting a limit like "what a 12 year old can read or not'' is doing any help, because we all have difference views on what a 12 year old can read and cannot.


Might as well mention that what a 12 year old read or knew about ''certain'' things in 2005 is not what a 12 year old knows in 2011. Don't we need to revise certain rules then? Certainly that's debatable. It would only mount to discussions about 'morality'. And we all know there's no end to it.



No, that doesn't mean i am in support of explicit scenes being written. But i don't understand what a reader should expect and what he/she should not. Don't you think most people read FFs because 'those' scenes that cannot be showed on national television can be relived here. But then again, thats a very narrow-minded viewpoint. Not that it doesnt amuse me. Both, the viewpoint and the subject of this post.



Okay, i digress.



My main question is that what 'exactly' is allowed? I read both the posts you mentioned to the fellow member above. They weren't of any concrete help.



I've mostly been a silent reader for a long time, so when Catwoman had stopped updating her FFs i wondered why it happened. Now i realise she felt restricted. (Not that i know why she left. Just reading the previous post made me think this way. Sorry if i am wrong) and this is the main reason i am compelled to write this post. Its sad we had to lose such a creative writer because she felt restricted. I am sure no one would want any more of that happening.



At times, FFs need some scenes which give momentum to the story. Sometimes the FF's couple is passionate or maybe they are married. So ive read scenes where writers portray even a little day to day talk between a married couple intimately. And i get that its not that those scenes are not allowed. Its about how they should be put across.



So really? What exactly is the criterion of being categorised as 'not' allowed. You said you are open to suggestions. So can we have a sample scene of what is allowed? Because what might be gross to some is not whats gross to others. Its not that we can avoid our 12 year old cousins from knowing about supposedly 'gross' scenes anyway.

But mostly, i think that FF section should have a system of ratings. Like in most fanfiction sites. G, PG-13, R ratings. So only some section can read the 'rated' content. Yeah i know kids of 12 can make another account and pose as 18 year olds but then thats their personal choice, isn't it? They are curious kids.

But jokes apart, i think you're doing a really cool job of moderation here. And i appreciate you being open to suggestions. I hope my doubts will be answered. Because all i want is to make sure my favourite writer doesnt stop writing because she felt creatively restricted.

Thank You.

@Suhana: While I understand where you are coming from and your concerns...I do not think you are going to be able to enforce this rule 100%. Some of the FFs that have come under the scanner recently have more than 300 members hitting like. If none of them saw it fit to report the FFs- unless you read everything yourself- how will you ever be able to enforce this rule comprehensively? In which case allegations of being biased etc will continue to be traded.

Hey Rabia,
I just have claim, even if she had some adult content in her FF, why have you not dealt with the plagiarism problem first? I mean first thing comes first.

You should have, first of all, took some action against the person who plagiarized DILIBADAAT's work and then tell her to edit the inappropriate content if it had. Seriously speaking, I had been really happy how you dealt with all the matters but this one isn't solved in the right way.

Even, I, as a writer would be highly offended and maybe I wouldn't ever write on this site, if before taking any action against the plagiarism of my FF, an action would be taken against me for some other reason.

Sorry if I offended you, I really didn't mean it, I just wanted you to take an action against the person who plagiarized work of someone else.

Luv u<333
Kashish

dear thx for taking notice in this matter.. personally tell you many time reported but those FF still have adult stuff... even the completed many threads....

Hey Rabia,
That's exactly what I am saying, you should have first solved the plagiarized work matter and then the adult content.

Concerning that you need time for the plagiarized work, I didn't notice it before. I still remember one writer had received unbelievable attention in FF section for plagiarizing a scene. I really think you should have warn the writer, who copied, in it's thread itself. I know it's like an insult when you post a warning message in it's post for plagiarizing but when that person can copy someone else's work, he/she should be ready for this type of situations.

Once again, I am just telling you what I felt. I didn't mean to offend you at all, if I did I am sorry :).

Luv u<333
Kashish