Explicit content is NOT allowed on I-F

Hi everyone,

Originally posted by: SuhanaSafar

I would like to thank everyone who has taken the effort to report such FFs. Your help is really appreciated. However, there are many more readers who "like" such chapters, comment positively on them and encourage the writer to continue with this content. If you are one of these readers, please stop and think to yourself: Is is necessary for stories to be explicit and po*nographic in order for them to be entertaining? Do you think the young children that are on I-F (some of them as young as 9 from what I have heard) should be exposed to such things? Do we want I-F to no longer be the family friendly forum that we all know and love?

I understand the rules of the site have been decided by the makers and I can't change them but I'd still like to make my point known.

It is not my job as a member of this site or as a writer to parent or protect other people's children. If a parent allows their 9 year old child to watch mature content (as 90% of the shows discussed on this site are) and allows them to visit a forum to discuss such content then the responsibility lies with them to monitor and protect their children from 'corruption' or 'exposure' to adult material.

The reason there are a lot more likes and comments for such chapters rather than reports is because the average age of the site is much higher than a solitary 9 year old and by asking people to take into account one or two pre-pubescent children and ignore the larger majority of adults is attempting to cater to the lowest minority and stifing writer's creativity.

The reader is fully in control of what they read. They can choose to exit or press the back button and are not being forced the read the FFs. If they really do want to read such material and have the freedom from their parents to use the internet they will readily find such material whether it's on IF or not.

Originally posted by: SuhanaSafar

Again, I would like to emphasize that we do not expect all our writers to write at the level of children. Mature concepts and themes are perfectly okay, but they do not need to be accompanied by graphic description. They can be written is a much more tasteful manner.

To be honest it does seem to me as if you're suggesting we write at the level of 9 year olds. It seems to me (from the FFs and writers you have flagged) that all sex scenes=po*nographic in the mind of the development teams.

Books and movies which contain scenes of sexual nature are not automatically categorised as po*n. They are labelled as having mature content and reader/viewer discretion is advised.

As many of the FFs involve characters who have not yet gotten together on their respective shows, the FFs have the characters married or in relationships because the readers and viewers are anxious to see such scenes. Adults in relationships do participate in romantic and sexual activities and therefore FFs will reflect that.



Therefore I would like clearer guidelines on what we can and cannot write. I would like to know what exactly you deem 'tasteful' and what exactly is 'po*nographic'.


Can we or can we not mention the characters have sex? What words can and can't we use? What actions can and can't we describe? Is kissing allowed? Hugging even? Or are they just supposed to hold hands and sit on separate beds watching Tom and Jerry? Or is hand holding too explicit as well? (Please excuse the sarcasm but this just screams censorship and that is very frustrating to me.)


I hope you will respond to my questions and provide clearer guidelines for us to follow.

I agree that stuff on this site should be tasteful and not have content simply with the intention to titillate. But then that is my opinion, and what I consider tasteful or plainly po*nographic depends on my sensibilities.

to be honest, most of the writer left just because of this reason, and this is the only reason i dont update on regular basis.

Originally posted by: funkybratz

to be honest, most of the writer left just because of this reason, and this is the only reason i dont update on regular basis.

being a writer we all prefer to write things which explains our story, and i have seen writer and myself that we do take special care while writing because we our selves doesn't want to write down things which makes the reader feel disgusted.

and each and everyone knows the rules here, plus people here are not children they all know stuff and the demand for it too, i myself gets many pm related to it.

I know people who have stopped writing on IF for this reason as well and I'm considering posting all of my stuff elsewhere as well.

Eventually all that will be left on the forum is stories written at the level of 9 year old children then everybody will be happy right? 🤢

I will disagree with the point that Description of physical proximity, or intercourse, is very dependent on how its perceived by the reader,

There are ffs wch have shown all this pretty decently and there ffs where even a 25 plus person cant read it, and will shut it down, its about the words and unnecessary description of the whole thing

There not "children" here yet quite young kids from 15 -18 who are curious to read things, to know things and perceive it differently. and may develop thoughts that can lead to implement it all practically too… its just matter of a little responsibility

Writers here are meant to write stories, things relevant to stories are okay, yet so many are going on tht only have such content and that so unnecessarily.

But will agree with the point if moderators will clearly tell here set of rules indicting what can b and cannot be wrote…

Thanks Mods for taking action

i can understand your point... but where does one draw the line between what is acceptable in a family friendly website and what is not?

Originally posted by: nayika

I know people who have stopped writing on IF for this reason as well and I'm considering posting all of my stuff elsewhere as well.

Eventually all that will be left on the forum is stories written at the level of 9 year old children then everybody will be happy right? 🤢

As someone earlier said, Censorship is a really subjective matter. While I agree to the part where some writers could feel some creative restrictions due to this rule, but seriously, in the recent times there has been utter crappy bullshit that has had 300+ likes on IF. And no, its not just about how I percieve things. I'm an adult, i don't get disgusted by sensible adult stories. But there have been some stories in here, that have truly and utterly disgusted me.

I think there should be some sort of rule that helps people distinguish between erotica and a fanfiction. I mean, the stories that are just written for sex and to get comments like, ''dude that was hawt...i'm on fire'' and all, i don't think thats something a fanfiction is all about.

I've read truly amazing fanfiction here in IF. Those writers have managed to write romance, angst and all kinds of mature stuff without being crude, or disgustingly forthcoming. And its sad, i dont find those writers here anymore.

Anyhow, either IF should have a rating system like most fanfiction sites do where a story is rated according to some norms, or either there's a common understanding between all the people that they don't end up propogating erotica.

What this fanfiction section needs, according to me, is clear definite rules of what is allowed and what is not, and readers who can effectively differentiate erotica and romance.