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If the admins cared then they'd be stopped. Allowing the auto-approval and approval of nudity was just the next step in increasing advertising revenue.

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ORIGINAL: MEATHunter

If the admins cared then they'd be stopped. Allowing the auto-approval and approval of nudity was just the next step in increasing advertising revenue.

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ORIGINAL: anthrosub

It's really funny how many connotations of why I started this thread have taken seed and begun a life of their own. I just got home from work so I haven't seen this thread since last night. Today during lunch I pondered what thread I could start that would garner exactly this sort of response because of the couple replies that showed up last night. I guess now I don't have to.

For the record...this thread was intended as a report to the moderators to help eliminate some of the fake profiles...that's all. There is no provision for reporting multiple fake profiles in their automated reporting feature...only stealing someone else's photos. I realize eliminating fake profiles is like holding back the tide with a teaspoon but every once in a while it makes you feel good just to put forth the effort. That said, if everyone wants to continue spinning it a million different ways please be my guest. It's what makes this forum so lively.

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ORIGINAL: Rhodes85

Hmm, I have to agree with the OP on some level, but not for the reasons he has. I'm more concerned with the fact that theres no adequate way of reporting more serious things than just fake profiles. By this I am referring to reporting serious things such as potential underage people (and don't try to tell me there aren't under 18 people on there posing as 18+ there are). Note that having a system where a dozen or more people have to 'report' said account to report it - to say nothing of the fact that such reports aren't even reviewed, is simply not adequate. As for the issue of this place bring moderated by volunteers and it being a free site.. seriously, thats not an excuse. If a 'volunteer' is unable or unwilling to do their job properly, they shouldn't be doing it in the first place. Just because a site is free doesn't mean its ok for people to exploit it in any way, or not to enforce the TOS. On that note if I were running this place there is no way in hell I would ever have volunteer staff. Too many companies, communities and websites have had actions brought against them by volunteers and by people that were harassed and such by 'volunteer' admin staff. Contrary to popular belief a company is liable for the actions of its volunteer staff and said staff have more rights than people know. 

That being said... the biggest issue I have here is more an implied one. Look at some peoples profile pics: nudes, explicit, obviously fake, artwork, etc.. this is all in violation of their TOS. While I don't care about that part of it it does make me wonder what other questionable things are being done/things 'overlooked' by staff if they can't even enforce such a simple and basic part of their TOS.

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ORIGINAL: Rhodes85

Well there are ways of verifying. Like you said theres the credit card verifiers. Though my concern is more about the admins not doing anything themselves to at least make an effort to scan through a few profiles and look for questionable people claiming to be 18+. Or at the very least to add a system that would make it easier to actually report people that are underage. Despite what it sounds like i'm not bitching about it, i'm genuinly concerned that such a basic system doesn't exist on this site.

Credit card wise, I know what you mean, I don't use them either and I know its not a perfect solution but it would keep the minors off the site.

That being said, I actually do make a note of usernames of people that appear to be underage that I come across and I do email lists of them in to CM. So far they have done nothing about it.

Speaking of volunteering, i'm quite willing to. It wouldn't be the first time i've done that kind of volunteer work. I was a volunteer for UO, Meridian 59, the rpg toolkit programming community and a couple of similar sites. Not a fun job but i'm used to it. Hell I got upwards of 100,000 emails a week for tech support for Meridian alone (btw catch-all emails are NOT your friend) So I do know what the mods here go through and i'm not bitching at them. I'm just saying the system could use some improvements.

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ORIGINAL: kc692

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ORIGINAL: anthrosub

It's really funny how many connotations of why I started this thread have taken seed and begun a life of their own. I just got home from work so I haven't seen this thread since last night. Today during lunch I pondered what thread I could start that would garner exactly this sort of response because of the couple replies that showed up last night. I guess now I don't have to.

For the record...this thread was intended as a report to the moderators to help eliminate some of the fake profiles...that's all. There is no provision for reporting multiple fake profiles in their automated reporting feature...only stealing someone else's photos. I realize eliminating fake profiles is like holding back the tide with a teaspoon but every once in a while it makes you feel good just to put forth the effort. That said, if everyone wants to continue spinning it a million different ways please be my guest. It's what makes this forum so lively.

Ummm no offense yet again, but when you open up that "fake" profile, do you NOT see the same report profile button I am seeing? And that scammer is a choice on the next screen? There, the site solved your problem.....I have known you in the past to be very verbiose and not at all jaded as you seem to be at present. It's a shame,,,,,,,just sayin.