I appreciate it. But if you are making the posts yourself, then as far as I am concerned, that’s not bot-like behavior. Good luck on your new app!

The use of “bots” is meant to mean unattended, artificial interaction, as directed by pre-programmed scripts/actions. Is this what you’re working on?

I don’t follow either artist, and have only seen mentions of them like how you describe. So my thought process is likely going to be case-by-case.

Best. Response. Ever!!! 🤣

I agree with you. I do. But keep in mind that I am coming in after the fact; after other people have taken the time to contribute in one form or another via comments. They have also made efforts to post the correct sources in the comments. Now, going forward this will not be tolerated at all (this is why I am trying to update the rules). I consider cropping and “AI upscaling” to be vandalism, and it will be dealt with accordingly. I have also reached out privately to said individual to let them know my feelings on the subject. It’s going to take time and effort.

There are now over 100 comments. It’s getting difficult to keep up. 😅

I get that, and that’s why I am soliciting feedback about my proposed changes BEFORE I actually put them into effect. This helps me better understand the community, and hopefully it’ll help you all better understand me. I have updated my proposed changes (and formatting).

The idea was never to censor adult material. But, you and a lot of other people have made your case, and I have updated the proposed rules. Hopefully it helps me more clear.

We will work on the attribution/watermark issues. I have a feeling it’ll take time and community effort. But, as I am going through every report, I am seeing that people are commenting and conversating, and I do not want to take that away from them. Also, a lot of the posts have attribution in one form or another, despite the image being cropped. This was either done by the poster as body text, or by a community member.

Anyway, I’m actually fine with not allowing full-blown nsfw content here, but “balls” should be allowed.

This you?

You do whatever the fuck you feel is the best thing for you. But, before you go, feel free to check out my revisions that I’ve made. And thanks for the fucking feedback! :)

I am not against adult material. I have updated the rules, so please reread them and let me know what you think. The whole point of this post is to get feedback and refine ideas. :)

I appreciate your honest criticism. Please revisit the post as I have updated some of the rules based on feedback, as well as the formatting. Hopefully it’ll be a little easier to parse.

Thoughts?

Thank you. I was made aware of the original post made by @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world. I decided to post about moderation here so members of the community who may not be following the !support@lemmy.world (Lemmy.world Support) community may have the opportunity to step up.

There is an episode of X Files that beautifully illustrates how even with the best of intentions, someone will always find a way to mess things up. We could go around in circles for days on what constitutes acceptable and not acceptable, and still someone somewhere will find a way to exploit whatever rule gets made. Instead of getting lost in the minutia of wording, let’s see if we can focus more on the spirit that the community has built?

…but we value genuine human effort in posts… This is not the place for that sort of thing.

I was trying to be concise, and cheeky, but I see where that might be confusing. Let’s see if we can make this more clear:

Comics should be made and posted by real human beans, not by automated means like bots or AI. This is not the community for that sort of thing.

I am also open to any suggestions you or others may have on wording this better.

Great feedback! I certainly can reformat things to be more user friendly. I admit that I can be wordy, so if you have any other suggestions for making the rules more concise (while staying clear), I am happy to hear them! And I will certainly take into you into consideration for moderator.

Thoughts?

Thoughts?

Thoughts?