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Oh, I didn't know that :P

Well, I hope we get some more Mods in the near future then :)

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I fully support this <3

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I hope we get some mods who are in different timezones (and/or have a word filter implemented (come on, this site is supposed to be family-friendly but it doesn't even filter out swear words or anything))

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Thank you for sharing your concerns and opinions, everybody. I would like to use this opportunity to explain the workings “behind the scenes” when situations such as described appear.

First, I would like to make clear that all of us, me, staff, and yes, even you the majority of the users, want the same thing; PokéHeroes to be a child-friendly and safe environment. Disturbing and/or offending minors and others is never our goal and is something we try to avoid and combat as much as possible. Protecting minors against such material is something we can all agree on!

Every situation that is brought to our attention is dealt with according to our rules. Our moderators have done exactly that in this and any previous, similar situations. Something is brought to their attention, the moderators investigate, discuss and decide on the next appropriate action. To my knowledge, the moderators have always acted correctly and professionally.

Unfortunately, sometimes there is a grey area. Something that according to the rules is allowed, but toes the line in such a way that you, the users, feel it should not be. No matter how much we prepare for every possible situation, there will always be more that we didn’t anticipate. Encountering such situations and adjusting to them accordingly is a continuous process. Bringing this to our attention allows the moderators to adjust how to deal with these grey areas(, as an action that was first generally accepted, might not be anymore).

One such possible grey area could be created by personal knowledge; what can be considered inappropriate at all times and what is considered inappropriate based on personal interests, a deeper understanding of the source material. We understand that our rules on PokéHeroes don’t cover every grey area because “inappropriate” is a very broad term, subject to personal ideals.
We will take this opportunity to look over our rules and our internal guidelines on how reports are handled and amend them where necessary. To achieve this, we need your help. If you see content (written or drawn) that could offend or disturb minors or other players, report it. This allows the moderators to check on the situation and take action. Depending on the situation any of the following actions can be taken –
* user is contacted and reminded of the rules
* content is removed
* user is warned
* user is banned

Most importantly, action is always taken with the best interest of everyone in mind. I hope this clears up some of the confusion in the community and answered any questions you might have. Please give us the time to continue discussing such situations internally, allowing future situations to be dealt with more swiftly or even avoided.

I hope that everyone will continue to enjoy playing PokéHeroes!

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Thank you Riako for looking into this!

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ok
with all this drama about 1 profile pic, why don’t we ban the game center, because it encourages gambling, or Leah, because she has a bikini

just a small thought

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@dirtdude you're clearly
1) a 10 years old who doesn't understand that exposing children to pornography is illegal.

or

2) a creepy adult who doesn't mind children's sensibility being affected.

Either way, you need to sit down and really look into this issue and understand that what is happening here is not "one profile picture". It's a whole site's system that is currently not working as it should to protect the userbase it has, and Riako said him and his team were going to reevaluate the site's rules for them to not have so many gray areas, so I don't understand why you're thanking him while being against this whole thing at the same time.

Thank you Riako for owning up to the facts that the current rules do not cover all the issues of the whole userbase as it did back in the days specially considering the big issues we've already had with children being endangered.

And thank you Amy for taking the time to come with this whole post.

no,im just a player that does not want to come back everday with another hashtag about protecting children and people spamming feeds because they want likes

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I betcha 80% of the people sharing it are genuinely concerned

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concerned of a picture?
most children there would think it was a funny face. I would be concerned if it were actually pornography, but its not

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I meant concerned about how long it takes for worse content to be dealt with.

@dirtdude, now I've tried to stay outta this but at this point it seems more like you are grasping at strings in a losing argument all because you dont want to admit your wrong. And for the record, it was pictures of actual pornography that had been cropped just to toe the line of "this is what isnt allowed" and "this is whats allowed". AND set aside the obvious pornography portrayed in the users PFP, a main reason I personally am pissed is the lack of "this is wrong" judgement shown by the mods.

To their credit, their job is to enforce the rules as best they can but by doing that they said "Well, we can obviously tell what you are doing, but because you barely aren't showing the character getting plowed we are gonna let it slide". My personal opinion on that matter is we need a "HELL MARY" moderator who can cut the crap and say "Hey! Thats not right!", whether that be eliminating that gray area by fixing the rules OR allowing mods to make judgment calls in situations like this on what they think is best for the site instead or rolling over and let users like them think they are above the rules

So instead of a moderator saying "Well, it technically isnt ahainst the rules so you are ok" they say "Technically it isn't against the rules, but I implore you to change your PFP because once the complaints start rolling in, I will have to take action"

I don't think there's need for an argument now – I believe that everything that needed to be said has been said. :) I'll be locking this thread for now. Like I said, please give us time to discuss this issue internally now. If you have any information of relevance which has NOT been stated yet, then shoot me (or any of the mods) a PM.

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