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I'd say it depends which game you're LP, screenshots of, a GBA game would of course be smaller than, say, a PC game. And then also how big the pictures themselves are.
I think it's more along the line of common sense, on one page, either one huge update, two mid ones, or three small ones.

My screenshots are 256X254, so fairly small. My real question is what counts as too big? What's the cutoff point? 50 frames? 100?

That makes them less than 100kb per image so bandwidth shouldn't be a problem, one post with lots of pictures will be 2mb tops. I've posted sets of 5-7 960x540 (1/4th of my screen resolution) pics in the gameplay videos and screenshots thread and haven't been notified by proletariats about them.

As of now, there's no limit. LP threads are meant for large amounts of images. Cutting down on creativity by imposing a limit is not appealing to me, either.

A good idea to keep in mind is what each thread is used for. It's inappropriate to bring up a certain level of grossness outside of the TMI thread but fine to do so in the thread. If the thread is used for pictures then it certainly isn't a problem to post large amounts in them. If you create a thread dedicated to such things, keep in mind that you'll get more views if you keep the images at a level that most people can enjoy them.

If you don't want people to talk about certain things re: the recent closure of the TMI thread you should probably clarify that in the rules instead of just locking the TMI thread and hoping for the best.

Removing the TMI thread won't stop people from getting into conversations about 'unsanitary topics' in other threads unless you make it explicitly clear that people aren't allowed to 'cyber' or talk about 'sexual fantasies' or even 'how many screwdrivers they once shoved up their butt-hole'.

If nothing else making an addendum to the rules pertaining to this issue would give the proletariats an easy 'fall-back' option if someone does start talking about that crap - all the proletariats have to do in that circumstance is say: "Stop cybering - it's against the rules."

Easy, rite?

Don't just lock a thread and hope for the best; Make it clear to the forum as to why you've locked that thread; As moderators, ask why that thread even came to exist in the first place (i.e. shortcomings in the rules) - otherwise it'll all just happen again.

Also be careful about over-moderating a forum in this regard - I mean, okay, nobody wants to see people 'cybering' about there fetishes here - I agree with that, but are you still okay with people talking about dragon dildos and whatnot? I mean, there's still sexual content there, no? Who decides what topics are/are not too offensive to discuss? When does moderator intervention cross the line in that regard?

As moderators you've gotta be realistic and accommodate the fact that people are gonna talk about stuff like that (there has been what, three TMI threads? Kinda proves there's a need for one - maybe?) - saying "There's kids on the forum." isn't really a good enough excuse for locking a thread like that - because some of the younger forumites are the worst for bringing 'unsanitary' material into that thread.

I appreciate the proletariats have a 'fun time' moderating threads like TMI, but if you're gonna lock it and say "NO MORE SOUP FOR YOU!" then be more professional about it and update the rules and stuff instead of leaving it seeming like such an arbitrary decision on the moderators' part.

They already did that

I don't see anything about 'cybering' in the rules.

Hence my post.

Sure, I'll add that to rule 14 after we've discussed things between proletariats.

We thought our posts in the TMI and Health threads were enough explanations, but it is true that newcomers would not know about these explanations and changes since there is a big chance they would not read these. Adding something like this to the rules thread is better, as it will help make sure more people are aware of these things.

As for what forumites can and cannot discuss, we will add something to the rules shortly. We obviously don't want to police everything (for instance, I believe jokes about dragon dildos are fine as long as they're, you know, jokes), but there are obviously limits. I don't think that telling people not to talk about what they get off to or how they had sex is "over-moderating". The goal here is to avoid situations like what brought the locking of the last TMI thread (as well as the ones that brought the locking of the previous ones). However, I think we do want to avoid members talking about sex altogether as long as it's not about asking for advice on safe sex, relationships or health. These are fine.

I will bring that up with the other moderators and we'll get back to you all. Please be patient, and thank you for the feedback!

Think of it this way. Wry's Mum is on the forum. If you wouldn't talk about it with your friend's mum, then you probably shouldn't be talking about it in the first place.

I'm with DnD on the removal of pokemon => Cockfighting Society. It makes links to the pokemon site impossible. I like the filters for nearly everything else, too.

For clarity's sake, here's what Runes is talking about:


I get what you're saying but I don't think everyone talks to their own - or other people's mothers - in the same way.

Some of the conversations I have to endure at work would make your eyes water.

Rule 14 was edited.

The wordfilter was changed so that the word Pokémon is now filtered to Cockfighting Society instead of the word Pokemon, hopefully solving URL problems.

What do you guys think?

I think it's fine if we change the Pokemon thread to remove the accent so new members can find it easier, or add a parenthetical to clarify, as the TF2 thread has.

It is a little annoying to hide an actual thriving thread under a layer of obscurity. It's how we wind up with so many duplicate threads. It doesn't need to be a rule, but remember if you name your thread something deceptive, it's not going to get the traffic it deserves. I'm looking at you threads that are a sentence long to include more than the topic title because someone wants to justify the new thread in the title like the proletariats are quick to judgement.