After much discussion amongst the Admin/Mod team (and yeah, you can all whack us now for the slow response which has led to this unfortunate event), here are the steps that will be taken with immediate effect :-
We will be monitoring the PhotoShoots section more closely for the time being, and will remove/suspend shoots which we feel are bordering on the edge of decency or are pushing too much out of the limits of what should be allowed.
Thus, our main aims of this exercise are to :-
a) Halt and/or reverse the perception that ClubSNAP is a sleazy site.
b) Restore some sense of pride into ClubSNAP as a community which, as some have voiced, seems to have taken a back seat in recent years, partly due to the growth of the community and partly also because of lack of attention from the Admins/Mods in that regard.
As always, while we can set down the boundaries and guidelines, we will continue to rely on members to also help us steer the community in the right general direction and we trust that this will set us back on the right path. We are in this together.
At the end of the day, nude (artistic, sleazy, pornographic or otherwise) is also a legitimate genre of photography, and by curbing this outlet, we do not want to be seen as stifling the growth of the local photography community. If/when social mores mature and stigmas are removed, perhaps we can revisit this in future.
Please note that discussions about nude photography are still allowed (with threads to be appropriately titled and images hot-linked, not directly embedded), we are only banning the organisation of nude photoshoots.
Thank you to all members for their very vocal feedback, and we apologise for our slow response to the previous thread which has led to this.
- We will put in place a new policy to disallow marketing/advertising of nude photoshoots in the PhotoShoots section. We note that there is a grey area under local Singaporean law regarding publication and distribution of images/videos taken during such shoots and we do not wish to "push the envelope" at this current point in time to test the limits of said laws.
- Existing shoots of such nature will be deleted and we will liaise with the Organiser on reimbursement of their subscriptions.
- We will complete the forms-based method of posting into the PhotoShoots section to standardise the thread titling (as promised in Episode 1 of Sex Sells..) and to "tone down" the excessive perceived sleaziness of said threads.
We will be monitoring the PhotoShoots section more closely for the time being, and will remove/suspend shoots which we feel are bordering on the edge of decency or are pushing too much out of the limits of what should be allowed.
Thus, our main aims of this exercise are to :-
a) Halt and/or reverse the perception that ClubSNAP is a sleazy site.
b) Restore some sense of pride into ClubSNAP as a community which, as some have voiced, seems to have taken a back seat in recent years, partly due to the growth of the community and partly also because of lack of attention from the Admins/Mods in that regard.
As always, while we can set down the boundaries and guidelines, we will continue to rely on members to also help us steer the community in the right general direction and we trust that this will set us back on the right path. We are in this together.
At the end of the day, nude (artistic, sleazy, pornographic or otherwise) is also a legitimate genre of photography, and by curbing this outlet, we do not want to be seen as stifling the growth of the local photography community. If/when social mores mature and stigmas are removed, perhaps we can revisit this in future.
Please note that discussions about nude photography are still allowed (with threads to be appropriately titled and images hot-linked, not directly embedded), we are only banning the organisation of nude photoshoots.
Thank you to all members for their very vocal feedback, and we apologise for our slow response to the previous thread which has led to this.
That's our good old, fair Darren.
