http://transfinite.dreamwidth.org/215469.html

dA's admins fsck up and are jerks, once again. Genderqueer Deviant has their identity insulted and is given the runaround by unhelpful "support" staff. And on Spirit Day, no less!

I think their assumption that they were forced to choose Male or Female in their profile because it lets dA target their ads is probably true, being a student of marketing myself, and subject to NO REALLY YOU WANT TO HAVE BABIES AND MEET LESBIAN SINGLES ads on Facebook all the time. It also probably has something to do with the pronoun usage on dA gallery and profile pages, which they also mentioned; that's probably the "design" issue the support people were talking about. But really, is it that hard to at least make up some gender-neutral options? Learn from elsewhere on the intarwubs, from sites that know how to be sensitive about these things.

It's BS like this that compelled me to move my art here in the first place. e_e If dA ever learns to treat its members like people, maybe I'll be active on there again. But that's looking to be an increasingly bigger "if".

...Hey BK, any chance we could get an "Other" option in the Gender menu on our profile settings? Just, y'know, "Unspecified" might not cut it for everybody.

um? other than male, female and hermaphrodite.. ... what other options are there?

There are those who may be physically male, but identify as female, or vice versa. It's a case of sexual identity, not necessarily one of physical attributes. There is also the case of male-to-female and female-to-male gender reassignment, and those who are in the middle of the process may want other options, or may want an option to remain undeclared.

-- BK

I think that could be arranged, yes. Might just add in more than just an "Other" option.

Edit: Done. Added both "Neither" and "Other" to our choices of "Male", "Female", and "Unspecified" to allow the greatest amount of inclusion since so many people have their own ways of identifying themselves sexually.

-- BK

http://forum.deviantart.com/community/complaints/1571604/

Deviant Art has so many issues it's not funny but very sad.

For example:

1. They allow tracing.

2. They allow art theft.

3. They allow Pornography.

4. They allow Kiddy Porn.

5. They mark reports invalid if you're being trolled or harassed.

I can go on and on but I don't want to.

I have had my own issues with the way things are run at dA. I've seen too many issues first-hand there. I've seen art theft reports ignored. I've seen the people reporting the theft banned while the ones doing the theft ignored. Please know that will not be the case here.

If you have any issues here, or you think there should be any changes or want to make suggestions, just let me know. If nothing else, we can at least have an open discussion about it.

In the case of the link you posted, I took a look at it and the image in question. I don't see how it qualifies as child porn. It's an artistic nude that is not sexual in any way. Judging from the animation, the child eats, and scratches either the back of his leg or a butt cheek. There's nothing sexual about the image at all.

-- BK

So the feeling is mutual then, I'm glad to hear we're on the same level about it. Awesome!

By that it sounds like I've found a home to romp around in.

Alrighty then. Yes we can.

No no no, I'm not saying the animation is sexual but the fact that it's Underage Nudity and there's a category in the F.A.Q. where it states it's rules on it, which of course are very fuzzy.

I hate Deviant Art so much. Feel like doing rant art on it but I'm not posting it here.

Ah, I gotcha. I see where you're coming from on that. Yeah, if it's in their rules that underage nudity isn't allowed but they're vague on it, yeah that's a problem.

Well, I hope Side 7 meets your needs.

-- BK

So far this site looks cool.

Thanks!

-- BK