if we're not allowed to mention certain sites

[GommeInc]

There doesn't need to be, it was fine the way it was before pedanticism came in :S Unfilter it, it's pointless. It's not a porn site and it seems the obvious is getting ignored when the majority are not against the site. I'm sure it was Oli that said if the majority are okay with it, you listen. As far as many members are concerned, you get the odd comment that is blatantly ignoring the more constructive posts.

1. It's not porn.
2. There are warnings on the main site.
3. A fraction of it is adult content.
4. It's mentioned all over the internet, in real life and on sites that do not allow porngraphy and have strict rules to some extent e.g. Habbo and BBC.

So far, the only reason to block it is because of the Google description, which isn't anything to do with Habbox Forum as Habbox Forum is a Forum, you moderate the Forum, not the members and websites around it :/ You're not cyber police :/

Why does Habbox feel the need to nanny beyond the forum, when no rule covers it? The rule you mentioned covers content, and seeing as loads of sites have adult content, it's void. One rule for one website and one for others it seems :/

[Robbie]

I did not say filter it. :S It is a site with porn though Gomme, with no warnings. I really do not see how you can argue against it unless you suggest an amendment to the rule.

It does have warnings though. They're under their own section that says 18+ Only and when you click a link under that section you are given a second warning.

[Catzsy]

It does have warnings though. They're under their own section that says 18+ Only and when you click a link under that section you are given a second warning.

Not if you google it and click the links. Try it?

[GommeInc]

Not if you google it and click the links. Try it?

Again, not your problem - that's Google's and 4-chans :/

Focus on the website in general, not the adult content. The website is more than just porn :/

Also, you said you think they should allow links. What if people Google 4-chan because of the links? Or go to the adult sections after following a link? Would you want to hold their hand through their online browsing experience too?

[Robbie]

Why can't we just put a !!!!! WARNING !!!!!! thing and a spoiler like other things (and even that's stupid)

[Catzsy]

Again, not your problem - that's Google's and 4-chans :/

Focus on the website in general, not the adult content. The website is more than just porn :/

Also, you said you think they should allow links. What if people Google 4-chan because of the links? Or go to the adult sections after following a link? Would you want to hold their hand through their online browsing experience too?

This getting very wearing now as I said before if somebody mentions a site then 99 out of a 100 a member will google it so could you please do so (as you are of age) and tell me that if you click some of the links 18+ adult sexual content comes up even when it says 'random' or 'animated gif' with no warning. Without you doing that I feel your argument is just a load of hot air.

@ Robbie. You can put a warning for mildly inappropriate content but this isn't.

[GommeInc]

Don't know :/ Who's up for a *REMOVED*

This getting very wearing now as I said before if somebody mentions a site then 99 out of a 100 a member will google it so could you please do so (as you are of age) and tell me that if you click some of the links 18+ adult sexual content comes up even when it says 'random' or 'animated gif' with no warning. Without you doing that I feel your argument is just a load of hot air.

Because it's not your problem :/ It never has been, why is this suddenly arising when NO damage has ever been done before? It's a pointless discussion - the website isn't porn as 2 members of management wrongly accused it of being. It's just a huge online community.

And where did you get that statistic? Who are you to say they will click the links and NOT the URL Google links to? If 4-chan is mentioned, you usually go to the website, not the pages. Which is what I did.

Your argument, no offensive, is alot of hot air and pretty scattered, one moment it's a porn site and it seems the only thing to cling on to now to filter it is a Google description, despite the fact it's not a porn site and it's mentioned everywhere as it does have social use beyond that of porn :/ It's a powerful community, and the reason it's so powerful and mentoned alot is because of the other sections :/

Edited by Cosmic (Forum Super Moderator) Please do not mention the names of sites that contain pornographic material.

[Axel]

It is not a porn site, and there are warnings. It should not be filtered just because there are a few boards dedicated to it... a lot of the site is just normal boards. And besides, the way you're looking at it, it's as if every 12 year old on this website doesn't know about stuff like porn. I'm sure everyone and their mother on the internet has heard of porn - why isn't porn filtered then? Anyone could just google porn, and find it, if they're willing. Likewise, if someone mentions *****, and someone googles it, they'd only go on a board called sexy beautiful women KNOWING that it would contain something 'bad'. They're not going to stumble upon something bad acidentally with a name like that, unless they're looking for it, and in that case it has nothing to do with HXF.

[GommeInc]

It is not a porn site, and there are warnings. It should not be filtered just because there are a few boards dedicated to it... a lot of the site is just normal boards. And besides, the way you're looking at it, it's as if every 12 year old on this website doesn't know about stuff like porn. I'm sure everyone and their mother on the internet has heard of porn - why isn't porn filtered then? Anyone could just google porn, and find it, if they're willing. Likewise, if someone mentions *****, and someone googles it, they'd only go on a board called sexy beautiful women KNOWING that it would contain something 'bad'. They're not going to stumble upon something bad acidentally with a name like that, unless they're looking for it, and in that case it has nothing to do with HXF.

Precisely, Habbox has never felt the need to moderate members outside of Habbox Forum before, which is what the dispute is over, and it's only one reason to filter it seems and that's a description on another 3rd party website, when 4-chan itself doesn't advertise itself as an adult site filled with porn.

The idea was to empty the filter or pointless words, not add harmless ones because of a Google description which apparently everyone will click the links to. If people are interested in it, they Google search it and click the main Google link which in this case is just called: 4chan It's unlikely the immediate interest would be "Hentai/Alternative", "Sexy Beautiful Women" (even though it's obvious) :/

Like Google searching YouTube, would you really go straight to the sport link? Unlikely :/

[Smits]

Not if you google it and click the links. Try it?

I'm sick of seeing this point repeated. If a user googles it, it's their own fault. When they google it they are clearly warned about some of the boards, if they then proceed to click that sexy beautiful women link, it's their choice. If you're saying they can't work out what might be on such board, then since when has this forum been for the mentally challenged?

Some of the defensive points made in this thread are just stupid, and completely flawed.