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Sorry Zé.

i know an opera member , he has an album with so many hot photos like this and finally ,it was banned. But i wonder why these picture still remain. i don't know what is the difference. and shame that i was used to attract people for any purpose

I think they get on the 'most popular' section because they get clicked on and visited so often.

I agree , our community did not need this type of advertising, I know someone who definitely can do something to change the page....

All together we are strong...

They said there wouldn't been those kind of pics after the Apricot, but I noticed there were many more after that!!
If you take a look at those albums you'll see they're the most visited because of those kind of photos and I don't think it's My Opera Team fault.
How can My Opera verify all the members' albums? Maybe blocking those nice pics when they appear the first time on the home page. That's an , I think! But those photos will have always lots of visitors 'cause too many people on the internet are looking for them!

I 100% agree!

in addition some of our photo albums were locker (without even been checked before they were by mods),
and since the 1st of the year a does not allow their unlocking possible!
My question is,
why these pictures are more acceptable that a body art?
and why our photo group 365photos' amazing albums are not very often in the Home page?
Number of visits to a photo album does not mean it is a special photo album!
The same with numerous posts that a certain female member posts and uses dirty filthy language ,
that also seems to be very much appreciated
and her posts are always in the popular posts.
At some point I read her comments and I gag!
Is that the class and a respectful quality
that this very fine software company wants to achieve?


*had to vent*

Most of those photos aren't even taken by Opera members. And have you read some of the sleezy comments in these albums? I always report things like this to Opera and quite often they are removed.

I agree. It would be nice to see these type of photos not here at all. Maybe the only photos that make the opening page should be ones actually taken by members.

Joe

True. Perhaps there could be a place where members submit their own photos for inclusion on the front page! The talent here deserves far more prominence!

The photos on the front page are simply apaling. They should really control what sort of pictures get selected for the top page.

Good post, Ze! That's really a great problem about our community and the whole internet. MyOpera team should delete porn pictures and ban users who post such pix. There is a great amount of porn sites over the net. People can use them to see and post "hot" pictures. And our community is definitely not a place for them!

We used to manually pick the the photos for the front page, but we (the My Opera team) are a very small team so we did not always have time to browse for new pictures to spotlight. We made this section based on which photos are the most popular among you and the result is not always what was intended. We usually ban members who upload offensive pictures, so we are keeping a look out on the frontpage, but from time to time some pictures slip through.

We already have a few community volunteers who help out moderate My Opera, but maybe we should extend this.

Good post, Ze.

Thanks EspenAO, I'm pleased that you follow us in our choices, I'm pleased to be able to show OPERA and its pages even to children, perhaps this is not a very popular choice, but some of us have done It and it's right to respect this choice, although it can be unpopular.

...and tank whether you José

Someone .. noted me that not all pictures are porn, this is true, not all are, I think that certainly could be removed winking photos, to begin ...

Antonietta, you bring up a good point. Many people think all pictures of women that don't have much on, are porn. To me they are not, unless the woman (or model) is placed in a very suggestive way. Still, that's not exactly porn, but to me is inappropriate for our younger members. An example of that is the woman with the tiny bathing suit that has her butt to the camera.

To me, porn is blatant sexual poses with nothing covered at all....no clothing or drapery to cover the private parts. They are there for shock and arousal. Even if these blatant poses are partially covered with drapery, it is what the poses suggest that is also porn. For example, what are the hands doing under the drapery. It is purposefully suggestive, unnecesarry and inappropriate IMHO.

As an artist, I think the human body is beautiful, men and women. Being in many art classes, I have seen, drawn and painted many nudes. There have been times when one professor in particular had the model in a very suggestive pose that I thought was inappropriate for a classroom setting. Sometimes a model would say she was uncomfortable with that and he would change the pose. Most times, however, models would pose however the professor wanted. Then it makes us, the artist, somewhat uncomfortable.

I'm in agreement with you but not completely. The body is beautiful the body of a woman or man is the universal harmony, I have seen the "Sistine Chapel" in Rome, I saw the "Riace bronzes" in Reggio Calabria, I have seen drawings of Leonardo da Vinci to "Uffizi" to Florence and I have seen last month Vigeland Park perhaps, unique place in the world where there are many beautiful and imposing nudity but full of harmony and passion. I know that the body is the expression of majesty, but can we see in the photographs winking the beauty of creation? The magnificence of perfection, the ART? I cannot see this all in the photos vulgar that there are in Opera, because I saw what is ART, I regret that I can not be completely agree with you, I hope forgive me my friend PainterWoman

No need for regrets Antonietta. We all have opinions. And you may call me Pamela.

I'm wondering if there could be a totally separate Opera space where only those wishing to see the photos can go to. Since we have over two million members (or is it 3M?), imagine all 2 million uploading 20 or more photos, it would be difficult for the Opera team to go through so many. Plus, there would be difficulty in deciding what is appropriate and what is not. Who would decide?

This a great post Ze I do agree with you and all what is written
in the comments. It is vital that we as members of this community
also put an effort in action when we see these albums. This is a big problem for many people and EpenAO I can see your point too.
There are more people needed to sail around to find these porno pictures. It is more important because some of these girls should not be there at all besause of age. We are in 2009, we want a clean cummunity and lets work it together. It is nice to keep Opera Clean.

Opera does a good job. Once I reported some inappropriate material and they took it down.

Joe

Same here - and it was removed in minutes! Excellent result!

Ze, thank you for this post. I agree that there is a line between art and pornography, and it is usually fairly easy to tell the difference. I like Pam's suggestion about having an "Adult" photography site. That was the first thing that crossed my mind when I read this post. It would be one solution if Opera wants to allow nude photos at all. Or sexually-oriented photos.

Personally, if I want to look at nude art, I can go to an art museum, and that is where it should be---galleries and museums.

Don't want Opera to get a reputation for having bad taste or a sleazy reputation. I have a couple friends on Opera who are 13 and 15 respectively. We do not need to have these photos available to them in OC.

Just my two cents worth.

I've voiced my beliefs before and unfortunately when I do, I can offend some people, even friends... I guess my common sense approach is we wear clothes publicly, so why not post the clad-dly peeps not the others? suggestive or not...

I don't like the suggestive either, but that can be hard to avoid. an ADULT section and/or R - rated, like the movies, might be an idea. At home we have a filter service, but that doesn't catch everything...

one starts to get desensitized to it after awhile. some people get addicted to it. some walk the other way. I imagine that this sort of discussion help the site invariably and inevitably, I think. eventually, too, a site sways in one direction or another... and then places like blogger/blogspot-- or is it YAHOO 360-- has an opt in/opt out for ADULT material, I think.

I just worry about all these young people who are not supervised on their phones or pcs and therefore, they can go whereever they wish. I don't even see how that problem is solveable. But neither do I believe we should just stand by and allow any kind of garbage to be posted.

Linda you are right, but I think that we all the community can see and say the uneasy we have in this occasions, and Espen together with all other friends are those have the responsibility to do something, to each his own role... fortunately!!!

For me it is no question. If we start to say in that corner over there it is okey but not here it will soon fall apart. There are so many sites for nude pictures, why does it have to be one here? I think it is nice with Opera to keep it out of this business. So so many other sites to use in the nude market. What children to by their PC or self phone we can not always see or follow. But we can show them that it is no good and not okey by having no nude corners in Opera.

I absolutely agree to that Ze. Just saying that if Opera INSISTS on allowing this stuff, they should at least segregate it from the mainstream. But I agree that they shouldn't allow them at all. That would certainly be my preference.

>>We used to manually pick the the photos for the front page,
>>but we (the My Opera team) are a very small team so we did
>>not always have time to browse for new pictures to
>>spotlight.

How about appointing community volunteers? Imm sure many of us would sign up for the job?

I think it is nice with Opera to keep it out of this business.

I absolutely agree with you. This is best.

Shaunak what exactly mean you when say < Im sure many of us would sign up for the job?>?

Yes indeed we are

Ok

As a ??

. Good job Zé! I understand your point of you. But this is not easy matter..Who will be decide what is porn,which nude photos is not art ? I'm graphic designer and in my job not rare meet with the questions ..Absolutely agree with your good intentions, but this is my doubts.You know that now are very strong tendencies to censoring of internet, what can in the near future to limit our freedom at internet .. Then we should be very careful in the matters.

Ugh....
Yeah, strongly agree w/ you.