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smartpatrol 
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 Posted: October 10 2013 at 22:50 |
 M@X wrote:
UMUR wrote:
The RYM option where you have to actively register to see censored artwork is pretty good IMO. Of course it doesn´t hinder a 13 old boy lying about his age to see the censored pics, but at least he´ll have to consider it...
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Probably is the solution here too. |
Who goes to Prog Archives to see porn?
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 22:59 |
Dean wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
I'm not very savvy on the ways of the intenet....how is it possible that Google is censoring images on PA. ? Are all the album images/artwork here uploaded from Google..?
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No. Max is pixelating the images to comply with Google Ads terms and conditions. If he does not do this then Google will disable ad serving to our site, this will cut off the revenue stream that pays for the site. No Google Ads=no PA. |
Thank you Dean. As always you are a veritable fountain of information.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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tszirmay
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 23:47 |
smartpatrol wrote:
M@X wrote:
UMUR wrote:
The RYM option where you have to actively register to see censored artwork is pretty good IMO. Of course it doesn´t hinder a 13 old boy lying about his age to see the censored pics, but at least he´ll have to consider it...
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Probably is the solution here too. |
Who goes to Prog Archives to see porn?
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By the Way, smartpatrol, your avatar is sheer filth , an abomination , a slap to the face of respectable human beings who believe in grace and gentle elegance, because that's what big companies now want = 'SEX Does NOT Sell"  
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Dean
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 02:37 |
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 02:55 |
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^ Indeed, those birds are most assuredly naked.
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Chris S
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 02:57 |
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Frightfully so....
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<font color=Brown>Music - The Sound Librarian
...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR]
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M@X
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 05:48 |
Good morning guys,
I've seen a couple of new avatar (smartpatrol), problably in protestation and I understand , but i've been thinking about this and if we succeed in implementing something non-intrusive for covert art in the discography section, but we still show AVATAR next to reviews in album pages and collaborator page, we are not going in the right direction for avatar that are "non Google AdSense approved" .
So this left me 2 choices:
- We accept only 'approved' avatar, signature you can put whatever you want , as you as it respectable - We remove all the places on the discography part that show avatar next to review
Any thoughts ?  |
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Prog On !
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Dean
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 06:32 |
I'd prefer not to have to 'approve' avatars. I don't see the need for the avatar to be shown by the review.
However, I do appreciate that some people do like the vainglory.
Now that Andrew (smartpatrol) is 13 years old he is old enough and responsible enough to know whether an avatar is appropriate or not given a simple set of guidelines to follow. If he can manage this simple task then anyone can.
So... the test is: can he change his avatar (without any clues or assistance) all by himself, or are we going to force the Admins to become avatar-police?
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 12:16 |
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I'm not sure what folks would think of it, but personally then I don't really care if my avatar shows beside my review. Doesn't matter to me.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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smartpatrol
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 12:28 |
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I'll change the avatar if you want. I haven't even heard the album, anyway.
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tszirmay
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 12:45 |
 
Just wondering if the one on the right is any more "PROPER' than the one on the left ? This is where the worry settles in, who decides this , Google ads and its algorithms? Ban both? I just do not know how M@X can get this done.......
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 12:53 |
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Help me I'm falling!
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 12:54 |
^^I feel you Thomas, I really do - and it bugs the hell out of me to be honest. I hate the fact that a site dealing with what I personally think of as being one of the most beautiful sonic movements inside rock now seems vulnerable to some haphazard ping pong algorithm out there in the web. I certainly won't lose the site over it, but it pains me to see society and it's parameters boiled down to machinery when the touch of a humane presence is obviously more in need of.
Edited by Guldbamsen - October 11 2013 at 13:06
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 14:00 |
Maybe I should explain myself better. I feel most of the releases on this site feature a carefully crafted symbiosis of music and imagery - one that is as important to the actual content, as the cover to a book. To see these worlds unattached is to me shameful.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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NotAProghead
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:14 |
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Idiotism has no borders (I tell of the world's tendency to hide breasts, cocks etc). It seems the veil will be the only accepted clothes soon.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:25 |
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
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NotAProghead
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:31 |
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Back to medieval centuries.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Dean
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:34 |
tszirmay wrote:
Just wondering if the one on the right is any more "PROPER' than the one on the left ? This is where the worry settles in, who decides this , Google ads and its algorithms? Ban both? I just do not know how M@X can get this done....... |
Erm... I will point out the obvious - one's a photograph of two models in skimpy lingerie the other is a cartoon drawing...
...other than that: Rule #34
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NotAProghead
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:45 |
Should this lady be blurred too?
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Dean
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 15:52 |
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^ we've already done statues. Do keep up.
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excellent choice of avatar Marco 
