Just a quick post to update you all on the latest LJ 'enhancement', Content Flags.
I have set the default for the community to Adult Concepts. Therefore, if your own settings are set to allow you to see the widest variety of postings on LJ, and you are over 18 by your registration or profile birth date (seen or unseen) you should be okay. If you are not over 18, or you have set your own viewing options set to moderate filtering, you are going to see LJ imposed cuts.
Members who submit their work here can adjust the flags on individual posts, however since the community is defaulted to Adult Concepts if you write Gen, you will need to make sure your content is set or defaults to No Adult Content in your post to make it viewable to the widest range of readers. I cannot do that for you because I am unable to edit posts made by other people. It is up to you to make sure that your own viewing options are correct or set as you prefer.
This is a purely voluntary measure and you can chose to do with it what you will. However from now on I will ask you to always include suitable warnings and ratings in your posts. This part is not negotiable because LJ has demonstrated that they will not hesitate to shut down communities if they feel they breach their TOS. Acceptable ratings for submissions to this community are:
- NC17 - Not suitable for those 17 and under. May include graphic/explicit sex, violence or language, and often all three.
- Adult (MA) - Mature Adult. Used for themes and may or may not be graphic or explicit in any way.
- R - Restricted for Content. Similar to "Adult" but includes graphic or explicit content and most likely harsh language.
- PG13 - suitable for those 13 and above.
- PG - Parental Guidance.
- G - suitable for ALL audiences, but do not confuse this with GEN which is a genre description like Slash or Het. Gen can be violent or graphic, what it doesn't contain, usually, is any kind of romantic relationship themes.
Please use these ratings at all times. From now on I will remove posts that fail to include a suitable rating and warnings for adult and/or explicit content and ask the author to resubmit because I do not want this community to be taken away from us. I will update the community profile with to include this information.
I know it's a lot to absorb, so if you have any questions please feel free hassle me.