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Chris McNamara
SuperTopo staff member
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 3, 2013 - 07:14pm PT
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Dear SuperTopo Forum,
I'd like to take a moment to reiterate our Forum policy, which prohibits posting of photos with nudity or other inappropriate content.
While I'm sure it is fairly obvious why we have such a policy, please allow me take a moment to break down the key reasons behind our policy:
1) We want the SuperTopo forum to be a friendly resource for climbers of all skill levels, genders and ages. This has always been our goal.
As it says on the right column every time you post:
Our goal with the climbing forum is to provide a resource for climbers of all skill levels and experience to get information about climbing and climbing destinations.
Please help us keep the climber's forum a friendly and informative resource.
As others have noted, the site is frequently visited by young people, both male and female, who have an interest in the opinions of the many experienced climbers who frequent this site. Please try to keep in mind the broad nature of the SuperTopo audience when you post.
2) We have received complaints from many SuperTopo users about offensive posts, and noting that they don't feel comfortable on a forum that allows nudity. These complaints have been growing recently.
3) As many of you know, the Forum is funded through advertising. That doesn't provide a large amount of revenue, but it has been enough for us to keep the site in operation, and to host it on a server system that provides reasonable performance to host more than 2 million posts. Please understand that our advertisers are not comfortable presenting their brand alongside images with nudity. We recently received a termination notice from one of our major advertisers citing concern with nudity on the site.
There are many many sites places on the internet where you can freely post and/or view nude photos. SuperTopo is not one of them.
Please keep our policy (which we don't think is terribly onerous) in mind when posting,
Thank you,
Chris McNamara
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Well, the complainant sure wasn't Bad Idea T-Shirts...
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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Finally!
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Very reasonable.
Before posting consider: would you want your child reading/seeing your post?
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Spanky
Social climber
boulder co
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cheers Chris, thanks for trying to keep it classy and about climbing.
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Some Random Guy
climber
Under a Little Pink Umbrella
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shoulda laid the smack down a while ago. i'm no angel, but i'll abide.
the dude abides, man.....
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10b4me
Ice climber
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Thanks, Chris
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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This thread needs to stay front page.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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It's funny how the same crybabies that whine about breasts have no issue with slandering the president of the u.s. on this forum. not mentioning names
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Thanks!
Some of us have memorials to loved ones on this thread and would rather not have
their memories mixed with soft porn.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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^^^ soft porn^^^
signed, smug sob
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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I'll have you know Jim I'm naming a new route in Woodfords Smug s.o.b. in our honor.
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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I'm changing the name of my boat to Soft Porn
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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As long as DMT can still post pictures of bear poop - then all will be fine.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Sometimes I want to sneak onto this site and see what's happening during the workday, like during a break or at lunch. On occasion, I have had my at-work Supertopo screen showing full or partial nudity to my total horror. I personally don't care, but the social and workplace norm these days makes such a display, if seen by the wrong person, cause to get fired on the spot. Keep it off here. Thanks Chris.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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I know there are those who feel I strech this sometimes but I will no longer do that.
You have my word.
Before posting consider: would you want your child reading/seeing your post?
Now, Lets keep this in mind with politics and guns.
I sure don't want any of my five children seeing gun crap or hearing how our great leader should die!
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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I sure don't want any of my five children seeing gun crap or hearing how our great leader should die!
Yeah, no sh#t huh
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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I can't remember the last time I watched this many people all trying so hard to not understand something.
There's a difference between a bar and a strip joint.
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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If ignorance is bliss how come this forum is so unhappy with the human body?
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