Comments on: How Facebook decides which images to allow http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Adam Fields http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1354344 Adam Fields Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1354344 If the toilet in a place I'm visiting is clogged, I tell the owner of the place and not the manufacturer of the toilet, even if the toilet is leased as a service. If the toilet in a place I’m visiting is clogged, I tell the owner of the place and not the manufacturer of the toilet, even if the toilet is leased as a service.

]]> By: Joly MacFie http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1354057 Joly MacFie Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1354057 Earwax! Earwax!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1353806 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1353806 Oh, I have.  NPD. Oh, I have.  NPD.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1353362 chgoliz Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1353362 Hah! Hah!

]]> By: Dbakeca Italia http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1353178 Dbakeca Italia Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1353178 Yeah...I wonder when facebook will testify in a process?... Yeah…I wonder when facebook will testify in a process?…

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352955 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352955 I complain to them a lot.  They're polite about it, but I'm sure that they regard me as a troublemaker. I complain to them a lot.  They’re polite about it, but I’m sure that they regard me as a troublemaker.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352954 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352954 Yes, we do have style sheets.  But Disqus also has lots and lots of....quirks. Yes, we do have style sheets.  But Disqus also has lots and lots of….quirks.

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352931 elix Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352931 While there's no defense for being irresponsible and immature with marijuana (and the known consequences: i.e. the munchies), I would suggest that you could do a lot worse than a giddy, food-gobbling roomie. While there’s no defense for being irresponsible and immature with marijuana (and the known consequences: i.e. the munchies), I would suggest that you could do a lot worse than a giddy, food-gobbling roomie.

]]> By: Sparrow http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352866 Sparrow Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352866 Facebook is kind of unpredictable about my pictures. Pictures of stitches, blocked. Pictures of the scar afterward, (fully clothed,) blocked. Pictures of nipple piercings, not blocked. Landscape shot of an empty beach, blocked. Facebook is kind of unpredictable about my pictures. Pictures of stitches, blocked. Pictures of the scar afterward, (fully clothed,) blocked. Pictures of nipple piercings, not blocked. Landscape shot of an empty beach, blocked.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352821 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352821 <blockquote>Women's breasts are perceived as being sexual objects in the US, so that's what they must be. If they happen to be used occasionally for an off-label purpose such as nursing, well, we can't encourage non-sexual perceptions, now can we?</blockquote>So it's a matter of vigorously defending the breast brand.

Women’s breasts are perceived as being sexual objects in the US, so that’s what they must be. If they happen to be used occasionally for an off-label purpose such as nursing, well, we can’t encourage non-sexual perceptions, now can we?

So it’s a matter of vigorously defending the breast brand.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352816 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352816 <blockquote>Also, people smoking weed are fundamentally inoffensive.</blockquote>You clearly haven't had as many roommates as I have. Giggling incessantly while eating everybody else's food gets old fast.

Also, people smoking weed are fundamentally inoffensive.

You clearly haven’t had as many roommates as I have. Giggling incessantly while eating everybody else’s food gets old fast.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352809 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352809 Yes. And I've noted it. But if your toilet is clogged, do you call your real estate agent without bothering to call your plumber? Yes. And I’ve noted it. But if your toilet is clogged, do you call your real estate agent without bothering to call your plumber?

]]> By: marilove http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352661 marilove Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352661 "I'd put 'drunk' in the same category as 'high on meth' in photography terms." What.  Seriously?  Comparing being passed out drunk to high on meth?!  Do you know what meth is? “I’d put ‘drunk’ in the same category as ‘high on meth’ in photography terms.”

What.  Seriously?  Comparing being passed out drunk to high on meth?!  Do you know what meth is?

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352642 cellocgw Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352642 "Asleep" is ok;  "unconscious" is not.  Better have those EEG printouts available. “Asleep” is ok;  ”unconscious” is not.  Better have those EEG printouts available.

]]> By: zoink http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352636 zoink Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352636 Discus might listen to you more than to some random commenter on the Web, considering that it's BB that has the choice of which commenting system to use, not the commenter. Discus might listen to you more than to some random commenter on the Web, considering that it’s BB that has the choice of which commenting system to use, not the commenter.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352523 chgoliz Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352523 It really is all about context, isn't it?  Women's breasts are perceived as being sexual objects in the US, so that's what they must be.  If they happen to be used occasionally for an off-label purpose such as nursing, well, we can't encourage non-sexual perceptions, now can we? In the same way, animals are for killing and eating, so as long as the context is clear -- have no fear: this mangled animal will be eaten -- then no amount of violence is too gory. It's not the object that matters: it's the subject. It really is all about context, isn’t it?  Women’s breasts are perceived as being sexual objects in the US, so that’s what they must be.  If they happen to be used occasionally for an off-label purpose such as nursing, well, we can’t encourage non-sexual perceptions, now can we?

In the same way, animals are for killing and eating, so as long as the context is clear — have no fear: this mangled animal will be eaten — then no amount of violence is too gory.

It’s not the object that matters: it’s the subject.

]]> By: guanto http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352514 guanto Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352514 Relatively, considering their environment. They _are_ in America after all, where there are hordes of god-fearing mothers shouting "won't somebody think of the children?" They will allow wounds but no evisceration -- as good a place to draw a line as any. Keep in mind that this is for somewhat "public" images that a user actually has to flag as inappropriate. But what do I know; we have porn on broadcast TV here and I don't think we're any worse off for it. Relatively, considering their environment. They _are_ in America after all, where there are hordes of god-fearing mothers shouting “won’t somebody think of the children?”

They will allow wounds but no evisceration — as good a place to draw a line as any. Keep in mind that this is for somewhat “public” images that a user actually has to flag as inappropriate.

But what do I know; we have porn on broadcast TV here and I don’t think we’re any worse off for it.

]]> By: guanto http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352510 guanto Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352510 That was kind of my point. That was kind of my point.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352502 Nathan Hornby Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352502  I thought Facebook was <i>only</i> for pictures of drunk people. If it's a real rule, they're not doing a very good job of policing it.  I thought Facebook was only for pictures of drunk people.

If it’s a real rule, they’re not doing a very good job of policing it.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352496 Nathan Hornby Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352496  I was under the impression that you could restyle Disqus however you wished. CSS is your friend.  I was under the impression that you could restyle Disqus however you wished.

CSS is your friend.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352495 Nathan Hornby Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352495 Ye, I don't think it's Facebooks job to protect you from the law. Also, people smoking weed are fundamentally inoffensive.  Drunk people on the other hand are a nuisance and a mess.  I'd put 'drunk' in the same category as 'high on meth' in photography terms. In legal terms of course things are reversed, but when considering actual morals and logic, it's perfectly sensible. Ye, I don’t think it’s Facebooks job to protect you from the law.

Also, people smoking weed are fundamentally inoffensive.  Drunk people on the other hand are a nuisance and a mess.  I’d put ‘drunk’ in the same category as ‘high on meth’ in photography terms. In legal terms of course things are reversed, but when considering actual morals and logic, it’s perfectly sensible.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352485 IronEdithKidd Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352485 Picture of *very* dead person; OK.  Picture of mother feeding her baby: not OK. How is this sensible?  Picture of *very* dead person; OK.  Picture of mother feeding her baby: not OK.

How is this sensible? 

]]> By: Jer_00 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352483 Jer_00 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352483 Except that it's a, you know, "leaked document". If Facebook has a set of rules for images they allow and others they yank, why aren't they making it public to their users (who could then know in advance whether their pics are going to be "safe" for Facebook and post their pics elsewhere instead)?  Why hide their policy? Except that it’s a, you know, “leaked document”.

If Facebook has a set of rules for images they allow and others they yank, why aren’t they making it public to their users (who could then know in advance whether their pics are going to be “safe” for Facebook and post their pics elsewhere instead)?  Why hide their policy?

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352454 Noctilucent Studios Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352454 Every meme has to start somewhere so why not here? "What's a facebook?" Every meme has to start somewhere so why not here?

“What’s a facebook?”

]]> By: guanto http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352450 guanto Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352450 Well, he's on BB. Isn't it useful to know that _your commenting system_ doesn't work properly for some users? Well, he’s on BB. Isn’t it useful to know that _your commenting system_ doesn’t work properly for some users?

]]> By: guanto http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352446 guanto Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352446 This is actually surprisingly sensible and straightforward, much more so than usual. I take it the no-naughty-parts thing is an American twist that also exists in other media, e.g. broadcast TV. Apart from that, pretty good; wonder why they didn't make it public in the first place? (Not that I'm a big fan of restrictions like these, but as far as arbitrary lines go, this one is better than most.) This is actually surprisingly sensible and straightforward, much more so than usual. I take it the no-naughty-parts thing is an American twist that also exists in other media, e.g. broadcast TV. Apart from that, pretty good; wonder why they didn’t make it public in the first place?

(Not that I’m a big fan of restrictions like these, but as far as arbitrary lines go, this one is better than most.)

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352376 TheMudshark Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352376 Way to post pictures of you breaking the law on facebook, hypothetical recreational drug user. Way to post pictures of you breaking the law on facebook, hypothetical recreational drug user.

]]> By: b8664400 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352311 b8664400 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352311 Facebook is a social disease created by a person who has nothing but contempt for his users. Its AOL-like ending can't come soon enough. It's incomprehensible that this 'company' is worth anything at all. Facebook is a social disease created by a person who has nothing but contempt for his users. Its AOL-like ending can’t come soon enough. It’s incomprehensible that this ‘company’ is worth anything at all.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352293 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352293 You should tell Disqus that. http://disqus.com/support/ You should tell Disqus that. http://disqus.com/support/

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/how-facebook-decides-which-ima.html#comment-1352278 Robert Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145041#comment-1352278 While I'm here, has anyone else noticed how the comment box supplied by Disqus stops working completely on an iPhone the moment you enter more text than the box can display? The whole text box stops responding and nothing short of a browser restart will fix it. :-( While I’m here, has anyone else noticed how the comment box supplied by Disqus stops working completely on an iPhone the moment you enter more text than the box can display?

The whole text box stops responding and nothing short of a browser restart will fix it. :-(

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