Information on NSFW content, and what is and isn't allowed here.
Information on NSFW content, and what is and isn't allowed here.
This community has a rule requiring NSFW content be marked and also in addition banning certain forms of NSFW content altogether. The purpose of this post is to clarify exactly the types of content that must be marked and content that isn't allowed.
Content Which must be flagged as NSFW
- Sexual content
This includes scenes of mild nudity, such as a naked woman or people bathing in a stream or river. Images with naked humans must be marked as NSFW regardless if they have genitalia visible due to possibly offending people on the count of cultural reasons associated with nudity. Nudity in dragons or humanoid dragon characters is permitted as SFW provided they do not have visible genitalia.
In addition content that can be seen as sexually suggestive, such as alluding to the act of sex must be marked as NSFW.
Note that Pornographic content such as sex scenes or maturation is not permitted at all in this community or on dbzer0 as a whole.
- Violent content
Minor amounts of blood and violence are to be expected in a community about dragons. However any content which contains it must be marked as NSFW. An example could include a dragon ripping apart and eating a fish, a dragon eating an animal, a dragon fighting against a knight. Things which may contain minor amounts of violence but are otherwise natural. Content like this is permitted provided it is not too graphic (if it's more violent than a BBC nature documentary it may not be acceptable, will be handled on a case-by case basis).
- Controversial, political, or potentially offensive content
Content which could be considered controversial must be flagged as NSFW, this could include usage of political flags from now defunct imperialist or fascist regimes. As well as fantasy usage of flags from currently operating fascist or imperialistic regimes. It can also include wars or combat scenes. There is a limit to whether things may be considered propaganda but we do want to encourage artistic freedom and exploration.
Content that is not allowed under any circumstances
- Beastiality
Any depictions of beastiality or encouragement of the practice no matter how seemingly mundane or benign they may appear are unacceptable and will be immediately removed and lead to a permanent ban, as well as Admin notification. This is more extreme than simply pornographic content as beastiality is illegal and morally disgusting.
- Sexual depictions of underage characters (CSAM)
Any sexual depictions of underage characters are not allowed and highly illegal. Posting material containing them known as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) will result in a permanent ban on sight, Admins will be contacted, as well as law enforcement. This is a heinous crime in many jurisdictions and can have severe and dangerous implications for instances caught up in it. Yes this does include underage dragon characters, fantasy CSAM is still CSAM.
- Violence towards underage characters
Content depicting violence towards underage characters is unacceptable and will not be allowed here. This includes content which portrays violent or gruesome attacks against underage characters, killing of underage characters, or the live consumption of underage characters. This type of content will be immediately removed if posted and ban will be applied to the user who posted it. This content's legality isn't entirely clear but it is safe to say it might be illegal, and so admins will be contacted in the event this content is posted.
- Extreme Violence or Terrorist content
Content which contains extreme violence such as excessive dismemberment or depictions of genocide, as well as any and all depictions of terrorism is not allowed under any circumstances. Examples of terrorist content include imagery evocative of terrorism, promoting of terrorism, or terrorist propaganda. Propaganda encouraging genocide or violence towards any groups or excusing the genocide of any groups falls under this rule, even if the groups are fictional. Terrorist content can be considered illegal in many countries so violations to this one will be taken extremely seriously and may result in a permanent ban, and will result in Admins being contacted.
There may be grey areas or areas where the distinction between acceptable and not is unclear. In these situations it is up to moderator discretion as well as intent of the person posting it which will determine if it is acceptable or not, as well as the action which will be taken if it is deemed in violation. As of note if the dbzer0 admins determine something to be illegal or unacceptable their discretion takes precedence over the moderation team.