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Date Posted: Mon, Apr 12 2004, 14:07:34
Author: Dragoness Eclectic
Subject: Re: Possible locations for a new board
In reply to: MKIceman 's message, "Re: Possible locations for a new board" on Mon, Apr 12 2004, 13:38:46

>>The ideal situation would be a free board on somewhere
>>that we won't get kicked off for NC-17 material.
>
>If GAFF wishes to make a truly free-speech forum as it
>has always believed and upheld, the minimum rating
>requirement, when looking for new places, would have
>to be XXX, considering the nature of the vast majority
>of badfic out there these days.
[snip]
>Hence why I still recommend a completely GAFF-owned
>site, to avoid the double-work of continual site moves.

And hosting your own XXX site gets you into legal issues--you know you are legally required to restrict access to over-18, right? Some fansites skate by with a click-through "You're over 18, right?", and technically the laws on adult sites refer to imagery, not text, but...

(And then you have the issue of being the owner of an 'adult site', with your name attached to the domain. Is this something you want to show up on background checks by employers, and whatnot? )

It may be the only way to be able to freely criticize NC-17 litter--er, "literature", but I'm just pointing out it is not a no-brainer, easy solution. Ownership has its own issues, beyond paying the bills.

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