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Today my post was moderated from General to Moderate. As far as I can tell the post fell within General guidelines. I’m not particularly upset about the moderation, it didn’t change much, but I sat there scratching my head as to why it was moderated.

Currently the change in moderation has a “reason” but that reason is often vague and doesn’t really explain why. For example, https://gyazo.com/a86be3a6fc5e2c5fed9db677e52b16d7

“Wrong Maturity Rating”

https://prmfd.co/p/Y07GtHmR3eLm

“The General rating is suitable for all ages. It may contain mild violence, mild language, and informational or educational content.

General content cannot be sexually explicit, violent, or depicts nudity nor show sexually oriented objects such as "sex beds" or poseballs.”

There is no nudity. The word “fuck” appears just once, on the shirt. A single use of the word “fuck”, using a real world standard, is enough to get a movie a PG-13 rating. That means it’s seen as suitable for anyone who is following SL’s TOS, as 13 is the absolute youngest user allowed by the service.

And while I disagree with the change to the rating of the post, my bigger concern is that none of this was even touched upon. “Wrong Maturity Rating.” That’s all I received. That’s all I was given to help me avoid such moderation in the future. I’m not worried about getting banned or removed over this, but I do want to keep things in the lines laid out. If we are going to be moderated, we need to be told why, and it needs to explain the logic behind it. If a moderator had said “Your shirt says ‘Fuck’ and the use of ‘Fuck’ is only allowed in Moderate or higher posts” I would’ve understood, even if I didn’t necessarily agree. But as it is, I am left grasping at straws. The one use of the word ‘Fuck’ may not have even been the reasoning. All I know is that it was the “Wrong Maturity Rating” and that’s really not helpful.

Posted by Mia Mouse ·
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  • Luke Rowley

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    Aug 10

    Hi Mia,

    I don’t think the word fuck was the reason your post got changed to Moderate, but rather because of the underboob showing

    https://docs.primfeed.com/en/articles/4517544-maturity-rating

    • Mia Mouse

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      Aug 10

      Hi Luke. While I would still disagree with that (because the coverage is more than that of a normal bikini, which is cited as the standard) this highlights the issue with how generic the “reason” was. I had an inkling of an idea as to why my post was moderated. If the reason had been “Underboob showing requires a Moderate rating” it would have at least told me why the post got moderated.

      Moderation has been brought up as a bit of a confusing topic repeatedly, and the clarification would at least allow creators to understand what the reasoning was.

      Additionally, looking at the Moderate rating, what’s listed as moderate is:

      • Partial nudity or suggestive content, such as:

        • Lingeries (Such as dentelle)

        • Visible nipples or areolas

        • Noticeable genital bulges in clothing or pubic hair

        • Almost naked subject, thin clothes barely covering the parts mentioned above

        • All of the above, with or without pixelated parts

        • Any accessories that might be adult (BDSM, sextoys, etc.)

      The post in question is not lingerie, has no visible nipple or areola, nor genitalia of any sort. I’m not naked nor even approaching nudity really. If the standard is that underboob is moderate, that’s fine, but the ratings explanations imply that underboob is fine in a General post, as long as neither nipples nor areola are showing.