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Re: Rule 8 and stories

Discussion in 'Suggestions & Bugs' started by magic9mushroom, Oct 31, 2018.

  1. magic9mushroom

    magic9mushroom BEST END.

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    Might I suggest just straight-up saying in the rule that it doesn't apply to stories? People being worried about stories getting dinged for Rule 8 has been a perennial issue, and TTBOMK there's been no actual problem with people doing what you fear.

    The rules thread itself notes the lack of content restrictions as a key part of QQ's mission; when you impose what appears to be such a restriction, it not only creates a chilling effect driving stories away that tackle serious issues*, but risks undermining QQ's main draw for new writers - that of not having to worry about getting in the shit for their writing.

    Please.


    *And yes, porn stories can fall into this category. Much of the Monster Girl Encyclopaedia mythos, for instance, engages with some of the points of contention in the modern culture war, what with the inherent racial tensions and the various messing around with sexual dynamics and consent.
     
    magic9mushroom, Oct 31, 2018
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    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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  3. alethiophile

    alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher Administrator

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    I'm sympathetic to the idea, and I also can't recall any issues where stories were actually a problem under Rule 8. But preemptively excluding them creates a loophole where some bad actor with too much time on his hands writes a story in which the evil witch Not-Hillary Not-Clinton gets righteously defeated by Totally-Isn't-Trump, or whatever other stupid combination.

    This is of course a theoretical problem at the moment; maybe we could put "does not apply to stories" in the text of the rule, and footnote "unless you're obviously using it to intentionally start shit".
     
    alethiophile, Nov 1, 2018
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    january1may Versed in the lewd.

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    I personally figured out that it wasn't a problem when The Erogamer directly alluded to a side-character disliking Trump at one point, and nobody in the comments even mentioned rule 8.

    (...I hope that my mention of this fact doesn't make it get dinged anyway.)
     
    january1may, Nov 3, 2018
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