To der Furher of the Reich of Pbreview:

[Ebonclaw]

Ok guys....I know the picture thing was getting a little old to deal with in the OT thread....but eliminating picture posting altogether except in pball related topics? Do you guys have a governing body to decide what is and what is not paintball related? I mean, can I take a picture of a bikini model as long as there is a paintball in the picture?
Nevermind, I understand the need for bandwidth...but no pics of users or anything? Can we at least have permission to have a "user pics" thread, cuz I was interested in eventually putting up my picture, and you KNOW you guys wanna see my lithe teenage body.
Anyway, wouldn't it be a rather simple matter to say, appoint maybe another mod in OT (like AK or someone) to pull indecent pictures the moment they are posted? Because, really, pbreview is turning into kind of a dictatorship over in OT. We all want to se cool pictures here and there, and the funny ones as well, but posting links? Come on now. Attaching files? You've reduced the file attachment size to virtually nothing.
At least let us attach bigger files, then it only screws loading the page if you try to DL it, leaving our friendly neighborhood 56K users happy. Look, one meg file attachments to DL...that's all most of us want. I'll walk without bending my knees if you want, just let us put up attachments.

[DagNasty]

The problem is not filtering the pics and having a mod pull indecent ones down. You have to draw the line somewhere. People were taking advantage of a luxury and now it's gone. Simple case of cause and effect. I think what needs to be said is the fact that it got to where it did (the level indecency) shows that while some people are mature enough to have picture posting rights, most aren't. If we allow picture posting in some areas, those area will most likely see the same problem.

I agree, posting pics of members would be nice, makes things more personal. Maybe Andrew can find some way to have a moderated thread where people like me can post their ugly mugs.. ;)

[Sid]

In all honesty, it is largely up to the users. They act, we react. If there's a crime-wave, we institue martial law. OT is a huge forum, and we don't favor waking up in the morning to find some user has posted all kinds of innapproporiate pictures in the largest forum. We have warned people so many times over the last year, and people still haven't learned. It is a shame that the few have spoiled it for the many, but that's life.

You make it seem as though I like to do this. I am bound by the responsibilites of an Administrator. Someone creates a problem, and we have to fix it. I don't enjoy it, but it has to be done. I would love for nothing more than all the users to get the full enjoyment of the site, everyone talking to eachother with respect, and doing away with all the crap so people can have fun. Unfortunately, we live on a planet called Earth, and a certain percentage of the population is rude, mean, self-centered and insane.

If you honestly think pbreview is some kind of dictatorship fine, that is your opinion. But you don't know what you're asking. You've asking us to ignore a problem. You're asking us to let a festering would uncovered and unclean. Its easy for those not responsible to say "they're just power hungry", but for those of us who actually have to make decisions, we know the difficulties. Not only the decision itself, but the fact that most of the public is completely subjective towards themselves. I also know that no matter what I say, people will disagree because they're looking at everything through a pinhole, they only see what they want to see.

I'm sorry but for now, things stay as they are.