Making zintin a safer place
by harrySince our launch last week we’ve seen all sorts of novel content being shared by users on zintin, from hand-drawn scribbles to artistic photography. Congratulations to the community as a whole!
Unfortunately (although in hindsight it was to be expected), a small number of individuals have been posting unsuitable content on zintin. This is immature and unacceptable behaviour, and it detracts from the experience of everyone else.
To remedy this problem we are building “Block user” and “Flag content” functionality into the update we are currently working on. “Block user” should prevent any of our user’s experiences from being damaged by anyone else; “flag content” will allow us to review unsuitable content and swiftly take appropriate action.
In the mean time, we have been forced to ban users who post unsuitable content. We will continue to quickly solve problems as they come up, and improve our users’ experience.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:13 am
What constitutes “unsuitable content”. If the receiving party has no complaints is it still a problem?
August 5th, 2008 at 5:32 am
I think there should be an opt IN system wherein a person who does not want to see any adult content will not have to do anything, but someone who is not offended by such content, or actually interested in such content can Opt In by selecting a check box. The Firefox extension Media Download Helper has this “Opt In” feature for adult content.
Such an Opt In system absolves the App Producer/Designers/authors by putting the onus to remain free from adult content on the user themselves.
August 20th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
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