Malingering’s World

I owe Flickr for getting me some attention and tons of viewers and allowing me to pay $25/year to store my photos there. But today, I have had enough.

This is absolutely inane. Look at what I got today:

We’ve placed your account under the category “public”/”restricted”. You’re welcome and encouraged to moderate your content on a photo by photo level, while keeping our Community Guidelines and FAQ for content filters in mind.

Your account has been classified as “restricted” by the Flickr team given the sexualized nature of the content in your photostream.

Kind Regards, -Terrence

First of, NO I cannot “moderate my content on a photo by photo level.” Apparently when an entire account is marked restricted, you are not allowed the option to change any of the flags on your photos. The “safe” and “moderate” radio buttons are grayed out so you can’t use them. So that doesn’t really work, does it?

Second of all, every photo I have of a human being is taken IN PUBLIC. So please tell me how this applies: Restricted - This is content you probably wouldn’t show to your mum, and definitely shouldn’t be seen by kids. Guess what guys. My “mum” sees these people on the street. So do their mums. So do their dads. And so do their kids. Are you telling me the stuff I see every day in the shopping mall should be hidden from my mother?

Dear lord. So I get this: My account has been reviewed as unsafe. What does that mean? An “unsafe” account is something we think of as a loose cannon. It’s not clear to us that you’re moderating your own content at all, or if you are, you’re not bearing in mind that there are other people using Flickr and that it’s up to you to not be overtly offensive.

Okay, you’re right. I am not moderating my content AT ALL.

A loose canon,

Malingering

Briefly, I thought it was over. My account had been marked “safe.” Just as I was feeling better, I found this:

IT IS NOT OVER

It appears my whole Ridiculous Los Angeles set is not available for public view (at least when I log out, I can’t see it).

Other sets not available for public view:

The asswriting set

the Ugg set

The Hermosa Beach set

Some is flagging my former explore photos. Please tell me how this is “restricted.” It was #1 in Explore on that day for a YEAR (if it were so offensive, why did it stay there?). www.flickr.com/photos/malingering/152506055/

There are about 15 more restricted photos which were former Explore photos: all have the following message on them.

This image was moderated as RESTRICTED, PHOTO by Flickr Staff.

(see page 2 of the comments for the dirtiness which Flickr must restrict)

Anyway, photo taking has become a compulsion for me now and I simply cannot stop, but Flickr’s censorship is getting out of hand. So I am going to try some new methods and work on this blog for now.

Also look for my write-ups on www.LAist.com

http://www.laist.com/2007/05/11/caught_between_a_rock_and_a_breast_implant.php
http://www.laist.com/2007/05/04/yes_i_am_the_muffin_man.php
http://www.laist.com/archives/2007/04/26/ugg_enough.php
http://www.laist.com/archives/2007/04/17/american_girls_gone_wild.php
http://www.laist.com/archives/2007/04/19/root_root_root_for_the_away_team.php

http://www.laist.com/archives/2007/04/23/dodger_stadium_doesnt_like_me.php  

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