'Family Friendly Policy' being Enforced

Yuwie has always made it clear that they intend to keep Yuwie as a family friendly and safe place for work. They clearly state "that if you put content on your site that is adult in nature, or too sexual, vulgar, violent etc, your profile will be locked, until the content is removed."

But in reality, with the site growing so rapidly, this has become difficult for them to monitor and enforce this policy.

This week they made an announcement that they are on the verge of signing a deal with a MAJOR advertising network. However, there is a lot of content now on the site that is too provocative and this is holding up the deal . Their advertisers don't want to advertise on a site that has suggestive, or provocative images.

So Yuwie has enlisted the help of members to help to clean up the site and offered free referrals as an incentive.

"On every page there is a 'report content' link at the bottom of the page. If you see a page that you think violates our terms, click the link, then tell us what on the page violates our terms, and submit the report. We will then review the page. If we agree that the content on the page violates our terms, you will receive 1 credit. For every 10 credits you receive, we'll give you a free referral.

Profile Owners: You are responsible for the content on your page. If you allow a friend to post an image in your comments that violates our terms, your profile will be locked until you delete the image. Remember, you have controls in your account settings that allow you to approve all comments before they're posted on your profile.

Club Owners: If you allow images in your club that violates our terms, your account can be locked and your club may be deleted. Please moderate your own clubs."

This has certainly caused some ripples in the Yuwie pond. Interestingly, there have been a lot of positive comments that have been made in support of removing most of the more objectionable material from a few sites. However many members qualify that support for the outcome, by expressing concern at HOW this is being undertaken. The notion of members reporting members and being paid for doing so, is not popular and has caused rifts and divisions in some friendship circles.

I imagine that when the November RSR rated is announced around 15th December, we will see whether the end justifies the means!!