Why the validation?

TheOwari · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 46 Location: America

I've just come from DeviantArt to here and was really surprised at the fact your pictures have to be validated. I'm just wondering...why? It's the most annoying thing. At DeviantArt the pictures come up instantly and their pictures aren't that bad.
I mean...if they upload something that's against the rules...why not just ban them once you find it?

Battou · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:44 am Post subject:

Theft prevention, catigorizational accuracy among many other things.

We don't allow a lot of things like screen caps and Photography and that stuff gets filtered out and directed in the right direction, also here as you have no doubt noticed we have a much more sofisticated category system than DA and new users donot always grasp this.

technically it is only temporary, when a user has proven they understand the diffrent aspects of the sight they no longer need to go threw the pre-screening process so...
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YuriUsagimaru · Has No Life Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 526

like me, i no longer have to wait forever to upload something =3

TheOwari · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 46 Location: America

Wow, seriously? When does does going through validation stop?

London · Moderator Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 6474

[quote="Battou"]technically it is only temporary, when a user has proven they understand the diffrent aspects of the sight they no longer need to go threw the pre-screening process so...[/quote]
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TheOwari · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 46 Location: America

So there isn't a set time?

But...how can a mod know if a pictures stolen or traced or whatever...? And would people seriously begin to upload photos and stuff like that? Wouldn't they know it would get taken down immediately once someone saw it?

London · Moderator Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 6474

[quote]So there isn't a set time? [/quote]
I don't believe so. Then you could just upload something original, wait six months, come back, and start stealing artwork left and right.

[quote]And would people seriously begin to upload photos and stuff like that? Wouldn't they know it would get taken down immediately once someone saw it?[/quote]
Yes they would, people are stupid, and nobody reads the rules anyway.
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TheOwari · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 46 Location: America

I read them. T.T

If they don't read the rules, and submit something they shouldn't, they you should just go ahead and ban them or something. It's their own stupidity, don't cushion them...

cstdenis · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

FAC itself decides when you are ready to bypass the approval panel through a secret algorithm based on your past submissions.
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Stratadrake · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject:

[quote]But...how can a mod know if a pictures stolen or traced or whatever...?[/quote]
It's a matter of experience, and instinct; there are few thieves who will put enough effort into the submission [i]process[/i] to successfully pass themselves off as the original artist.

Usually a stolen piece has some very obvious signs hinting that something's not quite right about it. If we can't track an original down ourselves, we simply note our suspicion about it and wait for reports.

And then there's the ones who do something [i]totally[/i] stupid, like that one thief who tried accusing snapesnogger of "stealing their work"... take a guess which one was banned without further ado Wink

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TheOwari · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 46 Location: America

Oh ok, I guess I get. It's still not any less annoying but I'll get used to it. ^.^

[quote]And then there's the ones who do something totally stupid, like that one thief who tried accusing snapesnogger of "stealing their work"... take a guess which one was banned without further ado Wink[/quote]

Please, Snapesnogger of all people? Wow...actually, I've seen her work get stolen on another website too. Just...jeeze.

Stratadrake · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject:

it was found out pretty quickly, the impostor PM'ed us with her story, we didn't believe a word of it.
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Battou · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

[quote="Stratadrake"][quote]But...how can a mod know if a pictures stolen or traced or whatever...?[/quote]And then there's the ones who do something [i]totally[/i] stupid, like that one thief who tried accusing snapesnogger of "stealing their work"... take a guess which one was banned without further ado Wink

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You can't forgett the person who tried submitting the Renn piece. Now that was just plain stupid, I found it on E-Bay for cryin out loud.
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London · Moderator Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 6474

Curious, on average, how long do approvals take now? I think my last wait was maybe a day.
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Battou · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:

Well, from the information I gathered over the past month or so, it depends on when you submit. Thursdays and fridays take a wile, but the rest should be up or out anywhere within four to twenty-four hours.
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TheOwari · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 46 Location: America

I summited mine on a Monday I think and it took a bit more than three days.