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A citi of unrest
Feb. 8th, 2007 10:16 pmIt seems I had run afoul of the site guidelines at bearciti.com. I had a pretty good idea what was up when I got this message:
Hi Greatbear, I received a complaint that your main photo didn't mean our guidelines and they are correct. I think your photo was rated as Main by mistake. We go through hundreds of photos and sometimes we do make a mistake. I need to change the rating on your photo to no longer be a Main photo but if you can upload a new main pic, let me know and I will make the change once your new pic is up. Sorry for the inconvenience and many apologies. - Site Admin
My inquiry as to what was disallowed in my photo got me this response:
Hi Greatbear, unfortunately our guidelines say that it must be a face shot from the front and must be able to see both eyes. Do you have another photo you could replace it with? - Site Admin
My question about the necessity of full-on face shots followed. Point of note being, is the necessity of having a face shot needed to enable use of facial recognition software on the site, or is it just to give a yearbook-like appearance to the profile pages:
No, not at all. We really want to keep a consistent look for all our main photos. So many bear sites are covered in random photos with random body parts and we really are trying to seperate ourselves from them. It's not that your photo is inappropriate at all, it's just that it isn't consistant with our policy and basically, unfair to our other members. Hope you understand, sincere apologies for the inconvenience. - Site Admin
I can accept this. And given the nicey-nice exchanges, how could I not comply? I uploaded a pic that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
buffalobear took of me seen in my user picture instead. And, I was a bit skeeved at 'someone' (how Fox News) complained about my original photo.
Thanks so much Greatbear :) When you upload your new main photo just check the radio button for Main and it should fix it automatically once approved. Many thanks. - Site Admin
I imagine if my friend Mike Wazowski tried to sign up on bearciti.com he'd be in for a world of disappointment:
Well, darn. By the looks of things, it looks like he already tried.
Hi Greatbear, I received a complaint that your main photo didn't mean our guidelines and they are correct. I think your photo was rated as Main by mistake. We go through hundreds of photos and sometimes we do make a mistake. I need to change the rating on your photo to no longer be a Main photo but if you can upload a new main pic, let me know and I will make the change once your new pic is up. Sorry for the inconvenience and many apologies. - Site Admin
My inquiry as to what was disallowed in my photo got me this response:
Hi Greatbear, unfortunately our guidelines say that it must be a face shot from the front and must be able to see both eyes. Do you have another photo you could replace it with? - Site Admin
My question about the necessity of full-on face shots followed. Point of note being, is the necessity of having a face shot needed to enable use of facial recognition software on the site, or is it just to give a yearbook-like appearance to the profile pages:
No, not at all. We really want to keep a consistent look for all our main photos. So many bear sites are covered in random photos with random body parts and we really are trying to seperate ourselves from them. It's not that your photo is inappropriate at all, it's just that it isn't consistant with our policy and basically, unfair to our other members. Hope you understand, sincere apologies for the inconvenience. - Site Admin
I can accept this. And given the nicey-nice exchanges, how could I not comply? I uploaded a pic that
buffalobear took of me seen in my user picture instead. And, I was a bit skeeved at 'someone' (how Fox News) complained about my original photo.Thanks so much Greatbear :) When you upload your new main photo just check the radio button for Main and it should fix it automatically once approved. Many thanks. - Site Admin
I imagine if my friend Mike Wazowski tried to sign up on bearciti.com he'd be in for a world of disappointment:
Well, darn. By the looks of things, it looks like he already tried.
