Inkling:
Kokuto:
I'm bumping this because the problem of unusable galleries filled with literally thousands of photos seems to be getting worse, and I haven't seen staff respond, even to say, "it can't be done."
I've tried reporting photos, but honestly, I feel like nothing happens, probably because it is low priority. And honestly, it probably is compared to dealing with spam and trolls and violations of TOS and threats and other things that are on fire here.
It's gotten to the point I'd volunteer to write the rules myself, if admin / staff would give me some guidance as to what isn't allowed.
Alternatively, could we get separate galleries or even required tags, so we can find photos?
We are planning to upgrade the photos section, but there is no ETA yet. The rules are simple: no nudity, gore, or blood but the only exception is a poster. Spoilers or screenshots from the actual show are not allowed, except for official releases. We will implement an approval process for photos in the future.
Ji-N:
We are planning to upgrade the photos section, but there is no ETA yet. The rules are simple: no nudity, gore, or blood but the only exception is a poster. Spoilers or screenshots from the actual show are not allowed, except for official releases. We will implement an approval process for photos in the future.
Thank you for your reponse! I'm glad you are going to upgrade the Photos section, but sad to hear there's no ETA on it. Because as I've said before, the problem of unusable photo galleries seemed to be getting worse. And our ability to report is limited.
If those are the rules, then why was hundreds of fan art pictures (but not all of them) deleted from the Lost You Forever gallery? Is fan art allowed? Does that include fan club created posters using official stills? This doesn't seem to fall under any of the rules or categories for reporting.
Do reuters and paparazzi photos count as SPOILERS?
Do frame by frame shots showing a character turning their head count as screenshots? If so, how do I report them? Under SPAM?
How about screen shots of rumored casting? Or pictures of stars rumored to be cast? Is this INCORRECT INFO? SPAM?
How about pictures that have nothing to do with the drama but are of one of the stars from a photoshoot for something else? Is this INCORRECT INFO?
How about manga of the book that the drama is based on? Or anime that the drama is based on? Is that allowed? If not, should it be reported as INCORRECT INFO?
And are non-drama (non costume) new magazine shoots or variety shows or road shows-- all for publicity for the drama --or booting and wrapping pictures allowed? How about award pictures and daily stats from Mayoran or one of the other Chinese data companies?
Are you guys going to get more staff if you are going to approve photos? Cause it already takes several days for the text additions, the episode thumbnails, and the cover image. I can't imagine how long it will take to approve pictures when you have to go through thousands of photos on a single drama entry to see if it is a duplicate. I mean, I've reported duplicates and pictures that have nothing to do with the drama months ago, and they are still there. And I reported them with links to the duplicate photo!
May I suggest, instead of making an incredible amount of work for the already swamped, valiant approval staff, either clarify / limit the photo uploading rules, or add specific galleries for these pictures, or include a mandatory tag (similar to the NSFW check box) with the a limited number of choices on the upload page. If you don't check a tag, it won't upload. Of course, we'd need a way to sort by tags. But this way, some people can still upload wildly and the rest of us can still use the galleries.
Do reuters and paparazzi photos count as SPOILERS?
Depend on the content and if its copyrighted or not.
How about pictures that have nothing to do with the drama but are of one of the stars from a photoshoot for something else? Is this INCORRECT INFO?
Yes,
How about manga of the book that the drama is based on? Or anime that the drama is based on? Is that allowed? If not, should it be reported as INCORRECT INFO?
It's not related to the show, so yes, it should be reported.
And are non-drama (non costume) new magazine shoots or variety shows or road shows-- all for publicity for the drama --or booting and wrapping pictures allowed? How about award pictures and daily stats from Mayoran or one of the other Chinese data companies?
Most of the time, users do not follow the rules, so we rely on user reports. However, we do receive a high volume of reports of nonsense stuff. We're not too strict about what can be uploaded, except for nudity, blood, gore, and copyrighted content. I'm sure this will change when we release the new version. We are changing how the approval process works by moving it to the community instead. We can look into the tags idea, but we won’t be able to work on it for now since we have other priorities.
Nepeta 22:
I think a separate gallery for fans of certain actors would ease this issue, because many dramas are over shadowed by fervent fandoms causing no room for lesser actors within the drama to be seen in the photo gallery. There are cartoons, art work and even photos of actors from other dramas mixed inside. It makes the gallery almost unusable.
YES! That's my point. Why is the ML actor's coffee endorsement photoshoot in the gallery a drama??? If I want to see what a supporting actor, or even a non-main lead character, looks like in costume, I have to go through thousands of pictures and hundreds of pages. It's ridiculous.
I would love to have galleries for actors on their profile pages, cause there are plenty of pictures that aren't drama specific. Of course, they would become unusable fairly rapidly also, without specific galleries or tags. That said, I don't think it would solve the problem for the HUGE photo galleries of some dramas. Some people are just excited and don't care, as I don't think they actually look at the gallery.
