The good news is, I'm getting far fewer requests to unmark pictures. This means either people are accepting that some things aren't meant to be seen by the public, or more people are marking their own pictures.
That said, I now turn my attention to safe-for-work pics.
I try to moderate photos based on criteria I posted in another blog about NSFW. There are quite a few primary photos that tread close to the border, but aren't risque enough to push them over the line. Something that makes a big difference is one word: "focus." What is the focal point of the picture? What are my eyes drawn to when the picture comes up?
Sadly, on many of these primary photos, the focal point is cleavage. As pretty as many of the members' faces are, the prominently-displayed size 38DD's that take up 80% of the viewable area of the photo relegate the subject's facial features to the status of "afterthought."
I'm a straight male. That said, massive mammaries, while nice, aren't the selling point. In a mumm I read a few days back -- I think it was something like "Thongs or boyshorts?" -- a comment I read brought the point home nicely, in my opinion: "Sometimes, it's what you don't show that's sexier than what you do show." Yes, I prefer boyshorts on a woman.
I save my 10's and 11's for the pictures that show you respect yourself. It's not wrong to pretty yourself up and make yourself glamorous, sexy, sultry, seductive... but, the message you send directly dictates the response you receive from the public. If I want little kids to run up to me and beg for presents, I'll go into the mall dressed like Santa Claus. If I want someone on the street to ask me for a ride somewhere, I'll pull up driving a taxi. If I want people to tremble in fear at my presence, I'll put on a police uniform and stand outside a bar in Texas at 1:55 a.m.
Look at the center pixel on any primary photo scrolling by in the marquee. Is that dot over that person's nose or mouth? Then that person has something to offer other than eye candy. Is that dot right between a set of breasts? Then, she needs a bit more self-esteem because that's all she thinks of herself as: a pair of breasts with a smile as an afterthought (again, this is my opinion).
Real beauty comes from confidence in what you are, and not in just lifting and separating.
