Over 16,530,159 people are on fubar.
What are you waiting for?
This is a rant, and is not intended to be disrespectful or offensive.
Do you think this new policy might be a little overboard? I live in the desert and RARELY wear anything that isn't tank-top like. Do I have to wear an oversized tent in order to get an avatar approved?
My previous avatar showed nothing sexual. No boob, no nipple. Some cleavage, shoulder, and HAIR. Do I need to shave my head for an avatar to be approved?
This policy really seems to send a double message. An adult site, for consenting adults. I can understand no tits or dick being in an avatar...but seriously? What about skirts? Are you going to ban skirts in avatar's too? Or feet? Some people get off on feet. The same goes for lips, there IS a lip fetish. There is also a hand fetish, an arm hair fetish, an eye fetish. If you're trying to make this policy to prevent sexual arousal over an avatar, then it has already failed.
As for the people with kids running around while they're surfing Fubar; perhaps they should be taking care of their children and using their FREE time for Fubar. It doesn't seem right to me that most users who can actually manage our time are punished because some people don't seem capable of managing their personal boundaries. I am sure they wouldn't be watching porn while their children were in the next room and awake, or perhaps they would, and that is why this policy is now here.
People who are surfing Fubar while at work in an office space on computers with content blocks should most likely be DOING THEIR JOB.
So let's punish the rest of the membership who have appropriate boundaries and who actually have a work ethic?
The avatar I had up had been there for a year. It showed no nudity other than shoulders and neck and a hint of cleavage. It was artistically and tastefully done and inspired erections only in those who have a hair fetish. I used it because it is my favorite photo of myself.
I suppose some people are complaining because they can't win a popularity contest without being naked. The fact of the matter is, HUMAN BEINGS ARE SEXUALLY MOTIVATED. Even with clothing, it always boils down to sexual motivation. We gravitate to those we are attracted to. If someone doesn't fit that bill, then even changing the rules isn't going to make them the most popular person on the site. So what? They bitch and moan and get a policy changed and...? They're still going to bitch and moan until all the fun aspects of this site are done away with and it's just another boring MySpace.
I don't care about popularity. I care about personal expression. My photo hurt NO ONE. It is even acceptable for underage people to look at. It's considerably less revealing than most pictures in the media. Kids are bombarded with penile enhancement adds, Victoria's secret adds with scantily clad women parading around, and considerably more sexually provocative imagery. Even in watching football they get to see half naked cheerleaders with skirts that barely cover their asses. Yet THIS is your stand? No tank tops? No bikini's? That makes no logical sense.
So correct me if I am wrong, but this new policy boils down to making people with low self esteem feel better and less threatened, and keeping kids who should have their parents paying attention to them instead of Fubar from seeing possible shoulder, armpit or cleavage? I find that intensely disturbing.
This is the link to the picture in question: http://fubar.com/photo.php?u=2190994&albumid=0&i=4217299915
