Re: Blogspot removing all Hentai blogs
I wonder how to interpret this one though, from the current policy:
Do not use Blogger as a way to make money on adult content. For example, don't create blogs that contain ads for or links to commercial porn sites.
The intent here is probably that you shouldn't create a giant ad-blog with free porn and links, making money off referrals.
AFAIR blogger already doesn't allow its regular ads stuff on adult blogs.
But then again, this could be read as against most adult developer blogs - if they have a game development blog that links to their purchase pages,
technically they are "making money on adult content", though I doubt they'd ever enforce that, especially on pixel/self-created art.
Big collage of found-footage photographic strip poker game? Maybe more borderline.
Overall, in the light of the existing policy, it sounds like this whole dance was someone saying
"hey, I think we're getting too many problems from all these ad-infested freeporn blogs, can we just ban porn entirely?"
Prompting a huge backlash of "dude, you know there's other adult blogs?
There are people genuinely creating stuff on their own and being creative, do you really want to tell them 'sorry, we don't like you anymore.'?"
"Blogger is a free service for communication, self-expression and freedom of speech." - except if that expression isn't safe-for-disney...
That didn't fly well after all, I guess.
