Please codify what standard we decide when it is "glorifying" those things. Besides, that wasn't the language they used. They said "containing" those things, not containing them in certain contexts.
You're kissing their arse. Context is not a tennable factor. It's intentionally vague so that it can be stretched when and where they feel like it. This is *something we have seen* in practice many many times. Context doesn't matter. Their opinion and their thoughts matter. It is not objective. Even with context.
You're just ignoring the points people bring to you believing itch and their decisions are the greatest good and that their wording or policies could never be abused or used in bad faith. That is not remotely the case.
We have seen more and less successful examples of web moderation throughout the web site's, its true.
No website has ever been moderated objectively Every single one of Itch's wording or policies could be abused and used in bad faith. That has been true since the first day of the web site, and for all its rules.
The itch.io FAQ page that these standards are coming form says "The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics:"
It says containing. it makes no distinctions based on context. The problem is that when a policy is this vague. Will they be abled to the bible probably not. It massive work that many would defend but the fact of the matter is that it could be ban under this new policy.
When people ban inappropriate works, they expand the define of inappropriate to anything they don't like. Censhorpship doesn't stop at what you dislike
Your argument that no moderation can ever be perfect misses the point. No legal system can ever be perfect does that mean we just abandoned laws entirely. No, we find the problems in the laws and make them better. This is a bad moderation policy that in its current form has tons of problems and people and groups like collective shout are only going to push to make it broader.
Well. There are some cases where it would be very obvious (for example if the girl in the end marries her rapist..yikes.) But yes. That has potential for overreach. In germany, we have a law against media "glorifying violence" and that wording causes a lot of trouble and its very weirdly enforced. There are tons of "I went to war. It felt totally awesome" stories which are legal in germany while some horror games where you 99 Percent of the time run away from monsters are accused of "glorifying violence."
Overreach is always a possibility, and its one we must both be vigilant to prevent and fight where we see it. Removing 'gross-out' porn containing scat and vomit is overreach.
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Deplatforming is sometimes ok, and its ok that web platforms don't owe users a platforms. But I don't agree with state censorship. Germany has some good laws, their ban on nazi media is awesome, and it has unfortunately lead to the banning of games where you kill 100000000 nazis. We begin to touch on broader topics here like the perception of games in popular culture, and who has the monopoly on violence. It seems unfortunately obvious that a state wouldn't consider propeganda celebrating the violence it monopolises as 'glorification'.
I am not a pacifist, and think glorification of violence is ok in some contexts. glorification of sex too. sex ftw
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There are many people who are defending obvious cases like a girl marrying her rapist, with slippery slopes and catastrophising. They see it as "throwing acceptable targets under the bus".
However, I do not see people who produce and consume games in the obvious case category as a group who would have solidarity me if. I mean I SEE them, I can lurk their forums and discords and pick up on this sentiment. In certain filter bubbles, the idea that this hurts queer games at all is not even discussed. These are not the kind of people who would speak for me if only alas.
I can certainly imagine situations where these rules are used for overreach. But "they banned the bible lol also, btw you need to have solidarity with women raper simulator 9000" sounds stupid to me. No thank's.