OK, in hindsight, I guess it should have been obvious even to me that hanging a big 'Do not look at this!' sign on something is not exactly going to have the desired effect. Considering the number of messages I've gotten from the the morbidly curious asking for details, my sad attempt to dissuade people clearly has done pretty much the exact opposite.
That said, I still feel a need to do -something- with post #281798. Am I really the only person here who found the idea of an image like that coming from a source like that upsetting?
Respectfully asking for ideas on an acceptable way that the irony of this image can be acknowledged or dealt with.
Cyberia-Mix said: And so do memes, comics, and series in general. There's the commentary tag for similar reasons because, spoilers aside, you obviously enjoy stuff better when you get the full picture. I'm not saying it deserves pools, but I see nothing wrong with taking an interest in what lies beyond the art when you can.
If people want a more enriching art experience, they can do that on their own. It's when fanboys go around "enriching" others, whether they want it or not, that I get a bug up my ass.
CountPacula said: Respectfully asking for ideas on an acceptable way that the irony of this image can be acknowledged or dealt with.
jxh2154 said: This thread is becoming the most confusing one to deal with of all, where half the suggestions end up really needing discussion threads of their own to deal with. The format is getting unwieldy.
Is it not possible for each pool to have it's own comment section below the images...maybe similar to a wiki page format? If so, it would definitely tidy things up.
Don't really have much to say on whether the Touhou pools mentioned above are worth it or not, but it's quite annoying having the Add to pool drop-down menu and the pools listing cluttered by "Touhou-this" and "Touhou-that".
I understand that to some extent there's no way to avoid this (with more than a fifth of Danbooru being Touhou) but I can't help thinking that perhaps our attitude is a bit too lenient towards Touhou fandom and memes.
Other games and series also have their fair share of memes and then some, but there's nothing quite like this Touhou thing of making pools for every character trait, relation, and interaction people can think of.
jxh2154 said: This thread is becoming the most confusing one to deal with of all, where half the suggestions end up really needing discussion threads of their own to deal with. The format is getting unwieldy.
As for the Source Best Left Unknown pool... eh. My objection, beyond anything everyone else posted, is the potential for spoilers, by drawing attention to things outside of and indeed directly contradictory of the message the image itself sends.
Since it only has two images and limited potential to grow in the future and has a whole host of issues others have raised, I've removed it.
I ask again, may the "Grace, elegance, and charisma" pool be un-deleted? I'm quite severely pissed that those 6 pages of beautiful imagery was deleted, and even though I wasnt the one who added them all, I can imagine those who did are quite as pissed as well. It was a beautiful pool, and really I'm shocked it was deleted TWICE.
Deleted posts. Though at this point, seaching for recettear is enough anyway.
Btw, I don't know if we can agree on this but, from now on would it be possible when posting in this thread to name the pools that are about to be deleted? Just so that we can keep a trace for the future, for reference when a similar one arises, or when you're looking for what happens to be a missing pool and want to know if it's because it's been reported or not at all (deleted by the creator).
I suppose it would be better if this could be automated upon pools' deletions (with some page listing all deleted pools with the reason, and name of the creator for possible repeated offenders), and it's probably been suggested somewhere already, but until then...
Some users already do it and it's annoying for others, I know. Just suggesting.
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NeoChaos said: pool #1900 One image. Might have potential, but how do you judge what images would fall into the criteria?
Also in the Reaction Faces pool (pool #2265), which should be enough too (though that one also has its own issues).
But with Voluptuous, if a pool is going to be so dependent on attributes where a tag as specific as curvy would apply, wouldn't it be better to just use the tag instead?
Going back to the other body part-focused pools, I'm assuming they're meant to display the best featuring said parts. In the case of Dat Ass, it's the worst of the three you mentioned because so many posts (good and bad) just get shoveled into it. Voluptuous already looks like it's on the way to being more of the same, a bloated public list where posts are tossed in en masse, but at least that one is better suited by a tag.
Not that I'm expecting logic to be involved in the making of most public pools (ever), I'm just saying.
Lord_Enki said: I ask again, may the "Grace, elegance, and charisma" pool be un-deleted? I'm quite severely pissed that those 6 pages of beautiful imagery was deleted, and even though I wasnt the one who added them all, I can imagine those who did are quite as pissed as well. It was a beautiful pool, and really I'm shocked it was deleted TWICE.
Still agreed.
Especially since it was apparently deleted on the false premise of being a "Touhou favorites pool", when there's nothing about it that was exclusive to Touhou.
