Main Site Blocking out newly created accounts for safety

[DiaperedSniper]

A hobby hazard I get as an ABDL artist is harassment, including false accusations of pedophilia. Recently, a few artists, a commission regular, and I have been constantly harassed by someone using a proxy to cover their tracks.

This is a suggestion I have had in my mind for a long time to help curb harassment. An established user can set the minimum age of the accounts required to see their activity. It can be treated as if they are blocked. It may not sound very fair to those who just want to interact with their favorite artists after joining, but the harassment is taking its toll on my mental health and even my sleep schedule. Perhaps individuals can be overridden and the overriding can be revoked?

I need this feature to put an end to the harassment. Otherwise, I won't be able to use FA safely.

Edit:
This is the kind of harassment I am getting ATM. It ranges from petty insults to the use of slurs.

Another edit: This is further proof that the feature I suggested is much needed. The abuser made another account just to spam my latest submission and shouts box. They are just gonna keep doing this as long as there is no way to block newly made accounts from seeing my stuff.

 

[JozeffTech]

It's very sad to hear that you're being harassed. But sadly, your suggestion has a flaw: harassers may just enter whatever age they'd like and therefore bypass any blocks.
I think the only way to solve this is to have much more moderators, who will be monitoring the situation. If they're recruited all around the world, the coverage will be 24/7.

 

[Foxridley]

It's very sad to hear that you're being harassed. But sadly, your suggestion has a flaw: harassers may just enter whatever age they'd like and therefore bypass any blocks.
I think the only way to solve this is to have much more moderators, who will be monitoring the situation. If they're recruited all around the world, the coverage will be 24/7.

I think they mean the age of the account as in, how long the account has existed. Something along those lines is in place on Wikipedia.

 

[JozeffTech]

I think they mean the age of the account as in, how long the account has existed. Something along those lines is in place on Wikipedia.

Oh, I see now! Thank you!

 

[DiaperedSniper]

Oh, I see now! Thank you!

I should have worded that better. Heh...

 

[Inferndragon]

The other option is to put your art into "Scraps" then 24 hours later remove it from scraps into your main gallery. That way it doesn't show on the front page. And unless they know your gallery or search for it. They wont find the content regardless.

 

[DiaperedSniper]

The other option is to put your art into "Scraps" then 24 hours later remove it from scraps into your main gallery. That way it doesn't show on the front page. And unless they know your gallery or search for it. They wont find the content regardless.

This harasser already has their eyes on my page, so that won't help.

 

[DiaperedSniper]

The harasser is back and in full swing on my friend. We need this safety feature out soon!

 

[FurryGuardian816]

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It's very sad to hear that you're being harassed. But sadly, your suggestion has a flaw: harassers may just enter whatever age they'd like and therefore bypass any blocks.
I think the only way to solve this is to have much more moderators, who will be monitoring the situation. If they're recruited all around the world, the coverage will be 24/7.

Not if FA implemented a multi-layer form of identification. First layer would be Driver's License/State ID. Second layer would be a unique identifier number. Third layer would be IP address and also forbidding signup from users who use VPNs and proxies. Fourth layer would be some kind of key number users would have to write down.

This might seem excessive, but it would definitely keep repeat offenders out.

 

[Smityyyy]

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Not if FA implemented a multi-layer form of identification. First layer would be Driver's License/State ID. Second layer would be a unique identifier number. Third layer would be IP address and also forbidding signup from users who use VPNs and proxies. Fourth layer would be some kind of key number users would have to write down.

This might seem excessive, but it would definitely keep repeat offenders out.

This would be impossible to implement and FA would lose a massive portion of its user-base.

Each country has a different form of legal ID. Not to mention… lower income individuals may not have the means to obtain state ID — I don’t think class ought to be a factor in whether you can enjoy the site or not.

I agree more safety measures would help but I’m unsure as to what could be done…

 

[Thatguywholikesfood]

Hmmm, perhaps ways to help work at it would be general stuff such as requiring a certain amount of tags, maybe implementing post limits and timers for newly created accounts.

Say, first week you can only post a submission every hour, same with sending messages, etc.

Could also sidestep issues by having a "Vouch system".

If you can get a user with activity (Eg, a user with like a minimum of 3 uploads w/10 favs and 10 comments who's been in the community for over a year) you are able to start posting as normal etc...Or something.

 

[quoting_mungo]

If you can get a user with activity (Eg, a user with like a minimum of 3 uploads w/10 favs and 10 comments who's been in the community for over a year) you are able to start posting as normal etc...Or something.

Full disclosure: I’m not generally in favor of strict upload limits for new accounts, as they tend to have a dampening effect on artists who join the site having any kind of backlog. A system that spaces out uploads on the front page (you upload your ten submissions now but they trickle through the front page once every 30 minutes or whatever) might work better, there, though would probably be a backend implementation nightmare.

Anything that relies on number of uploads as a metric is going to be problematic, because it creates a hierarchical relationship between artists and non-artist watchers. If anything it would likely encourage trash uploads, which FA doesn’t need more of.

Not if FA implemented a multi-layer form of identification. First layer would be Driver's License/State ID. Second layer would be a unique identifier number. Third layer would be IP address and also forbidding signup from users who use VPNs and proxies. Fourth layer would be some kind of key number users would have to write down.

Most people (rightly so!) don’t want to send their ID to random websites. Like, I provided mine when I was on staff, which makes some sense since it’s a position where you have access to some private user information, but I probably wouldn’t to simply use the site. People are generally not happy when they’re asked to provide it in order to get mature locks lifted, and that’s a case where them needing to do so is a direct consequence of their own actions.

 

[DiaperedSniper]

Not

Not if FA implemented a multi-layer form of identification. First layer would be Driver's License/State ID. Second layer would be a unique identifier number. Third layer would be IP address and also forbidding signup from users who use VPNs and proxies. Fourth layer would be some kind of key number users would have to write down.

This might seem excessive, but it would definitely keep repeat offenders out.

That won't work, even though it sounds good on paper. It can spell more trouble like the issues the other replies mentioned.