COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
- Reposting images
- Most images used in theplutoblog.com are not owned by PLUTO. If you decide to repost the images in this website, please credit the photographer and/or creator. All images have the photographer listed within the post itself. If you are not sure about the copyright of the image, simply leave a comment in the post you found the image in and I will get back to you within a few moments.
- How are comments moderated?
- All comments posted to blog posts on PLUTO will be first reviewed by a moderator to ensure they meet community standards. This process should only take a few moments. Your comment will appear on the site after it has been approved.
- I also ask the community to self-moderate and abide by the rules outlined in this guide. I believe anyone can add to the discussion on the many posts.
- All comments posted to blog posts on PLUTO will be first reviewed by a moderator to ensure they meet community standards. This process should only take a few moments. Your comment will appear on the site after it has been approved.
- What kinds of comments are removed?
- Spam
- Do not flood the comments with multiple messages that say the same thing. Messages promoting businesses, special deals, sales, and others will be removed.
- “Trolling”
- Please remain relevant in and on the topic. If one is to purposely deviate from the conversation or post inflammatory comments, they will be removed.
- Racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination
- Attacking a group of people or making statements against groups are not allowed anywhere in this site. PLUTO is a safe and open space for people of every form.
- Offensive usernames
- If your username includes words that are offensive or abusive, your comment will be rejected and removed.
- Targeted attacks
- Attacks against the writer, against other commentators will be rejected and removed. Name-calling, threats and verbal abuse is not tolerated.
- Spam
IMPLEMENTATION
The guidelines will be displayed in my ‘about’ page where it provides easy accessibility. The ‘about’ page is the only part of the blog that is relevant to the website itself and not the content.
The guidelines will be further implemented by the comments be moderated. When one makes a comment, it will sends an email to me to moderate the comment. Based on my short, but hopefully effective guideline for comments, I will then examine each comment before deciding whether to post or reject.
These are the right guidelines for me, because…
Firstly, because my blog is image focused, people may want to share the images. The majority of the images are not mine, but I make sure to credit the original creator or photographer within the posts the images can be seen in. Therefore, making the guideline for crediting the originator is vital.
Like the article by the Guardian said about the ideal commentary space: “comments threads are thoughtful, enlightening, funny: online communities where readers interact with journalists and others in ways that enrich.”
My hopes for PLUTO is to have an open and safe space for people to enjoy the content that is being presented and discuss their likes and dislikes. People sharing their thoughts on the blog, the posts, and the content itself can help make my blog better and more tailored towards my audience. Essentially strengthening the connection between blogger and reader. It also makes it possible for the readers to be visiting the site more often if they enjoy what they see.
In addition, the Pluto Blog is not only a place for me to showcase my favourite creative works by people in the fashion industry, but also—hopefully—a place where readers can also share some of their favourite work in the comments by linking to editorials, photographs, biographies, videos, and other forms of media. As much as I try to learn and open myself up to new people, I absolutely adore discovering new things from people who are much more educated than me in subject of fashion photography.
Having a more rigorous moderating system and guidelines will help with targeted harassment and “trolls” that seem to find the most discreet websites on the Internet to infuriate and bamboozle the community. As stated by the Time article, “what trolls do for the lulz ranges from clever pranks to harassment to violent threats,” is not something I ever want to see in PLUTO. Arguably, the Internet is for an open arena of comments and it’s “undemocratic” to close off certain opinions. However, just like the everyday life, when we talk to people in person, we expect certain behaviours like being polite. By having a moderator system in place for comments will help implement the notion of ‘treat others the way you want to be treated’.
Featured image by Elizaveta Porodina for Vogue Arabia (2019), starring Adriana Lima.