ede wrote:I agree, I wish they didn't have rules scattered everywhere. If I wasnt aware and posted that link, I would get a warning without knowing the rule beforehand. Ridiculous.
I'd also like to know the reason why Discord and Skype isn't allowed, if it's because of personal information, people share DeviantArt links that have a lot of personal info on it so why not ban DA links as well.
- Exactly. I mean, Tess did at one point post SPECIFICALLY about discord, but then it was removed. Meaning the people who saw that message knew about it, but the people who wouldn't have seen it? They have no clue.
nickjr wrote:My guess for Skype is that its very nature is like those of Facebook and Google+: personal information is required and there's no way to hide all of it. Last time I checked, entering false information is against the TOS of those three services (for lack of a better term because really, those aren't doing anyone any services by making personal info available to the world >.>)
We are not supposed to put links with personal info, so we can report dA links that have personal info. dA by itself isn't an offender, because no personal info is required to set up a dA account except for an email address and a date of birth, both of which can be hidden easily.
- Yeah, that would be the reason. Plus places like skype you can grab IP addresses which I'm sure is more of a concern- and there is always the concern of the voice chat, which is what Seasonal pointed out in a link posted up above. Of course, discord isn't the safest place in the internet because it is offsite, again just think about it- JM is much worse, yet Cs staff still allow it.
In respect to everyone who's posted here, I want to say thank you. I am still waiting on the first reply from CS staff because I have still gotten none, but when I do I will note some of the things discussed here as I think they are important. ^^
