NSFW - How far is going too far?

[michaelson]

I don't know what Tapastic's rules really are. I know if you fail to mark it NSFW, they can take down pages or even ban you, but if you mark it, I don't know if their is a point where they still step in. Some of the Japanese hentai stuff gets extremely graphic, and for many, offensive.

It's sort of this strange tightrope that we have to walk when it comes to monitoring content. On the one hand, I do not think the staff has ever stepped in and outright deleted content for being too graphic. This is probably due to us being an open platform and we want to keep what can be seen as gatekeeping at an absolute minimum.

I do think that we need to improve our NSFW filter to be more robust to let readers know what they're getting into ahead of time. Perhaps this is the best possible solution?

Hi guys I've just recently joined and my webcomics has graphic contents such as zombie limps chopped, guts and blood, mild nudity, etc... I wonder if it's allowed here at Tapastic?

Just mark it as NSFW and we'll be fine

Whereas if it were something like the published hentai manga where it's not meant to be comedic (well SOME of them are kinda silly but that's beside the point) but made to be used as a form of arousal for the reader and nothing else, then yes, that's pornographic (and pornographic manga/stories have lots more nudity in it and breaks the barriers of "implied" nudity).

Agreed!

[lae178]

what about making several levels of NSFW?

[michaelson]

what about making several levels of NSFW?

Yeah, we're trying to create different versions of NSFW that will let the readers know beforehand about what kind of NSFW content they're getting into.

This is kind of like having different levels of NSFW.

Is that what you meant?

[aaron64]

On the note of MorningStar

I'm up to date on that one.

But since we are raising, I am going to call that with
www.ma3comic.com

is MA3 acceptable if it's released in tapastic? because if the answer is yes, we can kinda use it as... milestone? limit? of how NSFW our comic can be in term of adult stuff...

[artsylee]

My comic will eventually have some bery NSFW pages in the gay sex department.

I plan to eventually link to an outside site when it comes to that. Maybe Tumblr. But I'll do my best to keep the major plot/storyline readable for everyone here.

The most NSFW I would go on Tapastic would be swearing and humurous nudity. It would only be implied, though. You won't see any naughty bits from me on this site.

[SpavVy]

We really need different levels of "NSFW" like M for mature 17+ or something like that, I don't want people to miss out on my story because of that tag :/ just makes it sound like straight up porn to me.

[IgnightedHell]

I have many horror stories that I would love to do that would be graphic and would love to get them out to the world without worry. Levels and categories for NSFW are required for confidence putting this kind of stuff out to the right readers and audience. This has been a continuous wall for me continuing the development of a story feeling that it would all go to waste.

[DragonPena]

I bump this topic because I thought that we couldn't include stories here in tapastic that included nudity? (Or at least stories were nudity was the main point of it like ecchi/hentai..) but I see there's an ecchi comic that is in the trending section, http://tapastic.com/series/Living-Together
I ask this because I was making an ecchi webcomic and didnt upload it here because I thought it would just get deleted.. So can we or can we not upload ecchi material? I guess hentai is not accepted here?

I ask because I couldn't find the rules saying it wasn't allowed...

[Aspie_Gamer]

Hi Dragon

I'm not part of staff or anything, but I can give you a run down of what is and isn't acceptable under the NSFW tag.

Extreme Violence.

Strong uncensored language

Nudity

Softcore Sexual Content

What isn't allowed under the NSFW tag is

Hardcore/Explicit Sexual Content

Gorn

So to answer your question, ecchi is fine as long as you put the NSFW tag on it. Hentai is not.