New Policy for Photos, Videos, and YT Channels

There is also a CHANCE that a player could circumvent the chat filter on sandlot and spam curse words on the server exposing our players to things they shouldnt see, but we dont just ban all chat because of this.

 

The Sandlot server is heavily moderated, and while as far as I'm aware you can't delete a message, the mods will sort it out ASAP. If you post a picture with your house and your street name in it, not only do these people now know your street name, they also know what your house looks like, and possibly the general area too. Also, if the 'Share Real Life Pictures Here' thread was still accessible, they'd know what you looked like.

While yes, it would be very bad if that was to happen, I'm not talking about children seeing curse words. Yes, it's bad, but it's not a 'safety concern' as such.

 

you can delete any message at anytime,

You could also accidently say your school name or address or your full name in chat as well. Anything you could possibly say on forums could be expressed in game chat, yet we dont ban in game chat

 

It’s easy for someone to see the name of a school in chat and remember it if they’re a bad individual. They would instantly know where the kid goes to school. Forums it lasts longer, sure, but your point is that we should ban anything that causes ANY risk so it’s impossible to have any harm done, but that would require banning all chat too, even if it’s a LITTLE less likely to be as big of a deal in Minecraft chat. Also keep in mind more people are actually online rather than checking every thread, so the risk really isn’t that different. More people pay attention to chat rather than all 30 active threads that moderators happen to pay more attention to.

 

I was aware of this feature on forums, but what about in-game?

We seem to be going round in circles. As I said, the Sandlot server is heavily moderated. It is a lot quicker and easier to sort out chat than it is to sort out a picture the mods may not be aware of. It is also very hard to 'accidentally' say your school name, address, or your full name, I assume what you mean by that is younger players not realising the risk, which is always a possibility, but my point is we should minimise the risk as much as much as possible. It is much more likely that a child or a teenager would accidentally post a picture with something that identifies them in some way (Schoolwork with the name of the school, a school bus, their home address on a letter, etc, etc) than it would be for someone to say their full name and address in chat, unless it is a young child, but then you would hope their parents had at least given them some internet safety lessons.

 

I agree with all of this. This is very reasonable. I did not mention from the start that I did think banning YT channels was a good thing, it was the other parts that I felt that were being taken to the extreme. Thank you for your thoughtful insight.

 

I agree with you hams, it’s just a really sudden change for everybody.

I mean, after years of watching players grow and flourish, I still don’t understand why action is just now being taken. Like I said, the real family photos I can understand (to a point), but the art, pets, etc. really just does not make sense. This is how we grow closer as a community, this is a good place to receive feedback and get constructive criticism.

I have not & probably will not ever think of The Sandlot forums as a ‘real’ social media - you have to apply to have access to forums and our server, which you don’t have to do for other social media sites.

I love Sandlot, I always have; but it’s starting to feel closed off and more restrictive.

We’re all only human. It’s a lot of trial and error here & that’s OK. We’re learning as we go, I’m thankful we have mods who will listen to our feedback and take it into consideration.

I like the ideas of having different forums - or having people help more on forums.

 

You have how I feel right on the dot. Thank you Hams

 

I'm a bit late to the party, but my opinion is, the moderators know best. They aren't just here to decide to do things for random reasons, they're here to keep everyone who plays on the sandlot safe. Even if that means restricting something that people liked having.

Anyways that's just my opinion!

 

wait (sry if someone already asked this) what if i have a thread to show people my art? i really want to show others but if i cant then i am prob jest going to get rid of the thread (i have pick of my cats on there, do u at lest want me to delete those posts?) can i still post my art if i edit the pics to make sure there is nothing else in the pics except my art? or should i jest delete the thread? (again sry if someone asked or already explained it. i am doing some stuff that i kinda need to do and i did not really read through the thread, sry in advise if so)

 

I'm pretty sure the policy means you can't post anymore pictures of your artwork, but I would wait for clarification from a mod before you delete the thread.

 

yes, i am going to wait until a mod tells me, thanks for trying to help though!

 

I do say I have to agree with most of Cher's response though I can understand the art since some art may not be friendly or become to personal but I am confused on what the issue is with pet photos.

 

The pet photos could contain a an address and/or a street so a innocent pic could tell us that Juliette_Marie123456 lives on 586 Sandlot drive. It could have a mirror with someone’s face. That’s just my opinion that might not be the case.

 

This server means a lot to me and I don’t really know how to express the way I feel about everyone on here especially in these times. And I didn’t even know about the thread for posting pictures and I feel like the rules are a little too strict cause just recently I wanted to post a picture of my pet bird Billy and my other bird Buddy. Another thing I want to say is I feel like it’s great for players to see each other irl even if it’s just through a photo and it really would help me since I’m a introvert and it’s great being able to do what we normally don’t do (socializing) thru a game and having fun with other people as a person that not to long ago was allowed to play stuff online and grew up (and still is growing up) playing games with cpus not knowing what it was like doing things with other people online


A little side note the things a said may not make sense but I felt like I needed to say something here and another reason it may not make sense is because at this time I’m still only 10 so...idk what else I should put

 

ooh that actually makes sense, thank you