Photos Section Rules

I'm not sure if this is the right place for it, but if not, let me know and I'll move it.

The Photo Sections are being made almost unusable for the more popular dramas with massive numbers of pics being posted.  Fangs of Fortune has 11,000 pics!  Not 11 hundred.  11 THOUSAND.  It has almost 400 pages of photos!  Others have one to two thousand pictures.  It is very difficult and time consuming to find anything in such a pile of photos, as there is no search or tags or categories.  You have go through page by page to look for a particular pic.

Grainy, sub-par quality pics are being posted.  Pics from publicity, fan meets, screencaps, magazines, manga, fan art, articles,  photo manipulations, memes, Reuters, behind the scenes, merchandise, individual stars non-drama photo shoots, and frame by frame shots showing a character turning their head.  If all these are allowed, can we have required tags or specific galleries / categories for these different types of photos?

I've looked, but I can't find any rules for posting in the photos section of the dramas and movies.  Given that you can report a photo for being Offensive or Spam, No Longer Relevant, Incorrect Information, Spoiler Alert, and Duplicates -- there must be some rules that have appeared somewhere, but I haven't found it posted or explained.

-Duplicates is pretty much being ignored, as the same pics are being posted repeatedly, cause most people don't look before posting, much less go through one or two thousand pics to see if it has been posted before.

-Spoiler Alert is definitely ignored, and I'm not sure how that can actually be handled.

-No Longer Relevant and Offensive are pretty much followed and not really a problem.

-Incorrect Information seems to cover mistakes, where something is posted in the wrong place, which also rarely happens.

-Spam.  Arguably, part of the problem with massive posting could fall under this.  I mean, frame by frame shots showing a character turning their head falls into this category, IMO, but I'm sure others would disagree.  But that needs to clarified, otherwise it is entirely subjective.

I know reported photos do go through some sort of an approval to delete process.  But that doesn't seem to be done consistently.  For example, pages of fan art were deleted from the Lost You Forever Photos, but other photos of fan art were left.  And fan art isn't one of the things that can be reported, so shouldn't be against the rules, right?  So, how did it get reported?

Totally agree with everything mentioned. I believe it's getting worse and when some posters see others doing these things and I feel they are bending the rules because there seems to be no guidelines. 

Perhaps there should be a separate photo gallery for those that simply enjoy posting their faves in the drama but put limits per poster so it keeps some from going over the top and smothering out all other smaller fandoms or lesser known actors out.

The other gallery is solely for the official drama promotion released. This helps posters visiting the drama page to choose.

i only look at photos when it comes to chinese drama so  i know the scheduling and this indeed makes it much harder.

 newbiefan:

Wow, this was posted 4 days ago. Feels weird how fast time has flown. I wonder if this thread has been noticed by the higher ups for action?

I don't know.  Maybe I need to frame it in a couple questions, instead of my description of the problem.

I'm bumping this because the problem of unusable galleries filled with literally thousands of photos seems to be getting worse, and I haven't seen staff respond, even to say, "it can't be done."

I've tried reporting photos, but honestly, I feel like nothing happens, probably because it is low priority.  And honestly, it probably is compared to dealing with spam and trolls and violations of TOS and threats and other things that are on fire here.

It's gotten to the point I'd volunteer to write the rules myself, if admin / staff would give me some guidance as to what isn't allowed.

Alternatively, could we get separate galleries or even required tags, so we can find photos?

 Kokuto:

I'm bumping this because the problem of unusable galleries filled with literally thousands of photos seems to be getting worse, and I haven't seen staff respond, even to say, "it can't be done."

I've tried reporting photos, but honestly, I feel like nothing happens, probably because it is low priority.  And honestly, it probably is compared to dealing with spam and trolls and violations of TOS and threats and other things that are on fire here.

It's gotten to the point I'd volunteer to write the rules myself, if admin / staff would give me some guidance as to what isn't allowed.

Alternatively, could we get separate galleries or even required tags, so we can find photos?

We are planning to upgrade the photos section, but there is no ETA yet. The rules are simple: no nudity, gore, or blood but the only exception is a poster. Spoilers or screenshots from the actual show are not allowed, except for official releases. We will implement an approval process for photos in the future.

 Kokuto:

Do reuters and paparazzi photos count as SPOILERS?

Depend on the content and if its copyrighted or not.

 Kokuto:

How about pictures that have nothing to do with the drama but are of one of the stars from a photoshoot for something else?  Is this INCORRECT INFO?

Yes,

 Kokuto:

How about manga of the book that the drama is based on?  Or anime that the drama is based on?  Is that allowed?  If not, should it be reported as INCORRECT INFO? 

It's not related to the show, so yes, it should be reported.

 Kokuto:

And are non-drama (non costume) new magazine shoots or variety shows or road shows-- all for publicity for the drama --or booting and wrapping pictures allowed?  How about award pictures and daily stats from Mayoran or one of the other Chinese data companies?

Most of the time, users do not follow the rules, so we rely on user reports. However, we do receive a high volume of reports of nonsense stuff. We're not too strict about what can be uploaded, except for nudity, blood, gore, and copyrighted content. I'm sure this will change when we release the new version. We are changing how the approval process works by moving it to the community instead. We can look into the tags idea, but we won’t be able to work on it for now since we have other priorities.