Thank you for reminding me about this issue. I also noticed it a while ago, but forgot to make a post here.
This issue does also affect other titles.
I first noticed it for Dangerous Drugs of Sex and Macho Caponata. I thought this might be another case of homophobia mixed with the infamous US-American prudishness, but both Playboy (and the Gang of Cherry) and Double Exposure (both gay and rated R) have normal title pages.
Then I wondered if it's just the rating, not the gayness: But The Naked Director, Call Boy, and Hit the Spot (all het, all rated R) also have normal pages.
I tried some other tags -- but for example Double Mints (gay, rated 15+, very violent with on-screen rape scenes) does not have this issue.
However, what I finally found was that titles tagged "pink film" are all having title pages that don't allow the posting of new Reviews, Recs, Photos, Discussion or link to the Feeds, regardless of rating (Athlete, rated 13+, or Bopanacchi Every Day, not yet rated) or if they are het (Tough Girls).
I do not understand why kisskh arbitrarily chooses to restrict discussion about a whole genre.
It's not as if they are showing the films themselves.
Age Rating obviously doesn't matter -- or kisskh would restrict discussions on all titles rated 18+ or R (and lose much of their userbase?)
In my opinion, if kisskh is supposed to be a place to discuss dramas and movies from the seven chosen Asian countries, then every film and every drama that has been legally made in these countries should be treated equally.
What is also interesting is that this is a new-ish decision, because I wrote my review for Macho Caponata in November 2024 and even got a comment on it.
Is this
a mistake? (then please fix it)
a clumsy attempt to cut "porn" from the site and be "family friendly"? (which is laughable. Art is art. Art is not always family friendly; and it shouldn't be, because life itself is not family friendly. And if this is the motivation, then make it an official rule, cut out all titles rated 18+ or R, and see what happens)
or is it an attempt to placate credit card companies and advertisers (who famously have attempted, and unfortunately succeeded, to de-list games from Steam last year)?
I ask admins to please explain what happened here.
