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Rules Ignored, Decisions Arbitrary: Staff Inconsistency on Map Arts

@Cryptite WHY WIOULD YOU GET RIUD OF THE SABRINA CARPETNER MAP ART I WAS ABOUT TO DROP 200K SHARDS (All of oscars money ofc) AND THEN I FIND OUT FROM JM5 YOU DESPAWNED IT WTFD WHY WOIUULD YOU DO THAT I WANTED THART SO MUCH I WAS BEGGING IN THE SV DUISCORD DAILY FOR IT AND YIU JUST RUINED MY DAY

I GRW;T'P.
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Proof of this?

Proof of this?

You're suggesting that merely anime children is against the rules? Why would you suggest this?

Has this been reported?

Has this been reported?

Has this been reported?
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"You're suggesting that merely anime children is against the rules? Why would you suggest this?"
Do u genuinely type just for the sake of it? We've had so many maparts be nuked that people put time and effort into with 0 explanation maybe try defining your rules, give examples of whats allowed and what isnt isntead of nuking people's stuff just because the definition of "sexual" or "explicit" changes day to day for the staff team.
 
these issues are remnants of a old system, and it needs to change. As loka has grown, it has begun to become a brand with a reputation/image to protect. following this shift, i don't think the server can continue to operate under the pretense of precedents that are flawed and inconsistent. i believe recent cases - like this collection of disputes regarding obscenity have exposed a lack of consistency in rule enforcement. This inconsistency, combined with a lack of transparency that can be viewed in cases like the BTB & daqniel disputes creates a substantiated community-wide skepticism in whether punishments are fair, proportional, or just.

Although this case is just a matter of where different staff member's personal opinions lie on a spectrum of "what is obscenity", and it could have been avoided easily by taking the most extreme interpretation, it exposes a flaw in this system built on precedents that come from an era where transparency and consistency wasn't an administrative priority. loka cannot selectively enforce precedents like confidentiality or obscenity, while simultaneously relying on precedents to dictate bans (for example, those regarding win trading).

Regardless of how effective the system is - i.e., i personally agree this is probably obscene, and the other aforementioned cases are probably justified - the ambiguity of a concrete reason or flaw to point to is a real issue for both individual actors and the community. How can members of the present community know what behaviors to avoid, when nothing is standardized? How can penalized individuals dispute their punishment without knowing their charge? How can wrong people know what or how to reform, without specifically knowing what they did wrong? (and, a little bit of a digression, but what is the point of having disputes go on a public forum if justice is just dealt with internally?)

i think we need more consistent enforcement; we need consistency with real, transparent metrics that fit the needs of the server as it exists today, not as it existed years ago; transparent details that can be thoroughly discussed to build real, strong precedents instead of idiosyncratic ones.

ps: i think this post kind of turned into a rant, but its just my crude personal opinion that i havent had time to refine or discuss with others. it probably needs clarification but idk if ill even remember what i meant when it comes to that; still, id love to hear the feedback/comments on this take
 
A few days ago, we explicitly asked Kaph about one of these map arts (a Sabrina Carpenter image) and was told it was allowed. That should have been the end of it.
This is a lie. You were never told it was allowed.

I did have AI reformat my text thats my bad. I typed that and still think its weird to have people build maparts depicting little kids, if you don't that is all you.
A map art of Naruto would be weird but a woman in lingerie (the one I deleted) isn't? Make it make sense.

Stop sexualizing women and then using that as justification to remove completely normal content. A swimsuit, a crop top, or standard model imagery is not automatically sexual, and it does not meet your own definition of “offensive.”
You're the ones sexualizing these women. Of all the women in the world you all chose to make map arts of an OF model with the bottom half of her breasts exposed, Sabrina Carpenter wearing lingerie, and a random gymnast turned swimsuit model. Are we to believe you guys liked these photos for their composition? Be for real. Stop acting like you're an advocate for women when you're trying to make Minecraft money off of their bodies. You're not clever and you're not fooling anyone. It's pathetic.

It's 2026, there are so many places to view that sort of content that isn't maps on a Minecraft server. Please just be normal.
 
ur so smart of the grocery store line and +1 WHOO REALLY CARES ABOUT THE MAP ART HAVE A LITTLE FUN acting like sabrina carpenter gonna log on and tell jakeman5 to take them down also is it not the same as loka chan
 

Blatant Inconsistency

Meanwhile, the server still contains:
  • Anime map arts depicting underage characters
  • Player-written books with explicit fanfiction (smut)
  • Builds and quests with crude or suggestive humor
  • Lores that have literal porn on them
All of which remain untouched.

But my map arts get silently removed?

This is not about maintaining a standard.
This is selective enforcement.

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why are so many people that grass-less.
if people are seeing two people fully clothed, and only about to kiss (not even kissing yet), or literally someones FACE and cant keep it in their pants, they need, and i mean NEED to turn their computer off, and throw it into a cupboard.
 
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