General Discussion

^ Whoa! Thanks for showing me. I don't know why they would credit me when it was phenobarbie who is the OP. I even credited her in my tFS post. Either way, it did brighten my day a little Thanks again!

The thing is is that Pheno isn't the original poster. All she did was find a larger copy of what Marv had already posted in the thread. God damn SI is gone full retard lol

Fast forward three hours after Marv posts the image and SI STAFF leak the shot lol and it's all over the internet.

Fame at last Pinky! And needless to say, we're all sworn to silence on the secret identity.

I didnt realize Pinky was so famous

congrats on the Forbes mention

It's odd that BZ is getting singled out for this when the photographs are all over the internet.

Or would they really be going after everyone who has them up?

I honestly think the reason we're being singled out so hard is because there are a couple of SI staff who are members of BZ. (diaf)

Really want to see Nina and Alyssa!

okies lemme pull up the pics I've worked on.

Wow, those are great!

What an interresting irony that I was just starting to feel slightly ashamed for having a subscription (although for the actual sports) and a scanner all this time and never contributed any of the pics. Either way, I wonder why they're just now on to us .

This is from SI Daily off the official website:

THE 2013 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT ISSUE

*On newsstands this week, select newsstands TODAY*

Can I post the pics if the mag becomes available today?

Pretty: I would need to know what Maddog agreed upon with the SI people to greenlight the posting of the SISE scans now...

./sigh

Alright

Prettyphile, on the off chance you haven't alread, Maddog okayed you posting the SI content.

Being one to press my luck, I might as well also ask for a little more flexibility with the text in sig rule while I'm at it . I'm of course all for the limits of the gif size though as some make gifs so slow that it slows people's pages down, but I would like to ask for a few more lines of text below an image though. Obviously it won't cause any decline in infractions as those that offend due so out of not reading the rules whatever they may be, but would be nice for those who do uphold anyway.

I got this in my inbox:

Hi, SympathysSilhouette!

I am not sure if you are the correct person to contact regarding problems in the forum, but I assumed since you're admin, you are at least able to do something.

There has been a ongoing discussion in thread "How To Get HQ Pictures From Online" about new members signing up, leaving a request and getting what they wanted, then leaving. As well as members asking for the same tricks and not going back in the pages to either get the trick itself or reading why that trick is no longer available.

I will be the first to admit that I am guilty of doing such thing (asking a repetitive quesiton without doing research), but I strongly believe this does not give the right for other members who have been on your forum for a while or at least made an effort to show interest - to harass others and be disrespectful.

I own a forum myself - JMacForum.com - had to put a plug in there and problems similar to this occur every once in a while. Is there anyway that you or anyone else in charge of this forum can make a rule or post a rule for everyone and anyone to see in clear view of what they are not allowed to ask for and the warnings and cautions of what may happen.

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By popular demand, this is what others are pleading for new members not to do and what are causing this drama --

Do not ask for tricks to forum.com.pl, wireimage, gettyimages, tpgvip.com, corbis, rexfeatures or filmmagic or any popular photo agencies.

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I have grown to love this forum as it's very open and free for members to get a feel of it before signing up.

I do not want to cause any further drama. I do not want to see this site shut down because of such bickering and arguable topics that can easily be taken away.

I hope to hear from you soon!

Thank you for reading!

Thoughts?

^ Who sent you the PM? :notsure:

I hear what this member is saying. It is frustrating to have people join just to get photo tricks & model ID's and never return again. At the same time it is inevitable and I am not sure is there much we can do to stop it. Maybe we could set it up so in certain threads/sections members must have a certain # of posts in order to post? We could, like the member suggested, post a note in the first post of the thread (like the Leo threads) but I am not sure how effective that may be.

As for asking for tricks for forum.com.pl, wireimage, gettyimages, tpgvip.com, corbis, rexfeatures or filmmagic or any popular photo agencies, I think it is something that we can more easily enforce

That's true that we can't do much about it although it is a valid concern. It seems people have thrown around everything from intelligence tests to post count mandates. I of course am always quick to throw out the intelligence tests seeing as how I'd rather have Forest Gump (loveable simpleton) as a member than say Hitler (intelligent, evil dictator), but I do think the post count mandate has some merit for request sections of the forum. Ironically, my first post as in Model ID though if I'm not mistaken and my original goal was actually just to get ids as I wasn't a frequenter of forums but no one I know really knows any models. Long story short, if you set a minimum post mandate for request sections, I won't protest it.

The post count thing might not be the best policy either.

Someone who contributes with sporadic but well-written and thoughtful posts is more valuable than a pip-aholic.

^ Who sent you the PM? :notsure:

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