StopTheGrays
Member
I have an online posting in the Onion's Personals Ads. I do not want to get into the why's or how's of the posting but the picture I had put up was of me at the 2004 SHOT Show aiming a P-90 in the air.
It has been up for a month or so . Today I check one of my email accounts and this message was in there.
I reviewed the information found on their website concerning TOS and it did not mesh with they had given me for a reason for taking down my image. This is the email I sent back asking WTH were they talking about.:
This my first experience with being discriminated against because I am a gun owner and I assume I made the correct response to it. Is there anything else I should have done?
It has been up for a month or so . Today I check one of my email accounts and this message was in there.
Hey there!
Sorry! We had to remove a photo from your personals account on Onion
due to a Terms of Service violation.
You have to be present in all submitted pictures (recent photos only).
REMINDER: Guidelines for posting pictures
** Images containing the following are not permitted:
- Nudity
- Sexually explicit or suggestive situations
- Children alone (even if it is a picture of you)
- Pets alone
- Copyrighted photos/images/drawings
- Contact info
- URL
- Firearms
- Drug usage
If you have any questions, you can review our terms of service at:
http://www.springstreetnetworks.com/tos/
Thanks!
Spring Street Networks Content Review
[email protected]
I reviewed the information found on their website concerning TOS and it did not mesh with they had given me for a reason for taking down my image. This is the email I sent back asking WTH were they talking about.:
Can you give me the URL that lists firearms as being not permitted in an image. I looked at the link provided and it did not mention anything about firearms nor did this one:
This is from the image posting help page:
http://personals.theonion.com/faq.aspx#photos3
What are the photo guidelines?
To ensure that photos are appropriate, our Customer Service team reviews each photo that is submitted to our system. Photos should meet the following guidelines:
* Post a recent photo of yourself.
* You must appear in each photo you post. Images of pets, children alone or copyrighted images such as cartoons or celebrities will be removed.
* Do not post images of abusive, obscene, or sexual situations or the profile and/or image will be removed.
* Problems with uploading photos? Send them to us! Click here to find out how!
Because the picture I posted does not belong to any of the catagories listed above I would like the image I had posted to be back up and an apology for violating your own commitment on the "free _expression of ideas".
This my first experience with being discriminated against because I am a gun owner and I assume I made the correct response to it. Is there anything else I should have done?