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Another question about Color on Quora, with a surprising answer: How will Color Labs (startup) handle inappropriate photos? Simply swipe a photo from som

Another question about Color on Quora, with a surprising answer: *How will Color Labs (startup) handle inappropriate photos?* Simply swipe a photo from someone, and a popup will show you to choose Nudity, Violence or Hateful. That person will then be banned from Color, thus the only way to get back on the system is buying a new iPhone or Android. [...] We also will ban a person from Color for abusing the reporting system. That sounds pretty harsh. It makes me wonder if they ban users automatically when a report comes in or if they screen the images before taking action. Also, what qualifies as 'nudity', 'violence', or 'hateful' according to Color Labs? I installed the iPhone app a couple of days a go. I didn't see any warning that nudity wasn't allowed. Sure, I had to agree to their terms of use, but it had the length of a Tolkien novel, so I doubt anyone will bother reading it. I think there's a real risk that tons of users will be banned without ever having realized that their risqué photos weren't allowed. And then there's the last line of Color Labs' answer: on HN, I frequently flag articles that I deem inappropriate. If I do so on Color, I risk being banned, not knowing whether my tolerance for offensive imagery is lower than that of Color Labs. http://www.quora.com/How-will-Color-Labs-startup-handle-inappropriate-photos http://www.quora.com/How-will-Color-Labs-startup-handle-inap...

jrockway 16y ago
the only way to get back on the system is buying a new iPhone or Android Guess they haven't heard that trusting the client is a poor security model. I can think of about 10 ways to make a web app think I have a new phone.
- zachallaun 16y ago
  Let's hope, then, that you do not choose to share violent, nude photos of yourself. For most people, though, I think this is an adequate (and, in my opinion, not too harsh) deterrent.
  - bmelton 16y ago
    I think that the negative reaction is based on the lack of a check or balance. If I swipe a picture of you petting your puppy and call it a hate crime, and you get banned, what's the recourse? What's to stop somebody like me from going album to album and flagging things?

Another question about Color on Quora, with a surprising answer: *How will Color Labs (startup) handle inappropriate photos?* Simply swipe a photo from som

jrockway 16y ago

the only way to get back on the system is buying a new iPhone or Android Guess they haven't heard that trusting the client is a poor security model. I can think of about 10 ways to make a web app think I have a new phone.

zachallaun 16y ago
Let's hope, then, that you do not choose to share violent, nude photos of yourself. For most people, though, I think this is an adequate (and, in my opinion, not too harsh) deterrent.
- bmelton 16y ago
  I think that the negative reaction is based on the lack of a check or balance. If I swipe a picture of you petting your puppy and call it a hate crime, and you get banned, what's the recourse? What's to stop somebody like me from going album to album and flagging things?