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NCII is an awkward term, but improves on "revenge porn": * A nude isn't automatically "porn." In fact, nudes shared with one's BF/GF/spouse/etc aren't really

NCII is an awkward term, but improves on "revenge porn": * A nude isn't automatically "porn." In fact, nudes shared with one's BF/GF/spouse/etc aren't really porn at all. * Not all images like this are for revenge. Some people just share photos because they're assholes.

serverholic 5y ago
Sometimes I think we go too far in an effort to be accurate and end up sacrificing impact.
- khazhoux 5y ago
  News article can continue to refer to this as revenge porn.
- CharlesW 5y ago
  There may be instances of over-correction, but sacrificing accuracy for impact is how you get clickbait titles.
Hizonner 5y ago
A nude isn't automatically "intimate" either. Nor is nudity the only aspect that might make an image "intimate", or even the most important one. Nor does "intimacy" capture anything remotely like all of the reasons the material might be painful or embarassing for somebody. In fact, if I were looking for something vaguely silly to be offended by, I'd suggest that it was a bad idea to tell the subjects of those images what they should consider to be intimate or why they should feel offended by the images being shared... as the use of "intimate" tends to do. Oh, and "images" unreasonably limits the scope of the media that might be problems. Not all of the images are shared nonconsensually, either, at least not initially. And there are all kinds of forms and layers of consent. So, if you want to be all technically correct, you probably shouldn't bring that in either. In other words, like all terminology, "NCII" is imprecise. In fact, I think it's a true step down from "revenge porn", even if you ignore the fact that you shouldn't change terminology for trivial reasons to begin with. It is NOT an improvement. It's people arguing over minutiae so they can feel informed, feel like they're helping, and get a rush out of "correcting" everybody else.
kingcharles 5y ago
I was in court when a defendant was brought up. He'd broken up with his girlfriend, but had her nudes. He knew another guy who had a serious crush on his ex-gf so he sent him a message and offered to sell him the nudes. Crushman called the police, bless him.

serverholic 5y ago

Sometimes I think we go too far in an effort to be accurate and end up sacrificing impact.

khazhoux 5y ago
News article can continue to refer to this as revenge porn.
CharlesW 5y ago
There may be instances of over-correction, but sacrificing accuracy for impact is how you get clickbait titles.

Hizonner 5y ago

A nude isn't automatically "intimate" either. Nor is nudity the only aspect that might make an image "intimate", or even the most important one. Nor does "intimacy" capture anything remotely like all of the reasons the material might be painful or embarassing for somebody. In fact, if I were looking for something vaguely silly to be offended by, I'd suggest that it was a bad idea to tell the subjects of those images what they should consider to be intimate or why they should feel offended by the images being shared... as the use of "intimate" tends to do. Oh, and "images" unreasonably limits the scope of the media that might be problems. Not all of the images are shared nonconsensually, either, at least not initially. And there are all kinds of forms and layers of consent. So, if you want to be all technically correct, you probably shouldn't bring that in either. In other words, like all terminology, "NCII" is imprecise. In fact, I think it's a true step down from "revenge porn", even if you ignore the fact that you shouldn't change terminology for trivial reasons to begin with. It is NOT an improvement. It's people arguing over minutiae so they can feel informed, feel like they're helping, and get a rush out of "correcting" everybody else.

kingcharles 5y ago

I was in court when a defendant was brought up. He'd broken up with his girlfriend, but had her nudes. He knew another guy who had a serious crush on his ex-gf so he sent him a message and offered to sell him the nudes. Crushman called the police, bless him.