Angry hobo Posted:

The picture that got me banned has been here for a while, and before I had it posted I asked BanHammer to see it it would be considered shocking or not, he told him it was not shocking for him and If I recall correctly he said to me that the pic was fine because you could not see the bum and the genitalia was not showing.

Hobo,

I can’t find that conversation. But usually when I have one like that I say something to the effect of “Well, it’s not shocking to ME, but if anyone reports it, I’ll have to run it by ET”. And that’s what happened here. You might be surprised at how many things I have to run by ET because I don’t know if they’re shock or not, and it’s up to him to make the final call on questionable items on this, his site.

I don’t think we’re going to say “this image will always be shock because such-and-such is visible, this one won’t because such-and-such is not visible”. I realize he said what you bolded above, but you can’t count on that as the ONLY rules which apply when evaluating a picture.

Wylin Posted:

I’d probably just stop trying to push the limits and stop posting anything to do with goatse.

This. Shock is subjective, not objective, and it all comes back to ET. He’s so busy, though, that we’re his first line. But just because we don’t find something shocking, doesn’t mean he won’t when he’s pressed. Your best bet if you want to be safe is to avoid posting something which might be questionable.