Retirement and Passing the Torch.

pes said:
Have you seen this thread here?

The abusive porn cleanup project

In the past few weeks I have reported an alarming number of abusive porn videos from the porn section. 90% of them were subsequently removed after a moderator reviewed them and agreed that the content violated animal abuse the rules of this forum. Over my existence on Zooville I have personally...
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How time consuming do you think it is to systematically clean a sub section of the porn section yourself?

Males and Animals 2100 Threads, 103.500 messages​

Females and Animals 1400 Threads, 96.700 messages​

Trans and Animals 95 Threads, 4.900 messages​

Start with one of the smaller sections if you want.
If you need to keep track or ask questions, join this here:
This group has 20 members. About 12 joined last year - not a single person from those has ever posted anything in the cleanup thread, created a thread in the group or reported abusive content either ever or in any continuous way.

One single user beside me has ever consistently reviewed a whole porn section here thread by thread, video by video, one by one.

I have asked people to help with the systematic cleaning on several occasions, nobody ever managed to continuously help for more than maybe a couple of days.
At best from what I remember maybe a couple of singular threads were reviewed.

If you want to make a change and clean up the forum, I am always going to be supportive of that.
But it is physically impossible for a single person or a small number of people to do that quickly.
And as you are doing it, there are new threads constantly being posted and new porn uploaded.

I do not think people quite realize what they are asking the mods to do.
A video here is usually about 80-100MB, downloading that over TOR takes about 5 minutes on a good day hours on a bad day.
That video often has 20 minutes but may have up to 60 minutes. So you are not going to be watching that at 1x speed. I use 4-16x speed when reviewing porn because I do not want to die of boredom.

This is a job that is going to take either months for the small sections, or years for the large ones.
And then you need to consistently keep an eye on the cleaned sections and monitor new posts, which I do for some sections.
Not all mods do this because we all have normal human lives. In fact I do not believe any other mod does systematically review porn the way I do. So realistically you have 1-2 people trying to systematically clean up the porn sections, more realistically 1 person. If there are more of us, then there is no public record of it. So most of the cleaning relies on user reports.

And this is something you do in your free time and unpaid.
Help us if you can.
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Porn that bores you to death? Clearly abusive.
 
Mesond said:
Explains a lot then. I deal with messages form people that self harm and get suicidal at times. On other sites that is (and discord). When people get that unstable they will want answers. Sometimes it's better to push people more, but it needs to be carefully handled. "Make it happen". Instead of "Turn a blind eye and let it blow up". If it's incoming regardless then better to make it happen. Control it.
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Question... do you have any qualifications as a mental health professional?
 
allyfitz said:
So... take all the time people have put into discussing things on the site and just just throw it away? There been a ton of people that have put out a lot of effort into writing things up for the benefit of the community... so nice to hear that you think its worthless and should be thrown out. :cautious: Here's an analogy... your house... why dont you burn it down and just start over again. I know you've probably spent a lot of money on it and its valuable to you... but why not just start over?
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Save the good posts, the videos, the pics. Delete the old posts know body looks at anymore. Seems like this site needs a deep clean. But delete all the one word comments. Like thanks, more, send more, good job.
 
Thank you, @ZTHorse for all that you have done for this community. I was thrilled to find a new community after BF went away and even more pleased to see that Zooville worked diligently to elevate the experience. On its whole, this is a great community and I am eternally grateful for it. I hope you enjoy your retirement!
 
ZTHorse said:
Hey everybody,

As if late, i havent been very active on the forum and mostly been in the background taking care of things.

However my personal life has taken a bad turn and it has drawn me further and further away from zv in my focus and time. I dont see this situation getting any better for awhile and i understand that its probably better to pass the torch to the next generation of zoos.

Especially while things are at their peak and fuctionally stable. So @FloofyNewfie Will become the next nexus for ZV, and will be taking over all social, judgements and everything I managed with this forum.

And I trust him to do so. You should too. I will be around for the next few months as it takes time to move things into the new administration. I have a few things to wrap up. A few research papers in the pipeline, the comic will be fully released, financials, connections and contacts for the ads.. etc etc...

This is a big jump for the zoo community ive been serving for 6 years to my best ability. It started in 2019 and will wrap up this year.

Its been quite a fun ride, and helping to shape the entire zoo community to what it stands for, how to manage it, make it community involved, self funding, and a massive leap from BF and what it was before I got involved.

And i couldnt do it alone, to every moderator and the key people who help keep the servers running besides the constant attack, I and we all owe you a debt of gratitude.

A state of the union lol or forum of how things currently are

-the ideological formation and foundation of the forum being free-speech centric, libertarian minded, public space. It has had its ups and downs, but i cannot imagine the zoo community wanting to go back to worshipping moderators or admins, instead challanging them with real questions of where the community is going.

Ive been known to troll once in awhile, but in reality, this forum has operated with these idealogical principles, but its future rests now with floofys decisions. Im sure you will definately hold his feet to the fire just like for me.

-Helping other zoos in their projects.

Zooier than thou, Being the most successful, had their start from here and now is really nice to see its become matured.

Bestia amore, equibooru, the french and german zoo forums... we help other zoo with their projects. Thats the principle and have a non-prejidiced outlook so long as non-abuse is shown.

-Zoo Pride Week being a brainchild of mine, proving to be a successful celebration for 5 years now. Im glad to those who chose to meetup irl and leave the shadows because of these set aside dates. Really i think this is the biggest glue between real people i could have done to encourage. I hope this will continue.

-going from porn funding of Beastforum to 100% community funding and screened advertising to fund the forum.

-the careful controlled asset management of donations that is currently allowing the forum to grow. Investing in small zoo positive projects when possible.

-contacting scientists, conducting research and using zv as an asset for google scholar. This is has been a huge undertaking and its produced some peer reviewed papers.

-zoophilia.wiki exists. Still needing a dedicated writer and manager lol. But it exists and thats a future project.

-zeta chronicles was community funded and created. The remaining pages will be released shortly and its been positive!

-Those whom have come to me behind the scenes with secrets that ive kept for safety of the zoo community. To protect zoos in various nations, your trust in me has always humbled me. These are real people in real danger, and I can say in confidence that it wasnt misplaced.

Loose lips sink ships and my mind is at ease, things were solved in complete quiet confidence. I am honored with that responsibility.

-Rulemaking, judgements and forum policy i served as the final judge and set forth standing rules and case law for the next administration. Of which, will change or not but solely up to them to rudder this ship.

Lastly, in the end, ive always be an adovocate for the protection, love and genuine union zoos have with their animal mates. Really, it comes back to the beautiful animals we love and serve wholeheartedly.

This forum, is human stuff. Our animal mates dont care but only care that we love them. If this forum HELPS the humans love their animals more, teaches them to love more and corrects bad behaviors towards animals, then its a gem that should be protected.

The moment that stops, it is you the community that should carpet bomb this place and start anew. Let that be the final crossing line of this forum.

I loved this community, and i may pop in time to time but i will just be that, a citizen, a retiree. To take the example of george washington, and to hand power over to become just a regular joe.

Thats were I have to go, and hang my hat. I only wish and pray that ive done good for real people, their animals and the world.

Its time for floofy to take the throne soon, and may we all give our blessing for this transition. We are going to need it.
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Remember ZGTOW Zoo Going Their Own Way.​

 
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ZTHorse said:
Hey everybody,
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Well then, I hope you enjoy your retirement from big boss, thank you for your blood, sweat and tears ZTHorse.

I think pretty much everybody could see you grooming Floofy to be your successor here one day, the site's in good hands with them.

I won't say you've been perfect HorseButt, because no one is, (you know you what you did, that thing, with the thing, and the other thing, oh and th...), but really, this is one of the best zoo sites there is, with a mod team that clearly cares.
 
Thank you @ZTHorse for everything you have done for this community and I would also like to welcome @FloofyNewfie
Thank you also to the entire team who take care of this magnificent site and who allow us in this world where we live on the fringes of society to allow us to be less alone in this community
 
2019 was the craziest year of my life, and I actually hadn't realized this site was that new at the time, but the things I was reading here about human animal relationships was one of the biggest reasons I ended up getting Red. I immediately felt like there was a place here not only where people cared about their animals, but cared about learning how to be better partners, creating as fair of a relationship with their animals as possible.

Thank you for having such a large hand in something I truly believe did change my life for the better. Floofy is a wise choice, but I am already laughing at the wave of discontent that rolled into their lap before the first page of comments were even through. This site is by far the most fair space you will find for the toughest questions surrounding the sexuality. It's a solid foundation for a hated community to show we can be better, and somewhere we can go to learn from each other.
 
ZTHorse said:
Hey everybody,

As if late, i havent been very active on the forum and mostly been in the background taking care of things.

However my personal life has taken a bad turn and it has drawn me further and further away from zv in my focus and time. I dont see this situation getting any better for awhile and i understand that its probably better to pass the torch to the next generation of zoos.

Especially while things are at their peak and fuctionally stable. So @FloofyNewfie Will become the next nexus for ZV, and will be taking over all social, judgements and everything I managed with this forum.

And I trust him to do so. You should too. I will be around for the next few months as it takes time to move things into the new administration. I have a few things to wrap up. A few research papers in the pipeline, the comic will be fully released, financials, connections and contacts for the ads.. etc etc...

This is a big jump for the zoo community ive been serving for 6 years to my best ability. It started in 2019 and will wrap up this year.

Its been quite a fun ride, and helping to shape the entire zoo community to what it stands for, how to manage it, make it community involved, self funding, and a massive leap from BF and what it was before I got involved.

And i couldnt do it alone, to every moderator and the key people who help keep the servers running besides the constant attack, I and we all owe you a debt of gratitude.

A state of the union lol or forum of how things currently are

-the ideological formation and foundation of the forum being free-speech centric, libertarian minded, public space. It has had its ups and downs, but i cannot imagine the zoo community wanting to go back to worshipping moderators or admins, instead challanging them with real questions of where the community is going.

Ive been known to troll once in awhile, but in reality, this forum has operated with these idealogical principles, but its future rests now with floofys decisions. Im sure you will definately hold his feet to the fire just like for me.

-Helping other zoos in their projects.

Zooier than thou, Being the most successful, had their start from here and now is really nice to see its become matured.

Bestia amore, equibooru, the french and german zoo forums... we help other zoo with their projects. Thats the principle and have a non-prejidiced outlook so long as non-abuse is shown.

-Zoo Pride Week being a brainchild of mine, proving to be a successful celebration for 5 years now. Im glad to those who chose to meetup irl and leave the shadows because of these set aside dates. Really i think this is the biggest glue between real people i could have done to encourage. I hope this will continue.

-going from porn funding of Beastforum to 100% community funding and screened advertising to fund the forum.

-the careful controlled asset management of donations that is currently allowing the forum to grow. Investing in small zoo positive projects when possible.

-contacting scientists, conducting research and using zv as an asset for google scholar. This is has been a huge undertaking and its produced some peer reviewed papers.

-zoophilia.wiki exists. Still needing a dedicated writer and manager lol. But it exists and thats a future project.

-zeta chronicles was community funded and created. The remaining pages will be released shortly and its been positive!

-Those whom have come to me behind the scenes with secrets that ive kept for safety of the zoo community. To protect zoos in various nations, your trust in me has always humbled me. These are real people in real danger, and I can say in confidence that it wasnt misplaced.

Loose lips sink ships and my mind is at ease, things were solved in complete quiet confidence. I am honored with that responsibility.

-Rulemaking, judgements and forum policy i served as the final judge and set forth standing rules and case law for the next administration. Of which, will change or not but solely up to them to rudder this ship.

Lastly, in the end, ive always be an adovocate for the protection, love and genuine union zoos have with their animal mates. Really, it comes back to the beautiful animals we love and serve wholeheartedly.

This forum, is human stuff. Our animal mates dont care but only care that we love them. If this forum HELPS the humans love their animals more, teaches them to love more and corrects bad behaviors towards animals, then its a gem that should be protected.

The moment that stops, it is you the community that should carpet bomb this place and start anew. Let that be the final crossing line of this forum.

I loved this community, and i may pop in time to time but i will just be that, a citizen, a retiree. To take the example of george washington, and to hand power over to become just a regular joe.

Thats were I have to go, and hang my hat. I only wish and pray that ive done good for real people, their animals and the world.

Its time for floofy to take the throne soon, and may we all give our blessing for this transition. We are going to need it.
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I thanks you for what you and the other has done so far for this amazing place and I hope you're retirement go well 😊
 
KnotSock said:
This site is by far the most fair space you will find for the toughest questions surrounding the sexuality. It's a solid foundation for a hated community to show we can be better, and somewhere we can go to learn from each other.
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We can. We will not. Says so in the Scriptures.
 
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