It's me... Becca.  Remember when you looked at my spanking community back in March?  Well, everything is okay but another spanking community got closed  yesterday and recieved this email concerning the reason for the closure:

"We have found your "Spanking with Friends" community to be in violation of
the MSN Code of Conduct for advocating violence. Because this violation is
serious, we must preserve the contents for possible future investigation, and you will not be given the opportunity to reopen the community."

 

That community was Adult and Public.  My community is Adult and Private.  Is MSN going to take this stance with ALL the  spanking communities?  Honestly, we're not pain freaks... we just like spanking because it's sorta kinky and  fun.  Does MSN plan to close all the adult spanking communities?  There are  literally hundreds of them on MSN and a zillion on MSN UK.   I know spanking isn't your thing but you've seen my site and perhaps you might be in the best position to explain that this isn't about violence and pain, it's just a  bedroom thing we do for fun.   I know you're busy but could you please let me know what you can find out?

Hello Becca!

Currently, MSN is releasing new rules and guidelines in regards to closing
communities.  Although they are not directly written on the CoC, in which we
everyday insist them to place it on so that users will be notified and avoid
such events, we haven't got any response back.  Personally, I don't have all
the power to decide or choose any action i would like to do but unfortunately, they are in search of communities which advocates violence no matter if it is crime, a form of sexual excitement or any other reasons. But they don't literary search for these except for those Category Managers who arrange communities.  Bad thing about these CatMans is that once they
saw an illegal community, they have the power to disable it and I can't stop
that.

 

Spanking is not really a violation except if there is a presence of
violence <snip>

 

That's all I can give you as of now.  In case you still have questions,
please feel free to write me back.

MJ,

Thank you so much for the reply. I told some of the other spanking club managers about MSN's recent closure of Spanking With Friends and some of them opted to delete their community.  I think that was a bit premature since we're not sure what the final outcome of all this will be.  I'm trying to keep my members informed since we have formed some great friendships and don't want to lose eachother if the club is closed unexpectedly.  I do have some more questions:

 

1.  I've unlisted my community and it's always been private.   Do you think
this will keep the catagory manager from finding it?  If he does find it, will
the fact that it's private and unlisted be a factor in his decision to let it
stay? 

 

its their job to check every community under webcomm ... whether it is unlisted, public, listed, private,etc.

 

2.  You said "spanking is not really a violation except if there is a presence of violence".   This concerns me because while I know that what my fiance and I do is NOT violence, it might look that way to someone who's not into spanking.

 

that is what also bothers me ... every time we have updates here, I always ask them to draw a line regards the decision-making of every person who checks on communities.  I asked someone in catman about the "violence" in spanking and answered me that it should not look as if you are already hurting people and it is no longer a sexual satisfaction or pleasure ... he also mentioned to me the use of "gadgets"... I think it is related to sadism and other sorts.

 

3.  I don't want to exist here on MSN under the constant worry that I'll be
closed if I'm "discovered" by the cat manager.  Can I email the cat manager
and talk to him or her directly?  If you know the cat manager for my
category, can you ask them to email me? 

 

they don't have any direct contact us link or open communication with anybody ... we can only ask them about their guidelines ...

 

For many of my members, spanking was a life long interest that they were
horribly embarrassed about.  They liked it but they felt ashamed because
they thought something was wrong with them.  I have a friendly community that has a healthy attitude about a cute sexual fetish.  It would be such a shame if
my 3700 members were lost.    What can I do to help my club remain on MSN?

I suggest to place a small warning on the homepage, or a note that will indicate your intentions about the community ... I'm not assuring you about this but hope that help.

Thanks for discussing this with me.  I really appreciate how helpful you've
always been.

 

ur welcome