[MUD-Dev] integrated character webpages ala Black and White c reature pages

[J C Lawrence]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:01:54 -0800  
Koster, Raph <rkoster at verant.com> wrote:

> As far as putting up stories--there is a very large concern with
> user-generated content and liability there, even for hobbyist
> muds. It's very easy for this to outpace your ability to vet the
> submitted content, leading to your website hosting material that
> you may well not want on there.

Talk to a marketing or PR person about products which allow their
users to arbitrarily define and create the product's visible
presences and they start to look very uncomfortable.  In a world
where image is a controlled an metered item, such laissez faire
operations don't fly well.  Given that the marketing image of an
item is usually intended to be the product of corporate millions and
the gimlet eyes of defensive lawyers and some of the problems become
apparent.

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