What's Happening To The Galleries?
Like me, you may have noticed that many of the image galleries on xHamster have been replaced with the message "waiting for moderator."
I check my galleries and my favorites periodically, just to make sure they're still working, and to do clean-up if needed (I dislike the look of inactive links).
Thus, I found recently that my galleries were now locked and marked "Only for owner." This was not a change that I had made. So I contacted xHamster and asked why:
Message to xHamster: Why have my galleries been locked and marked "Only for owner"? They were public. I want them to be public. But that option has been made unavailable, grayed out and marked "Status of this gallery can only be changed by admin."
Please return public access to my galleries. Or at least, give me the control to decide that option.
Cigi
This is the answer I received:
Hello,
According to the latest regulations in the industry our users are allowed to publish only the content supported by the full set of documents which includes: IDs of all performers, models releases with consent for shooting, distribution, download and 2257 form.
At the moment all the pictures without documents were removed from the public view and set to ‘Waiting for moderation’ status. Now you have time to become a verified creator, provide all the documents and restore the content back to public view.
We are constantly working on making xHamster a safe and pleasant experience by protecting the rights of content owners and preventing the distribution of potentially prohibited content.
Note that in the nearest future all content that was uploaded without supporting documents might be removed.
You can convert your account into a Creator and verify yourself and your content by submitting your documents here: (a link to xHamster's creator sign-up page).
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Kind Regards,
(technician's name)
xHamster Team
So that's where it stands.
Eventually, it's all going away. Not just my posts - everybody's posts.
The only alternative it seems, is to go pro. And that's not something I choose to do. (It took me way too long just to go amateur. From inside this closet, I can't even see pro.)
Cigi
2022-10-03
I check my galleries and my favorites periodically, just to make sure they're still working, and to do clean-up if needed (I dislike the look of inactive links).
Thus, I found recently that my galleries were now locked and marked "Only for owner." This was not a change that I had made. So I contacted xHamster and asked why:
Message to xHamster: Why have my galleries been locked and marked "Only for owner"? They were public. I want them to be public. But that option has been made unavailable, grayed out and marked "Status of this gallery can only be changed by admin."
Please return public access to my galleries. Or at least, give me the control to decide that option.
Cigi
This is the answer I received:
Hello,
According to the latest regulations in the industry our users are allowed to publish only the content supported by the full set of documents which includes: IDs of all performers, models releases with consent for shooting, distribution, download and 2257 form.
At the moment all the pictures without documents were removed from the public view and set to ‘Waiting for moderation’ status. Now you have time to become a verified creator, provide all the documents and restore the content back to public view.
We are constantly working on making xHamster a safe and pleasant experience by protecting the rights of content owners and preventing the distribution of potentially prohibited content.
Note that in the nearest future all content that was uploaded without supporting documents might be removed.
You can convert your account into a Creator and verify yourself and your content by submitting your documents here: (a link to xHamster's creator sign-up page).
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Kind Regards,
(technician's name)
xHamster Team
So that's where it stands.
Eventually, it's all going away. Not just my posts - everybody's posts.
The only alternative it seems, is to go pro. And that's not something I choose to do. (It took me way too long just to go amateur. From inside this closet, I can't even see pro.)
Cigi
2022-10-03
2 years ago