There was recently a period of time we were seeing a lot of very young looking models. I made a post on the moderators board about this. We are not taking chances.
If a photo was removed and the model was of age, I'm sorry. It's not being done maliciously, it's being done to protect the site.
I am guilty of not contacting the original poster. What has always happened when I have, is a discussion takes place. PMs back and forth. And in most cases, the poster ends up being upset. This is the last thing I want...a member upset.
Also, I put a lot of time into this site. I might not post like I used to, but I'm on here making sure all the rules are being followed and doing a fair amount of housekeeping. Meaning, I want to enjoy the site as a regular member too. I want to do that instead of using that time for discussions about whether or not a picture you posted is of a legal (18+) nude model or not.
I think everybody trusts the moderator staff that we would not do this without giving the photo any thought. There will be times we are wrong, in fact, most times we probably will be wrong. And for that, I apologize to you. But, we are erring on the side of caution.
Please ask yourself this.
Is it that upsetting to you that your one photo is removed......One photo out of literally 80,000 images that have posted to this site, that you are willing to risk us getting shut down over it.