"Adult" seems to mean different things to different people at different times, I've found out. Even different moderators of the same site.
A while back PayPal shops would not list my site (adoptableDomains.com) since their search bot deemed it had "adult content" since I had an "adult" domain category. I pointed out that my adult category had no adult content, no obscene words, or anything I thought would be offensive to minors and had names like PositivelyHot.com (pepper sauce?), teddymart.com (teddy bears?) and intimateoutfits.com (no worse than a Sears lingerie commercial) listed there. After renaming "adult" to "mature" (added adult word back later) and sending a list they reconsidered and listed my site.
By strict definition, the domain in question really means "Thirty operatic prima donnas"
if you take the
first definition of "xxx" + "divas" from Dictionary.com. Personally I'm not offended by this name, but do take offense at some others I've seen listed that have "offensive" words or meaning.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=xxx
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=divas
I didn't see the original thread, but a lot probably depends not on the name itself, but what it's promoted to be used for. I've seen lots of fairly offensive names not moderated, but milder ones moved at this and other sites. It's probably safer to promote a marginal name as the milder use and let the buyers read between the lines.
Utimately, the owners/moderators have control over the site and are free to make the decisions as they see fit, consistent or not. As a moderator of several non-domain forums myself , No matter where or how fine you draw the line, somone will make it fuzzy and grey. Although I do agree a definition is probably in order.
Food for thought on "adult" vs. "sex related" : Since you must be an "adult" (in the US) to buy liquor, or cigarettes, and to vote, should these be limited to the adult listings?
[can't resist a good debate]
