So let me start off by saying that I recognize that there was initially a genuine problem with people who didn’t want NSFW content being exposed to it.
Some of this was due to the fact that not all content was being correctly flagged as NSFW, and some of it was because a lot of users didn’t realize that individual users can choose to completely block an entire instance - which is not only a very easy and fast solution, but also does not require an all-or-nothing approach of defederating from NSFW instances.
A number of changes were made, but some of those lingering changes have meant that people who do want to see NSFW content are not because:
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Even having subscribed to several NSFW subs, they are effectively completely missing from my feed.
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Most NSFW thumbnails are blurred.
Both of these behaviors should not be occurring if a user has chosen in their settings to NOT hide NSFW content.
However, I will also say that the blurred state is something that deserves its own user setting (i.e. so that a user can choose to NOT hide NSFW, but still want them blurred or not) - preferably with the granularity to set it for various sub-types of NSFW (e.g. porn, gore, etc…).
I don’t think it went too far. Not exposing people accidentally to NSFW content takes priority over giving people a better experience consuming NSFW content. If you want to consume NSFW content head over to an instance that focuses on NSFW content. For example, lemmynsfw.com will fulfill all your NSFW needs.
That’s the advantage of the fediverse, you can have different instances focusing on different types of content. And having the main sites of kbin.social or lemmy.world focus on Non-NSFW content will make the entire fediverse easier to advertise to the public.
Should be user’s choice. Have it enabled by default, but with a possibility to turn it off.
Nope. Content is mirrored and hosted locally, so it’s the admin’s choice and responsibility.
Moreover, listening to choruses of “individual choice” are how you end up providing a server for people who feel no responsibility to their neighbours and communities. Structural issues require more than “Fuck you, I can do what I want.”
You can choose to use a different instsnce if you don’t like what the admin’s doing. Or you can start your own. That’s how you can do what you want.
Edit: I do love the downvotes from the “I can do what to want” crowd, knowing that they’re also the “my property, my rules” crowd. Except when they’re the ones using someone else’s shit, of course.
It’s not a coherent ideology.
I don’t get your reasoning. There’s no downside to letting users choose.
And I find the ‘love it or leave it’ approach distasteful.
I generally like what the admin is doing, in large part because he listens to user feedback, which I was providing.
Of course you’re entitled to your opinion.
edit: wait it does makes sense in a way to avoid hosting illegal content, if the instance doesn’t have the manpower to moderate effectively. nevermind. still think those issues should be discussed collectively.
The downside is investing tons of time making and testing code that ultimately accomplishes nothing that wouldn’t also be achieved by making your own instance.
Except here it’s not about writing a new functionality as much as getting the UI to do what it says it does.
You should become accustomed to having multiple accounts, ones for different instances, because this is the fediverse and essentially just semi-interlinked forums. If you want forum specific content that is generally considered spicy, go to that forum directly rather than complain that every other forum not handle your need for spicy content in an effective way for all parties.
This isnt some faceless megacorp. You are so used to one source for all your content due to reddit, but you should not expect one instance to provide you with all your desired content. Can you imagine how many man hours need to be put into effectively handling spicy content, across all instances? Or, you can just go to the spicy content forums.
Yes, there is a need for better handling multiple accounts seamlessly, its definitely under development in several apps. In the meantime it’s just something to deal with.
Personally I’m very happy with no porn and gore. But I think loss of user agency is what made internet the hell it is now, and alternatives should keep it in mind.
Peertube does have some basic granularity: allow sensitive content or not, blur sensitive thumbnails or not.
It’s work no doubt, but I doubt it’s the Herculean task some make it out to be.
In the end it’s for Ernest to decide, I see no problem in making suggestions one way the other. And I don’t understand why you would.
For what it’s worth, I haven’t browsed reddit in years except for specific technical stuff, you may be assuming a little bit too much based on a single comment.
edit: thinking about it a little more, one case where I’d advocate banning sensitive content entirely is if it is used as a vector of attack against the instance, by posting illegal, or repulsive content to drive traffic away.
This has nothing to do with complaining about how other forums handle this.
This is about how kbin handles it, and kbin is designed to incorporate multiple forums from multiple instances. In other words, we’re talking about how kbin should be able to do what it’s designed to do even better.
I downvoted you because I think your argument is off the mark, not because I’m an “individual choice” or “I can do what I want” nutjob. I believe is strong moderation.
Allowing a setting to not blur photos will not destory communities. It seems like most people in this thread who would like a setting for this agree that blurring NSFW photos should be the default because that is what is best for the community. Asking for a setting to suit their own tastes is perfectly reasonable. Even within a community, people can have individual needs or tastes and they should be accommodated when reasonable.
They’re not asking that all NSFW photos be shown for everybody. They’re asking that they be allowed to customize their own experience without affecting anybody else. Telling them to fuck off is pretty exclusive and non-community oriented behavior.
I was told that the advantage of the fediverse was that I could browse and interact with the entirety of the fediverse from one instance and one account. I dont need nor want to be “protected” from what is considered “harmfull” by a bunch of people making decisions in my name at any given moment.
Now, I understand that controll over federation is one of the advantages of the fediverse, just not the one I am looking for. Is there a kbin instance with an ethos focused on “user choice” when it comes to defederating?
Better to switch now than later when Im more attached to this instance.
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If your solution is to go to a different website instead of subscribing from here and having it served to me here, then what is the point of federation? (Just to clarify I totally understand why people wouldn’t want to be served nsfw when they didn’t opt into it and I don’t mind a bit of an overcorrection for the meantime. I know kbin blew up fast and this can be an expected growing pain that will eventually be worked out)
Federation doesn’t mean everything. Each server is allowed to choose how they want to federate, who they want to federate with, and what features they want to support for their users. The entire point is to make it easier to migrate servers, not that servers are discouraged from running how they want.
If you want nsfw primarily, then join a server that values that. They will choose to federate with other nsfw servers. They will choose to include better features for nsfw content. Complaining about the lack of nsfw features here is like complaining about the lack of English federation on a French server.
You aren’t paying for anything here. You don’t get to dictate how a server is run nor what the developers focus on as far as features. Disagreement is fine but the power you hold is the ability to change servers.
To my knowledge, currently kbin.social federates with all instances. Therefore on this instance kbin.social, where I have opted in to nsfw, I would like nsfw to organically show up on my All. If it isn’t showing up because no one is making any then that is fine, if it is being made and isn’t showing up despite me having opted in that is not fine and I will patiently wait until it is fixed. And just for the record, I have and would encourage everyone else to buy Ernest a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kbin
I’ve bought a coffee as well.
As to federation, no Kbin hasn’t really taken any stances yet, but that doesn’t mean they won’t in the future. But feature wise, Kbin is so new that nsfw specific features could be a long way off. I doubt even @ernest knows as I’m sure his life has been thrown a real curveball this month. If we’re still here in a couple years and there’s no extra nsfw features, then it’s reasonable to ask what’s up. Right now though? There’s so many missing features that you couldn’t realistically even list them all.
Hey, thanks :) Yes, that is a known issue. First, I need to address the moderation tools and sensitive content issue for sure. I’m actually working on it right now. But there are so many exciting new things from contributors right now that it’s not easy ;)
The most important thing is that we have 331 issues recorded. Now it’s just a matter of time :D
https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues
That’s the entire point of the fediverse, if you don’t like how content is served to you in one instance, you move to another instance. I am not heading over to lemmynsfw.com and complaining about how consuming SFW content is difficult over there either. You can still consume either content on either platform if you want to but having the two main instances, which currently are kbin.social and lemmy.world, focus on SFW content and neglecting NSFW content makes perfect sense.
Many people are going to use kbin in public and then not having NSFW content pop up on accident is super important. And while user customization is always a nice thing to have, I can totally understand that the devs of kbin currently have other priorities. And so taking the more drastic approach is perfectly fine.
You have no right to say that the way you, personnally, use kbin is to be forced on everyone else.
Different people have different preferences. Kbin is perfectly capable of addressing both major branches on this issue, so it doesn’t make sense to throw away one entire side just because you prefer the other.
I have the same right to voice my opinion that the current directions taken by kbin are something I agree with as it is OPs right to voice their opinion that they don’t agree. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have a discussion. If I stay silent than it would appear as if everyone is agreeing with OP.
And kbin isn’t throwing away NSFW content, you can still consume it in its entirety here. It is just presented in a way where it’s less visible than in some other instances. I think NSFW content not showing up on Top or Hot even if you have it enabled is the right decision. Always having thumbnails blurred is also the right decision.
If you have chosen to hide NSFW content, then what do you care if people who have it enabled have it as part of their feed?
What do you think the point is of subscribing to a sub is if it isn’t incorporated into your feed? You are literally asking to break how kbin is designed to work.
I really don’t understand why they don’t just join a NSFW instance and be done with it. That’s exactly the point of an instance: focusing on meta interests. On top of that those instances are already up and running. It’s not as if they had to do it from scratch.
Why would you inflict this on people who don’t want it? There is an adoption risk, there is a legal risk…It’s not worth it! Why would we take the risk of being defederated by big federations or big names just so a bunch of you can spread more NSFW?
There is a toggle dedicated for it, which means it’s a point of contention. Go to a safe space, to an instance where there is no contention. Use the fediverse.
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You should become accustomed to having multiple accounts, ones for different instances, because this is the fediverse and essentially just semi-interlinked forums. If you want forum specific content that is generally considered spicy, go to that forum directly rather than complain that every other forum not handle your need for spicy content in an effective way for all parties.
This isnt some faceless megacorp. You are so used to one source for all your content due to reddit, but you should not expect one instance to provide you with all your desired content. Can you imagine how many man hours need to be put into effectively handling spicy content, across all instances? Or, you can just go to the spicy content forums.
Yes, there is a need for better handling multiple accounts seamlessly, its definitely under development in several apps. In the meantime it’s just something to deal with.
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