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:

  1. Even having subscribed to several NSFW subs, they are effectively completely missing from my feed.

  2. 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…).

  • ShadowRunner@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    It is if you want the ability to scan down the page and decide what links you’re interested in by using the thumbnail.

    If you are interested in text posts, it makes sense to scan the titles. If you are interested in images, it makes sense to scan the thumbnails.

    Having them blurred adds extra work and is an extra annoyance - and since there is an individual user-level setting for whether or not you want to see NSFW content, it makes no sense to mandate the blurring.

    • Lells@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Doesn’t the fact that they’re blurred tell you that it’s NSFW and therefore what you’re looking for?

      • ReCursing@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Maybe I’m in the mood for cock rather than tits today, or vice versa, so just nsfw/sfw binary doesn’t necessarily answer that

        • Lells@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          Maybe I’m browsing the fediverse at work and hardcore porn is frowned upon, so blurred thumbnails absolutely should be an option, if not the norm.

          • ShadowRunner@kbin.socialOP
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            1 year ago

            No one is saying that blurring shouldn’t be an option - just that it should either be tied to a user’s NSFW setting or that it should be a user-selectable option.