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…).

  • PabloDiscobar@kbin.social
    12·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • assbutt@kbin.social
      19·
      1 year ago

      “Why should content I don’t like be allowed here? Just go somewhere else for that.”

      • Daydreamy@beehaw.org
        0·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • assbutt@kbin.social
          9·
          1 year ago

          Oh gimme a fuckin’ break, you’re all acting like this is some moral and ethical dilemma looming over the future of the fediverse. It’s just porn, homie, and if you think you can separate the internet from porn, you’re delusional.

          Don’t invent problems where they don’t exist. Just because this is not functionally identical to reddit does not mean that the existing solutions won’t work. What are you so worried about anyway, glimpsing a nipple? Mark it nsfw, give users the option to blur or block. That’s all that needs to happen. Fuckin’ A, this isn’t complicated.