Anthony Appleyard opened this issue on Jun 14, 2006 · 7 posts
Acadia posted Wed, 14 June 2006 at 6:45 AM
Quote - A rating system sounds like a plausible idea. I'm by no means a prude but I do resent having closeups thrust in my face the minute I open the gallery. I recently posted an image with the figure wearing a 'sheer' 2nd skin outfit but her nipple area is covered and she's wearing panties and received a 'nudity' warning because it 'suggested' nudity. If a rating system were in place I could have simply rated it PG without fear of it being ranked.
Well, they have that feature now of having "most recent', "most viewed or most commented" on the very first page now. And we all know what types of images get the most views in these galleries....images that show lots of "TPA" (I'll leave you to figure out what the letters stand for :P). And I suspect that the reason I saw what I saw yesterday afternoon was because the nudies had the most hits and were pushed up front and centre.
I personally would prefer to have the opening page be as it was. Showing the most recently uploaded images. The way it is now you get hit with the "most popular" which is predominantly nudes or fetish type stuff, and you have to click another link to be able to view the rest of the images.
IMHO if people want to see the most viewed or the most commented on images, there could be a link that would take them to those areas. I personally don't care to look at images that are only 'hot" because some people felt compelled to click on a nude image out of curiousity sake.
I too am not interested in going to the gallery and having an image of a naked woman laying spread eagled facing the camera showing off her "stuff" like I saw yesterday afternoon, or a thumbnail that showed nothing but the woman's pubic hair. Nor am I interested in seeing a close up of a woman's chest while she's tied up S&M style with tight ropes.
Yes, I know there is a nudity filter that I can use, but I am not a prude and don't mind seeing tasteful nudes, but I'd rather decid for myself what that means, and not have it shoved in my face when I first go to the gallery. Nor do I want to see a screen of "Content Advisory" thumbs like shown above.
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi