dphoadly .... what you and I think about the superiority of any thumbnail is just a matter of our opinions, and we much agree to disagree.  I like the "detail" thumbnail better myself.

However, I don't need to rethink my gallery strategy.  First, because I rarely if ever crop.  And second, because cropped or uncropped, my gallery is seldom if ever viewed, and I am fine with that.  I'm one of those undiscovered treasures that everyone likes to talk about.

And, steve1950, you are just plain wrong when you say that "the deception is there whether you agree or not."  If you are the only one being "deceived" and no one intends to deceive you, then the deception exists only in your own mind.  Period.  Deception is a matter of intent ... not perception.  One is deceived when someone intends to trick them.  If there is no intent then the person just made an error in judgement and really just deceived themselves.

If you click on a thumbnail of an eye that has a nudity flag attached to it, and you end up seeing a nude ... then you haven't been decived ... you just (apparently) can't read.  No deception ... you simply made an error in not understanding that a nudity flag means .... nudity.

As for why I don't use the nudity filters .... I do think I answered that ... quite comprehensively.  So, I won't bother to address that issue yet again.  Just back a post up, read it, and you will have my answer at least.

I deal with people much like you every day, steve1950.  They tend to speak in "universialities" as if their view was the view of everyone in the world.  It's the "it's a deception no matter what you say" .... or "it's true no matter what anyone says," view of the world.  Well, to you and to all those people who take that tack, it's true for you.  But, please don't even try to argue that it's true for everyone and anyone.  You won't get very far with that argument, at least not with anyone who has any sense of logic.

Could be worse, could be raining.