We do care what the members think which is one of the reasons behind the policy change. As we had a large majority of request over and over again for this over the past several years.  

When you look at the number of images uploaded a day vs the number of images that have violating thumbs its less than 1%. And at the same turn when you look at the number of members that have expressed an opinion against the policy its also less than 1% of the active membership. I'm by no means making light of those that don't agree, just trying to put it in perspective.  I wish everyone agreed with everything that is policy on the site but that just isnt' a reasonable or realistic expectation.  We did a lot of research and a lot of discussion before making this change and we do feel its a move in a good direction. The creative thumbnails I see now in the gallery make me want to see the full image so much more than previously.  In running the statistics since we made this change, new membership is up, site traffic is up, gallery uploads per day is up, comments and views are also up by a good percentage.

The generic Content Advisory thumbnail is to maintain consistency in the galleries as well as with the Marketplace (as they use this for promo images that contain nudity). 

We (admins) do take into account how the members feel and we hate to see any artist leave but as I stated previously, with a member base this large there will always be some that feel the need to move on when a change is made that they can't live with. I personally hurt when this happens but I also respect those opinions and understand that each person has to make up their own mind about how they feel and where they feel is the best place for them.

Thank you.