It sounds to me like you're suggesting making this impossible to turn off until you're 18 which I'm not sure I agree with. But even if that's not the case, I still don't know if this is necessary. The way I view this entire situation is that we get exceedingly few complaints about inappropriate content, especially since implementing the click-to-reveal system. These changes are pretty heavy-handed and will negatively impact the user experience for everyone (including the vast majority that don't care about this content to begin with). Most of our visitors don't have accounts and for them, this will be a constant annoyance if implemented the way you're suggesting.
You said it yourself - we're not a porn site. We don't have anything even remotely as explicit as you'd find on a site where a system like this, implemented the way you described, is necessary. Most of what we have marked as NSFW is mildly inappropriate or so small and pixelated that it certainly couldn't be taken for porn.
With respect to making new accounts, I'm well aware that people make alts all the time for various reasons but that doesn't mean that we should be creating a system where it's encouraged. If there's no way to disable this before you turn 18, anyone who realizes there is content they can't see will simply abandon the account and make one with a fake birthday. Sure, that covers us legally but I don't think we have any content that could get us into any legal hot water regardless, especially given the fact that you have to willingly and manually un-hide that content to begin with.
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Filtering the content isn't difficult. It's everything else I've mentioned that makes this project a tad less simple to work with.
You said it yourself - we're not a porn site. We don't have anything even remotely as explicit as you'd find on a site where a system like this, implemented the way you described, is necessary. Most of what we have marked as NSFW is mildly inappropriate or so small and pixelated that it certainly couldn't be taken for porn.
With respect to making new accounts, I'm well aware that people make alts all the time for various reasons but that doesn't mean that we should be creating a system where it's encouraged. If there's no way to disable this before you turn 18, anyone who realizes there is content they can't see will simply abandon the account and make one with a fake birthday. Sure, that covers us legally but I don't think we have any content that could get us into any legal hot water regardless, especially given the fact that you have to willingly and manually un-hide that content to begin with.
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(11-09-2017, 11:15 AM)Kendotlibero Wrote: i have not a lot of experience, but a filtering tool from what i've learnt in the university it's pretty easy and not that difficoult to implement.
Filtering the content isn't difficult. It's everything else I've mentioned that makes this project a tad less simple to work with.