Jimmy Wales wrote:
One more thing that I wanted to add is that I do not in any way agree with the view that "majority vote" is a proper means for making decisions about this sort of thing. On that point, Erik and I agree completely -- I'm actually not sure where he thinks we disagree.
I'm glad to hear this. Majorities can sometimes use the result of a vote as an excuse to stop seeking compromise.
I think that in almost all cases, the compromise that's possible between the "show" and "don't show" parties to a dispute is to put the image behind a link with suitable warnings. That doesn't censor it, it's available, but it's also not "in your face" for people who choose not to click.
I don't think this rule leads to any strange consequences for ordinary images.
An option to hide all images is still useful, but that has nothing to do with offensiveness. It would be welcome by people with slow internet connections as we keep getting away from plain vanilla text articles.
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