[Foundation-l] Spectrum of views (was Re: Sexual Imagery on Commons: where the discussion is happening)

[Delirium]

On 05/11/2010 09:45 AM, Aryeh Gregor wrote:
> The obvious solution is not to display images by default that a large
> number of viewers would prefer not to view.  Instead, provide links,
> or maybe have them blurred out and allow a click to unblur them.  You
> don't hide any information from people who actually want it (you
> require an extra click at most), and you don't force people to view
> images that they don't want to view.  This allows as many people as
> possible to get what they want: people who want to see the images can
> see them, and those who don't can choose not to.  The status quo
> forces people to view the images whether or not they want to.  And a
> lot of people don't want to look at naked people without warning, for
> whatever reason.
>    

I don't actually mind this proposal, and would like it myself for a lot 
of pages. But I'm not sure naked people are actually at the top of the 
list (perhaps someone should try to determine it empirically via some 
sort of research on our readers?). If I personally were to list two 
kinds of images I would want hidden by default, it'd be: 1. spiders; and 
2. gory medical conditions. Do I get that option? Do I get that option 
if more than x% of readers agree?

-Mark