[Foundation-l] 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter

[Tobias Oelgarte]

Am 16.09.2011 22:53, schrieb Stephen Bain:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Andre Engels<andreengels at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I'd say, drop the idea that the filter is supposed to be perfect. A filter
>> that is little-used can get a rough content first time around, preferably
>> specified by the person asking for the filter, then people using the filter
>> can suggest adding or removing images. Volunteers can go and work on the
>> filters if they want, but if they don't, the filter will just be changed by
>> such suggestions.
> Indeed. I think some of the problems some people are predicting have
> been drastically exaggerated.
>
> As long as the option to hide all images is also implemented, we can
> quite simply add a disclaimer when anyone goes to turn on a filter
> indicating that if complete exclusion is particularly important to
> them, they should choose the option to hide everything by default.
>
Would we do that for text as well? Where is the fundamental difference 
between text and images? Both can be objectionable or offending to some 
readers/viewers. Is there a real difference?

Wouldn't be a simple button to hide all images be enough to reach our 
goal, without the need to introduce categories?