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.
Ec