[Foundation-l] Image filter

[Oliver Koslowski]

Am 23.09.2011 14:03, schrieb me at marcusbuck.org:
> I think the same is happening here. The majority of people probably
> think that an optional opt-in filter is a thing that does no harm to
> non-users and has advantages for those who choose to use it. (Ask your
> gramma whether "You can hide pictures if you don't want to see them"
> sounds like a threatening thing to her.) But the scepticists voice
> their opinions loudly and point out every single imaginable problem.
It's hard to know what the silent majority of people is thinking. But 
it's become fairly obvious what 86% of de-WP's active users are 
thinking. And you cannot simply brush their concerns aside. Andf even 
those 14% who did not object didn't appear to really support it at least 
as far as I've read their comments. Usually it's a simple 'Meh, as long 
as it's purely opt-in'.  But let's not repeat the arguments here because 
they have already been exchanged. It really boils down to the notion 
that people who reject the filter idea as it's been decided by the WMF 
/will/ mean a lot of work and even more controversy to realize a feature 
that doesn't really promise much benefit.  So yeah, I am going to 
receive fewer tickets from people who demand we remove pictures of 
Mohammed, but what's the actual benefit there? Are we really likely to 
get more readers, more donations and - much more importantly - more authors?

Regards,
Oliver