11-09-2017, 10:46 AM
Implementation of the filtering itself shouldn't be too hard as the sheets are already marked as NSFW or not directly. A select where not NSFW would give all of the "safe" sheets and we could get a count either from the difference on the select all or by selecting the number of NSFW directly. Displaying that message in a consistent way would be a little tricky but definitely not impossible either.
The issues arise when you start factoring in default state and age. Remember that an account isn't necessary to browse the site. Do we blanket hide NSFW data and require an account to view it? Do we not tie it to an account and instead use a cookie (like view mode)? Do we continue showing it with the filter when you're logged out and ignore the new system entirely? And automating this change when a user turns 18 is far easier said than done too unless your intent was to not be able to opt out if you're under 18 but in that case, people will just make new accounts.
Answers to the concerns in that second paragraph will be important before we can start implementing something like this. All of that said though, we're already hiding that content by default and to be perfectly honest, I'm not 100% convinced that taking content censorship this far is completely necessary in the end. I'm open to explanations as to why it is though.
The issues arise when you start factoring in default state and age. Remember that an account isn't necessary to browse the site. Do we blanket hide NSFW data and require an account to view it? Do we not tie it to an account and instead use a cookie (like view mode)? Do we continue showing it with the filter when you're logged out and ignore the new system entirely? And automating this change when a user turns 18 is far easier said than done too unless your intent was to not be able to opt out if you're under 18 but in that case, people will just make new accounts.
Answers to the concerns in that second paragraph will be important before we can start implementing something like this. All of that said though, we're already hiding that content by default and to be perfectly honest, I'm not 100% convinced that taking content censorship this far is completely necessary in the end. I'm open to explanations as to why it is though.