Suggestion: Better NSFW Handling?

[Gors]

Remember that an account isn't necessary to browse the site. Do we blanket hide NSFW data and require an account to view it?

Either by requiring an account or having the user click a prompt disclaimer saying that the content stored in the gallery may not be suitable to minors every time a new instance of the page is opened (that is, if you close your browser and reopen it). Ofc if you're registered, over 18 and with the Safe Search disabled, this is not needed.

Do we continue showing it with the filter when you're logged out and ignore the new system entirely?

If you log out then you should be treated like a newcomer. Click on the disclaimer, or relog to gain access.

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.

You can always have it off by default, and when the age is 18, they earn the option to disable the filter. It doesn't need to be fully automated, just a notice like "when you're 18, you can disable NSFW filter if you want." As for user making new accounts, this can be said of pretty much anything. Let's be honest, people have made alts for stuff other than viewing blocked images, people making alts will never end. But at least by enforcing those rules, tSR as a whole will be perceived as a safer environment where people can browse freely as long as they abide to the disclaimers. (and will make these types of threads completely baseless to boot).

As it is right now, newcomers are able to easily find NSFW content, as the thumbnails aren't hidden, and hiding them in their page doesn't prohibit anyone from accessing it - and without a very clear disclaimer, it just doesn't give the site a proper legal footing. Dedicated porn sites ask you if you're 18, and while I know that tSR is not a porn site, I don't think it is smart to let these things slide. People can always interpret things the wrong way, so I think it's better safe than sorry.

In the end, it's not that you're limiting access to the content - you still will have them on the gallery, but just like a video rental shop, the adult titles are tucked away in a age restricted part. Any irregular usage of the rules is the user's fault.