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I'd like to make a suggestion as I watch more folks jump ship over moral differences with the site and the constant diet of "nudes".

What if there were simply a filter put in place for the folks who don't want to see that content.

An opt out.

Just like there's a "replace bad words with **** " - what if the porn content could be utterly opted out of?

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I'm seeing good folks leave. The ones who are kind and Humanistic.

It is over content issues - and of course some of the nasty that goes on in forums.

Women being called Cunt for instance is a pretty large club.

In fact I'll probably run a poll on that topic for all members.

ADDENDUM - this is the browse groups page - scroll to the bottom [agnostic.com]

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I don’t have a problem with nudity, I’d walk around naked if I had it my way

I don't have a problem with nudity. (most here don't).

I have a problem with photos that I don't know the source of being shared on a site I use all the time.

Asking for an opt out - in case those groups ever run into any trouble - isn't a bad idea in my book - it's just prudent.

The few photos I've seen have looked really young. And being associated simply by sharing a site with them - doesn't make me comfortable in the least.

At least at Pornhub they vet the ages of the people who engage in films and photos.

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How about if the fucking AGNOSTIC.COM site is about that: Agnostic theory, philosophy, etc. Not titties or Trumpers. I don't recommend the site anymore for those two issues. It's simple. You freaks who WANT titties and Trump can go to any one of hundreds of sites.

Would I still be permitted the occasional rant about 45? 😁 I try to keep them infrequent.

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They're talking about this. I don't belong to any group that would cause this to show up, and in fact tried to track down and block it all, and still.... I'm not a prude, but if I wanted to visit a porn site, I'd visit a porn site.
For the inevitable comments, no I don't seek them out, no I have no idea how they end up in the recent photos section, no I don't want to deny other people looking at them or posting them, I just don't personally want to see them while looking for interesting posts.

And that's what I meant! Thanks for taking a screenshot.

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What are these constant diets of nudes you speak of?

Members get the photos in their feeds and also by following members into the groups (accidental basically).

Even if you are opted out of a group (as I am) - you can still follow another member in.

You think you've gotten an alert for something in your regular feed - but nope it's naked pics.

An Opt Out would prevent this.

@RavenCT not even once in all the months I have been here.

@Spinliesel Same for me.

Examples. Frankly, if I wanted to see boobs butts or dicks I'd go to pornhub.

@Spinliesel You are fortunate.

It is a hazard of looking at other member profiles or of "Following" a member whose content you enjoy and finding out they post or at least "like posts" in those groups.

Now granted you can leave those other groups or stop following someone you like - if you can find the correlation.

I suspect it has something to do with site algorithms too - but not one clue about that.

I don't have a lot of trouble with it myself - except for following newbies in when I'm reading a post on a profile and don't pay attention - but others absolutely do.

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I never see any nudity on the site...I can’t understand what you’re talking about! It must be in certain groups, none of which I am a member of, I presume.

@bingst I certainly don’t go looking...but I haven’t stumbled on any accidentally either!

I don't even see nudity in my shower!

I run across it searching scammers. That's fine I expect some of that. But what I see I find appalling and I don't like being associated with it at all.
I suspect there are photos of underage persons on site.
No one is vetting them. (Unlike a site like PornHub for instance that confirms their actresses are of age.).

It can have to do with members you follow (who you are friends with) belonging to a group.
Do you dump the friendship because they like to participate?

Some folks are fed a steady diet even though they do NOT want to see it. An Opt Out would fix it.

I have never seen any of this sort of thing here.

@PondartIncbendog I made the mistake of installing a full length mirror in my bathroom...a big mistake! I keep my eyes closed until I’ve got a large bath towel wrapped around me!

@Lilac-Jade it’s in some of the groups apparently.

@Marionville Not the ones I'm in....not so far anyway.

@Lilac-Jade Not any of mine either.

@Marionville And I'm fine with them.

@Lilac-Jade I can provide links? 😉

My guess is you stick to the groups you picked and don't follow members who participate in these groups.

That's usually the way people get submarined with the stuff they don't want to see.

And yes even opting out of the groups themselves apparently doesn't do a good enough job of it.

@RavenCT I don’t follow anyone...that’s probably why I don’t see it.

@RavenCT I haven't run across anything yet, other than a few know-it-alls.

@bingst I can attest, that this will not, in fact, block you from seeing those photos. I blocked every group I could find, still showing boobs and butts.

@Gwendolyn2018 Its more exciting than looking down.

@bingst Exactly you can get an alert - from someone you follow that leads you right into a group you have hidden from view.
The Opt Out should solve this.

@bingst i also get alerts from folks I follow for blocked members - I'll create a post in the mod. group. ..

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Wow, I've never seen nudes on here or any of this. Guess ive been away too much or not paying attention. Where has this been? On the normal wall? In groups?

I don't log on that often cause I usually just see a bunch of atheists asking other atheists if they think religion is evil or something pointless like that...

It is posted to specific groups but the content appears in folks feed too.

@RavenCT huh. I use the site through the app, I don't know if that affects it much?

I personally dislike that posts in group are public and anyone on the site can see tgem or comment on group posts of groups they are not part if.

@PolyComrade Not all groups.

Some hosts prevent that by making members join the group to comment in them. 😉

Right, but you want log in eagerly for titties? Seriously people, grow the hell up. They are just mammary glands.

@RavenCT #NotAllGroups lol j/k

@ReadyforaChange
I don't believe I said anything along those lines. Also wouldn't judge anyone who did either though.

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I don't personally care about the nude pics but agree that perhaps an opt in or out option would be a good idea as I don't think people should be forced to see nudity if they do not wish to

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I made a careful selection of which groups I joined , and I have no qualms blocking anyone , for whatever reason is important to me , including the constant and piled high and deep use of foul language . If I see someone I don't want to hang around with , I do what I am able to see to it that I never see them again . The tools are at hand , although sometimes you have to wade through a lot of mud to use them .

No read bingst and CommonHuman's comments and screenshots - if it were that easy I would post a tutorial. I have done that before for other issues people wanted to get around.

This requires help from administration.

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The opinion of one lone Cattus, but....

I am in very specific groups, none of which have to do with naked apes.

That said, sometimes I run into pix of naked apes. Big whoopty-freakin'-doo - I scroll on my merry way.

Just sayin'. A booby pic isn't going to make me leave in protest.

All humans have different settings. 👍

@RavenCT - I certainly agree and there are things that I would find offensive.

However, I would rather risk running into offensive things now and then than be in a space so heavily moderated that anything could be taken down because it's offensive to anyone. There be tyranny further down that path.

Again, one Kitty's opinion...

@LatentumCattus yes but an opt out lets the person opt out. There's no moderating involved.

And yes I have hidden those groups already - it doesn't prevent wandering in by clicking on the wrong thing.

Different coding would help those who really object.

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I haven't noticed any nude photos, except when I investigated particular groups, which I decided not to join.

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I don't get any. Yeah, I said it!

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I see a lot of them because of a couple people I'm following click on them and they go to my alerts.

Yup it would be great if the Opt out solved that too.

I like to keep my friends - I don't need to know everything they look at. lol

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or people could just not go to the groups that show the nudes. i have not encountered a single one. this is probably because i don't belong to any sexy or singles groups.

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You don't have to belong to those groups to see them. I've been trying to figure out forever how they keep popping up.

@slydr68 Apparently I was following 1 person (must've been an accident), he seemed inactive, so no, not people I follow as I don't follow people.

Yeah I’ve literally never seen a nude photo posted on this site

@A2Jennifer Examples. And I can't seem to get rid of them.

@CommonHuman you want to be free of them yet you burden US with them? no thanks! why in the world do we need examples? we didn't say they didn't exist. we said we had no encountered them. and if we click on your examples, then we will have, on PURPOSE. that is not good behavior, i think. please don't do that.

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@CommonHuman I wasn’t requesting them. But I’ve been here long enough to earn my tshirt and have never accidentally stumbled on this.

@bingst Thank you @bingst and @CommonHuman for showing where the content is readily seen.

I'm guessing some members don't get bludgeoned with this content but others do and it can be disheartening.

The examples help!

@bingst So one has to look hard for it lol. I have no interest in doing that.

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@genessa no that's at the bottom of a page feed - that's not 'looking hard' at all.

It depends on what electronics you use to browse with and how you utilize the site how much of this you'll run into.

I'm just looking for a way that folks who don't want to see that content here can get rid of it.
Imagine a steady unwilling diet of nudes? Wouldn't you leave!?

@bingst also if you opt out who you follow should exclude that opt out list of groups!

Definite priority to choices.

I know which groups I do or don't want to see.

Same with my block list.

My Follow list should Never override those choices - but it has been.

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What? What nudes? Bad words but no nudes so far here. I am thinking it must be me, I must be somehow discouraging all these so called nudes coming my way.

Somehow you are missing the algorithm feeding you a steady diet - kindly read what CommonHuman and bingst posted - it exists! A few screenshots make it readily believable what some members are getting daily (and not by choice in some cases).

@Jolanta @Gwendolyn2018 see the addendum to my post - you'll find where people see them daily - in the group feed.

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You can hide groups, just do that with the ones you don't like. If they still appear on your page then you have reason to contact Admin.

No even when that is done the nudes are still in the general sort see my screenshot I have opted out of those groups.

@RavenCT Then contact Admin. shame to loose good members over fixable things.

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Just don't join that room;it's that simple

Nope it's showing up on the front page so to speak read the addendum to my post.

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OK, I never saw that before. Click groups, scroll down, eventually there will be some nude thumbnails. Um, it's a dating site, so what? Don't go to the groups tab and scroll down, I mean, I never noticed them before this post helpfully pointed them, and I've been here awhile. Don't go there or avert your gaze.

Love your profile pic!

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I'm missing out!! Where are the "nudes"? I haven't seen any, and I've been looking. Is there a special group or secret site? Help me out here.

See the addendum to my Post above you can follow the nudes to the group. lol

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Is this really an issue? Constant diet of "nudes" would be in groups that one is free to join or not, I would say don't join and if you did by mistake, easy peasy, just leave the group.

This is the group page - scroll to the bottom: [agnostic.com]

Or see the Addendum above.

@RavenCT i see one pic of boobs, is this the barrage of nudes? I must confess that I haven't seen this before and I really don't consider a tiny thumbnail with boobs something THAT objectionable, just don't open it if nudity offends you.

@Mofo1953 It can be a lot more than One pic depending on when the downloads occur.

I have learned it's impossible to "unsee" photos.
(Remember I do scammer searching I see way worse than what's seen in these screenshots all the time - I hit XXX sites all the time because of image search results - so don't think I'm all uber sensitive - I have a fantastic sense of humor - but I also understand some folks don't need boobs and bums with their morning coffee.

I'm simply looking for solutions. I heard about something bothering some members and I'm looking for a solution.

Having an opt in/opt out harms no one. It allows those who want to participate to do so. Those who don't no longer see the content.

Problem solved.

@RavenCT good luck with that.

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Lol ... I must be a real babe in the woods because I've never stumbled onto any of this content you speak of. Of course I'm not here for dating but still. It must be confined to particular groups and the "opt out" is to not join or visit them. I spend most of my time in the generic formus like "Philosophy & Meaning" and find zero nudes and no more than ordinary levels of people being asshats, which I sort of "price in" to Internet activities anyway.

[agnostic.com] scroll to the bottom - you'll see nudes in with the other pics.

See Addendum above.

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If you do not want to see a nude do not click on it. Similarly if you do not like bad words or cursing do not read it or use it. I say this and I do not belong to any nude sites.

You don't have to click on a picture to see a picture.

This site has nudes therefore you belong to a nude site.

Would you like an opt out? 😁

@joeymf86 Maybe you have better eyesight than I do. Sorry, I'm just not seeing all the nudes.

@DenoPenno See Addendum above.

@RavenCT I'm seeing nothing to be offended by. I'm an adult.

@DenoPenno Maybe. Or you're just not looking in the right place.

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Nude is our nature state. It doesn’t offend me, but that’s me. I don’t see them unless I go to one of the groups that have them.

Read the Addendum to the post and you'll see what folks are complaining about. 😉

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