#also this should go without saying but can y'all hire some human mods FFS

[keitheaverage]

not a hot take really but: instead of SNS trying to "cleanse" their domains entirely of inappropriate work to become more kid-friendly and marketable (which almost never works anyway bc 1) the bots are doing a bad job, and 2) ppl always seem to find a way around it), they should prioritize:

Adding features that let you mark whether or not a post you're making contains N/S/F/W content.

Having a decent tagging system that allows you to mark for tr*ggers/WHY a certain work would be marked N/S/F/W (Is the work super violent? Is it just a drawing of OP's comfort character in cute lingerie? Is a character being depicted a*used in some way that could be tr*ggering to other users? Did OP fill a page w/ cartoon wieners n' clams for a laugh? ...Like there's more than one reason something could be considered N/S/F/W, and some ppl are more comfortable with certain reasons than others).

If you're registered under a certain age (assuming everyone's being honest abt their ages), those kinds of posts should just be completely hidden from your feeds/searches.

Minors should also have the option of having their own posts/blog hidden from 18⬆ users if they aren't comfortable w/ adult strangers following them online or interacting w/ them (again, this is assuming that everyone here will be honest abt their ages).

Also if you're an adult you absolutely should have the option to toggle N/S/F/W content on or off. Bc sometimes you want to see it, but sometimes you're at family gatherings where your mom could be hovering over your shoulder at any moment. Or maybe you just wanna browse your fandom tags but aren't into seeing 12 consecutive drawings of your comfort character getting railed.

And yes, I know: DeviantART does stuff like that. Artfol does stuff like that. AO3 does stuff like that. Some v talented coders and developers have even made browser add-ons and extensions that do stuff like that. And that's awesome! It's doable, and we know this bc it's been done before. I just wish sites like Twitter and Tumblr would put more effort into features like that instead of unceremoniously wiping blogs clean and banning users who've been there for years over incorrectly flagged content just so they can still get featured in the App Store.