I think it is time to open a discussion on Pbase having a working NSFW filter like every other major photo site. I emailed Emily about this but I have never heard back. I was seeking some insight to what Pbase's policy even is.
In the past month, the popular galleries have been dominated by hard and soft porn. Some of us can't call this art. We are not prudes. Some of it is even called porn by the photographers or at least the models are porn "stars." Art is subjective. I understand that.
I find it interesting that these galleries get voted to the top with very few comments. Obviously, even the people voting for them aren't willing to say they did.
Here is how other photos sites handle nudity or semi nudity. The photographer marks a level for his gallery. It can be something like "safe", "moderate" or "NsFW." The user then picks a level they're comfortable with and selects it and they see what they want and don't see what they don't want to see.
The other part is since you must join the site to use this feature, "moderate" and "NSFW" are never visible to visitors. That is not the case now with Pbase. Anyone can see these galleries. Kids can see them. Deviants, and they're out there, can see them.
I think this is a fair solution for everyone involved. I don't know how much programming it would take to implement or if Pbase even wants to implement it but I think they should let us know what their direction is going to be.
There are people now calling this site PornBase. If no other reason, than to respect the photographers who don't want to be associated with porn or nudity or even "art" nudity, I would think Pbase would want to have a working filter.
Which brings me to my last point. There is a NSFW filter on Pbase. However, it is not a public filter and as far as I can tell, it doesn't even block anything. I have it enabled and I see every new nude gallery that comes out and gets voted up to the top.
Please don't tell me to just not click on these galleries. I don't. That's not the point. The point is that it's there to begin with whether I don't want to see it or not. I think everyone's viewpoint should be respected and I think the way other photo sites handle it is fair to everyone.