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I'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" button (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] _danny 5 points 1 year ago

The problem, as always, is people. People would either forget to tag their posts or intentionally abuse the system. It's hard enough for mods to tag actual NSFW as such, giving them 5 additional tags to monitor for isn't going to help them at all.

I do really wish we could get a system like this though. There were many times in my younger days I was browsing /r/all without NSFW filtered out expecting the occasional surprise boob and would see things that could cause a legitimate need for therapy.