Larger avatars?

[Jon P. Inghram]

Perhaps users could flag their avatar as NSFW in their profile and have a "filter NSFW avatars" toggle added?

[Fat Tone]

We could ask Dan to go to all that trouble, or people could just grow up, put up a sensible Av and go elsewhere to get their kicks

[Jon P. Inghram]

That sounds fine too. But how about a custom AI routine that analyzes the avatars when uploaded detirmine if they're safe for work, that shouldn't be hard to code right?

[Nowhere]

Anyway, there's definatelly nothing wrong with this one...except for dimensions

[VJ]

Perhaps users could flag their avatar as NSFW in their profile and have a "filter NSFW avatars" toggle added?

Nice idea... But what might be safe for one person's work, might not be for another. If such a filter system would be considered, I think it would be more interesting to have an option to filter avatars per user. Meaning that in your profile, you would have a 'show avatar' option, but also a 'don't show avatars from users: x,y, ...'.

We could ask Dan to go to all that trouble, or people could just grow up, put up a sensible Av and go elsewhere to get their kicks

Perhaps such a functionality already exists...? But you are right...

That sounds fine too. But how about a custom AI routine that analyzes the avatars when uploaded detirmine if they're safe for work, that shouldn't be hard to code right?

Wrong... That would be extremely difficult... Getting a computer to detect what it displayed on an image is very hard. At our departement, people are working on segmentation techniques to try and accomplish this, with some success. Bear in mind however that the avatars are very small and will most likely suffer compression artefacts.


Jörg

[gt40]

I'm sure they are using all sorts of adult-oriented av's in the secret forum

[VJ]

I'm sure they are using all sorts of adult-oriented av's in the secret forum

Ever wondered why Liz keeps her name as Avatar Tease?


and if/when she reads this, it might not be my best day...


Jörg

[Jon P. Inghram]

Wrong... That would be extremely difficult... Getting a computer to detect what it displayed on an image is very hard. At our departement, people are working on segmentation techniques to try and accomplish this, with some success. Bear in mind however that the avatars are very small and will most likely suffer compression artefacts.

Yeah, it's probably about as difficult as writing software that can detect sarcasam.

[VJ]

Yeah, it's probably about as difficult as writing software that can detect sarcasam.

from the Simpsons:

Lisa: Now next week is our "state of the city" address. Has everyone finished their proposals.

Comic Book Guy: Well first of all I've a plan to eliminate obesity in women.

Lyndsey Nagle: Oh please, for a nickel-a-person tax increase we could build a theatre for shadow puppets.

Dr. Hibbert: Balinese or Thai?

Lyndsey Nagle: Why not both, then everybody's happy.

Comic Book Guy: Oh yeah, everyone's real happy then.

Lyndsey Nagle: Do I detect a note of sarcasm?

Professor Frink: (With sarcasm detector) Are you kidding? This baby is off he charts mm-hai.

Comic Book Guy: A sarcasm detector, that's a real useful invention.
(Sarcasm detector explodes)




Jörg