Right. Hence my support of a "I'm over 18" button for non-members. But I don't see that feature on a lot of archive sites (although it is more prevalent on fanfiction sites than on, like, general art sites, and that probably has something to do with the amount of outsider attention the site pulls), and I don't know if that's a perceived legal concern or the coders not writing the feature up, or what. Most of the archive sites I hang around do have a member-specific opt-in for adult content, though.
In a perfect world, I'd probably prefer the format AFFN uses over anything else-- a warning on the splash page, and past that no warnings or barriers. But since a lot of the discussion is about finding a legally defensible position, I was just throwing out some ways I had seen other sites handle adult content.
(and, actually, I know there are a whole lot of empty accounts on both AFFN and y!gallery, from readers/watchers signing up to see the porn or comment/review, but I do agree that when faced with a "you need an account to do X" most users won't sign up just to get the basic ability to view content on the site.)
no subject
In a perfect world, I'd probably prefer the format AFFN uses over anything else-- a warning on the splash page, and past that no warnings or barriers. But since a lot of the discussion is about finding a legally defensible position, I was just throwing out some ways I had seen other sites handle adult content.
(and, actually, I know there are a whole lot of empty accounts on both AFFN and y!gallery, from readers/watchers signing up to see the porn or comment/review, but I do agree that when faced with a "you need an account to do X" most users won't sign up just to get the basic ability to view content on the site.)