Oh wow-- just went to the "Trending" page and it's got a bunch of thumbnails of stuff like Stallman speech videos next to thumbnails of pornography. The Stallman/Porn ratio is about 2:9. (Well, to be fair there's also Peertube related videos.)
So in keeping with the history of the internet, porn seems to be the main driver here. But then their UI solution to keep newcomers from being offended is to blur out the porn thumbnails. So either:
a) the newcomer-- like me-- isn't after porn, and the majority of the screen real estate is wasted, or
b) the newcomer or return visitor is there for porn, the thumbnails they want to view are blurred out, and Stallman's face is eating up valuable porn thumbnail real estate.
Modest UX suggestion: follow the history of nearly the entire internet and separate out your porn from your everything else.
So in keeping with the history of the internet, porn seems to be the main driver here. But then their UI solution to keep newcomers from being offended is to blur out the porn thumbnails. So either:
a) the newcomer-- like me-- isn't after porn, and the majority of the screen real estate is wasted, or
b) the newcomer or return visitor is there for porn, the thumbnails they want to view are blurred out, and Stallman's face is eating up valuable porn thumbnail real estate.
Modest UX suggestion: follow the history of nearly the entire internet and separate out your porn from your everything else.