[neltnerb]

Hacker News lets you make polls.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231804

It seems silly to me to bother replying with a comment that just says "Yes" but I guess to elaborate I think that there's clear evidence that a ton of post processing is harmful to people's body image perception. A marking that makes clear this is not a "real photo of a real person" would make a ton of anxiety go away without literally regulating away the fun parts of photo editing.

I think it's fantastic to incentivize people posting photos that are unedited beyond brightness and contrast (ignoring focus and stuff) even though I know just photo composition is enough to significantly alter a photo already. I've taken enough photography courses to know that a good photo looks much better than a bad photo even without airbrushing. But at least it's based on the physical world still rather than entirely in an algorithm, I don't know where else you'd draw a line even if there is a little grey area.

[codemonkeysh]

So what you're saying is that your reply isn't a yes/no it's more in-depth?

I'm not seeking a yes/no answer. I'm seeking opinions of what people think not just about the idea, but the issue at hand with instagram without censorship or complex policies.

[neltnerb]

Ah, okay then. I thought you were hoping to get a straw poll of what people think of the idea, in which case I'd have simply said "yes" because I don't think my reasoning is very original.