It’s sad that this topic keeps coming back around in regards of individual’s choice of moderation of content and not the technical aspect of Plex providing support for this.
Just to recap.
Its been discussed that people dont want Plex developers dedicating time to this.
- Discussed in here that it could be done with EDL support but hasnt happened.
Its been discussed that Plex removed plugins and users can’t spend their time to implement this.
Technical solutions have been provided for outside Plex to provide profanity filtering for those who want it.
And I’m not the keeper or moderator of this thread and not trying to prevent people from giving their say.
I however do not want the solutions provided for those interested to get lost in the discussion of choice.
I will post links to the replies in here for the technical solutions offered outside of Plex.
These are only solutions that edit/update content that you can then watch in Plex and it be filtered.
For the record, Plex has already created tools that allow parents to filter content: Managed users, Content Rating restrictions and custom restrictions using labels.
As a parent, I’m extremely gratiful Plex has these tools. IT IS THE VERY REASON I SIGNED UP TO USE PLEX IN THE FIRST PLACE.
um, no amount of parental supervision got me away from the nudie magazines under my relatives mattress - or the abundance of filthy hot model posters that were taped on the attic ceiling.
going back to Plex, while I think there could be definite improvement on the locking down of libraries or even have our numerical codes hidden from view, I however think that Plex does give the basic functionality to keep kids away from unintended content. For one, you can always have a separate server setup for them. Meaning, a whole mini PC or mac mini dedicated to the kids content, nothing else. No typical film releases unless its already been watched and approved by the parents. If you don’t like that option, using LABELS is exactly whats there for you to determine if a specific film is not appropriate on a Library level. What you make of Plex is that, yours, provided you turn off all the other “online media” content that they have.
How is removing the f-word from the movie “Greyhound” not the “right” way of deal with the inappropriate material? What is wrong with removing that instance of the word in that movie?
I just find it so ironic that there are so many on here claiming they hate censorship and yet they are the exact same people telling others what they should not or cannot do.
Well, I’m neither. I’m in the camp of “If Plex hasn’t implemented this along with the MULTITUDE of other thoughtful input by its users, then what makes you think your idea is gonna make it to the top, let alone implemented”. You can stomp your feet, claim its a good idea (not that it is or isn’t), say its EASY to implement (as everything we list here on the forum is), but nothing gets done until PLEX says its getting done. OR no commentary at all.
If you can break the ever hindering walled garden of the Plexicon glass ceiling between us peasants and the venture capitalists, then you have my sincerest and utmost respect. Until that happens, your profanity filter is D.O.A.
Does your child have access to cable tv, the internet, a radio, or have a phone?
Does your child have any friends, or go to school?
You already have far more control over what your child see’s or hears using Plex than any of those other options
Do you honestly think you’re protecting your child, or is there a possibility you’re constructing an illusion for yourself?
To be clear, no one is telling you what you can or cannot do. You are free to let or not let your child watch anything you want or use the other tools outlined in this thread.
But when it comes to someone’s time, money and energy, don’t expect the rest of the world to adapt to your list of sensibilities
Where did I ever say Plex should implement anything new? Others have, but I agree with you right now; Plex has their hands full on more important items currently.
What I have done is questioned the negative remarks being made on this thread toward parents desiring to protect their kids, and maybe themselves, from what they find to be objectionable. I have also questioned the idea that “art” is somehow a protected class of objects, never to be modified.
To me the saddest part of this post is the complete lack of respect of others. There are tons of features that I do not use and would prefer plex devs not to work on. I do not request that they do not work on them because I know those features may matter to others.
Some people want this feature for one reason or another. Respect them - name calling, questioning their parenting or comparing them to content censors is not appropriate, kind, or certainly not respectful of another person. Plex has plenty of features and most of us probably will not use all of them. Let people voice what they care about and if it’s not something you want - don’t criticize, just go post and bump the areas you do care about. Plex will work on what they believe impacts the most people or that the most people want.
UGH, here!!! I did a quick but miserable G search and found this “patent pending” company. Go convince the c suite Plex executives and their media conglomerates to purchase this company so Plex can put this freaking problem to rest. I’m telling you right now, there’s little to zero chance Plex is touching this with their development team right now.
Plex HAS been known to actually acquire and gobble up other small companies that have IP, patents and technology that they need so if this company does what it says it does, and very well, there’s always a open possibility that Plex can cheat this and work it into the Plex ecosystem.
But something entirely from scratch is probably out of the question. They bought up the company that basically was turned into the Plex News aggregator a few years back. Um, that also saw it’s demise. Womp womp.
Actually, it just hit me… The freakin’ COLOR SCHEME is EXACTLY the same lol yellow-orange, grays and black. hmmm
hmmm
