Hopelessly behind the curve

[dreamshark]

Could somebody explain to me what this whole "flagging" thing is? I gather that LJ has recently changed something in an attempt to protect adults and children from being exposed to "adult content" but I don't understand what they are doing. I see people talking about little red flags, but I don't see any little red flags anywhere. I followed a link to a preferences page that I guess I need to change if I want to see the naughty words and all that, but... I don't understand the settings. What is the setting that is preventing me from seeing certain posts? Is it "Safe Search Filtering?" I would think that would affect searching, not friends lists, but I don't see any option that mentions friends lists, so maybe that's it. Or do I have to change my own rating to NC-17 in order to see the naughty bits. I don't want to miss anything, y'know!

How can I tell if I've been "flagged?" Are specific journal entries flagged, or does your whole account get flagged if you say a bad word? Am I now missing posts from people that I used to be able to see?