Originally Posted by GrouchyAdmin

Worse, because it assaults your eyes, rather than your ears, which are used to it.

Having to see it do that for every picture is beyond reproach. Imagine someone wants to browse and not wait 4 seconds for the opaque fade or slide or whatever worthless effects there are. They want the porn. Give them a usable members' area, and a way to find their content; they'll do the rest.