Maybe I have been looking at this too long, but it seems fairly clear to me as it is? @awesomerobot suggestion is interesting but my initial reaction is:
- more translations!
- setting label and explanation do not match
Seeing “Private” and “Content is visible without logging in” when the setting is disabled is more confusing to me than what we currently have.
Maybe the answer is a more explicit UI, but then that introduces more words which I think people will also find confusing unless we are careful about it. Maybe we have a slider that has “Public” on one side and “Private” on the other, with different helper text for each option?
In terms of improving copy with the current UI, what if we were to keep the language but prefix with “When enabled, …” ? That way it would be clear that the description implies what you see when it is enabled, and implies the opposite when it is disabled?