[wp-forums] nsfw links

[Otto]

Chris, "NSFW" is a *very widely used* acronym on the internet, I think
that most people will indeed know that it means Not Safe For Work.

You may be a special case. ;-)

Back on topic, when I see those threads, I also tag them with NSFW.
Tags are good.

-Otto



On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Christopher Ross
<cross at thisismyurl.com> wrote:
> Mark, I feel a little dim but I had no idea what [NSFW] meant. In the first example in the board, it's marked WARNING- Graphic Content but the later reply ([NSFW] http://www.bestgore.com/stoning/honor-killing-video-dua-khalil-aswad-stoned-death-iraq/) has no warning aside from the acronym.
>
> I applaud the effort to label these links but I'm not sure that most people would know what [NSFW] means.  Is it possible to indicated it in a less technical nature? For example could we shortcode [NSFW] to insert test such as "Warning: Link Not Suitable for Workplace" or something similar?
>
> Chris
>
> On 2010-07-22, at 11:38 AM, Mark Duncan wrote:
>
>> This is covered on the forum welcome page here.
>>
>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Warn_About_Adult_Content
>>
>> I personally mark thread titles with NSFW when a thread contains links to mature content, i usually prepend the text before the link to.
>>
>> See here as one example.
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268511
>>
>> As long as the links are marked appropriately i believe it's ok for users to post them.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Mark / t31os
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