[wp-forums] nsfw links

[Mark Duncan]

It's my understanding NSFW is a widely known and recognised acronym, 
obviously not everyone knows what it means, and i even struggle with 
some i see on a regualr basis, IOW is one i always forget(can't remember 
now for the life of me - i'd have to google).

You know what would be quite neat though, would be if the forum wrapped 
abbr tags around common web acronyms so when a given acronym is hovered 
over the browser reports back an interpretation (would be quite trivial 
to add wouldn't it?).

However i do personally think the current tagging is adequate myself, 
but obviously if a complaint is received as a direct result of a user 
clicking a link to a site they didn't want to see, we could then revisit 
the discussion. I can't find any instance where this has caused a 
problem for the WP forums, so i'm inclined to think to the current 
system works.

I'm pretty sure this is how alot of support forums deal with users 
posting links to sites with adult content and although i don't think 
it's a bad idea to consider a change in methods (it's only a discussion 
after all), i simply don't see a problem with the existing approach.

Mark / t31os

On 22/07/2010 16:36, Otto wrote:
> 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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