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Not Safe For Work threads [NSFW]

by Argel (Prior)
on Jan 05, 2010 at 00:42 UTC ( [id://815670]=monkdiscuss: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

The meaning of =()= thread has some NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content in it, meaning that the thread itself and those individual posts should all be marked NSFW. Clearly there should be a better way to handling adult themes than hoping an edit Consideration passes and that an editor actually follows-up on it. Thoughts? And please keep this safe for work! Thanks!

Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks

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Re: Not Safe For Work threads
by creamygoodness (Curate) on Jan 05, 2010 at 01:31 UTC

    Nobody actually posted dirty pictures or anything in the thread itself. The thread itself is SFW, because you can click on view it and it won't embarrass you in the office. The word "goatse" itself is SFW. However, I recommend against googling it, because you'll likely come up with images that are NSFW.

    If there are any offlinks to NSFW content, those should be labeled. I'm content to rely on individual monks for that labeling, falling back to editors when individuals fail.

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Re: Not Safe For Work threads
by zentara (Archbishop) on Jan 05, 2010 at 12:14 UTC
    And please keep this safe for work!

    Argel..... the grafitti written by high schoolers is alot worse than =()=

    By suppressing the exchange of ideas, because they offend your sexual barriers, results in women ending up in full burkas

    Honest to God.... I previously did not know what a goatse was in slang..... but I'm gonna remember it now, thanks to your complaining about it's discussion here :-)


    I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
    Old Perl Programmer Haiku

      I don't think it's "a goatse." It's just an allusion to the image that was the splash page for goatse.cx, read together ("goatsecx operator" is less funny). It was something of a rite of passage for online life 10 years ago. The original and much more potent Rickroll. Sadly, for the sake of Internet history, the original site has been gone for quite awhile. I see someone else has renewed it with currently safe content. I'm sure you can still find the original image. I, myself, would never look for it again. :)

      update: corrected a stupid typo that's too embarrassing to name.
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Re: Not Safe For Work threads
by teabag (Pilgrim) on Jan 05, 2010 at 22:08 UTC
    I have not been at PM for a while, but even using the Supersearch I'm having a hard time finding them 'naughty nodes'. And believe me, I looked.

    I might have been the only one grinning at Zentara's comment, being dutch I'm probably partially corrupted by evil already.
    We seem to have completely different ideas about whats NSFW. Zentara's comment might have been a bit cheeky,
    but even my female co-worker laughed at this 'typical display of nerd humor'.

    Then again, you might actually be a vicar?

    As for the <nfsw> tags, any really offensive comments by trolls are always edited or handled by he-who-can-not-be-named-but-reaps-a-lot.
    There's a time and a place to use warnings.

    Beware fellow monks; When humor goes, there goes civilization. - Erma Bombeck


    teabag
    Blessed is the end user who expects nothing, for he/she will not be disappointed.
      This post's parent node... would the author's nick make this thread (and thus all they participate in) NSFW?
Re: Not Safe For Work threads [NSFW]
by IBlowGoatsSucker (Beadle) on Jan 06, 2010 at 12:06 UTC
    Argel makes an excellent point, and his contributions to the discussion have been well-reasoned and thoughtful. We should do our utmost to comply with the sensibilities of the American corporate establishment. After all, we all know that corporations are the epitome of good sense and responsibility. The corporate top floor has developed a culture of caring and respect unlike any other on the planet. So please, even if your own preferences and habits run contrary to these high standards, show some consideration and mark yourself NSFW.
      Now there's irony!
        Dear Gavin, thank you for your contribution. I believe however that "irony", both as a technique and a term, is not suitable for the work environments of some monks. In the spirit of this discussion, could you please clearly mark that section of your post?

        Thanking you in advance, yours respectfully,

        Dick
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Re: Not Safe For Work threads
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 05, 2010 at 01:17 UTC
    We have <spoiler></spoiler> tags

    <spoiler>for spoilers, like this one</spoiler>

    maybe we can add <nsfw></nsfw>?

    This rarely comes up, and monks are usually kind enough to give a heads up.

      Update: On second thought, this is not a good idea, because one can see the content without confirmation if they view that reply directly from RAT or Super Search etc.

      If you really want to tag your own post as NSFW, try

      <readmore title="NSFW"> ... </readmore>

      Let's see an example of what it really looks like.

        I think the attributes get cleared from the readmore elements.

        Update: On the other hand, it looks like the title may get placed outside of the readmore tags. Hmm...

        --MidLifeXis

Re: Not Safe For Work threads
by kennethk (Abbot) on Jan 05, 2010 at 18:32 UTC
    I think there is some cause for concern in that there are terms in used in nodes 815610, 815615 and 815619 which may be used in an industrial setting for the purpose of content filtering (two different terms). I realize the discussion itself is not racy but triggering network security alarms is a pain even if the content is innocent. A spoiler-like <nsfw> tag wouldn't seem terribly out of line (says a guy who never contributes to the code base) if only to save some monks a few headaches.

    For the record, I refuse to type either term since I would hate to corrupt innocent electrons and will henceforth refer to the operator as the flying lentil, as per 815648. Plus now I have that stupid image in my brain again.

Re: Not Safe For Work threads
by JavaFan (Canon) on Jan 05, 2010 at 11:11 UTC
    I doubt anyone has a work related reason to read about the meaning of =()=. So I'd say anyone reading that thread isn't surfing the web in the bosses time anyway.
      Anyone inheriting code that contains it could easily innocently ask about it, not knowing that racy background it has. Maybe that's why someone asked about it in meaning of =()=. It's pretty silly to say that no one will ever be asking about it for legitimate reasons because that assumes everyone knows about it. I certainly didn't know about its colorful past.

      Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks

        irony


        holli

        You can lead your users to water, but alas, you cannot drown them.
        You sound as if you think it's normal to find =()= in serious code.
Re: Not Safe For Work threads
by holli (Abbot) on Jan 05, 2010 at 14:32 UTC
    Americans…


    holli

    You can lead your users to water, but alas, you cannot drown them.
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