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The theme I'm showing in my screenshot is the one I've been using for the last year or so, and it has served me very well so far-Dirhael (January 12, 2008, 09:37 AM)
Honestly I would say it's not worth the effort in this particular case. Hopefully those of us who followed or participated in these threads can walk away having learned one lesson; that while may there are sensitive folks out there whom to us seem to have taken it to an unreasonable extreme it still doesn't require much on our parts to be a bit more accommodating.
I believe things got heated here because codeTRUCKER wanted more than that and took an offensive approach in seeking his aims. Perhaps in a day or so after people have made their closing comments the threads could even be locked to prevent them being resurrected in a months times.
Personally I'm not ashamed of my responses, but I am not proud of them either, it'd be nice to forget the incident but not the lesson.-Eóin (January 14, 2008, 07:22 AM)
I'm not really sure what happened, but I also caution not to confuse the message with the messenger; I have been at clients when certain words were filtered, and certain times (Bellsouth I'm looking at you) I couldn't come to the forum at all, since after a few of those instances where people used certain words, the 'intelligent' filtering system filtered out the site. While you may view those words as perfectly a part of the english language, you can't argue that they're innocent or won't set off some filters... which indeed, even without pictures and such, still make the site NSFW. I'm one just to be quiet and just adjust my patterns- which is why for months at a time I won't post, then will start posting. If I'm at a site where this wouldn't be considered safe for work, then it's not and I don't come. /me shrugsFirst of, I'm not going to touch the NSFW aspect as I am left-leaning enough to even be left-handed.-Liquidmantis (January 11, 2008, 02:29 PM)
Actually the "Porn drives technology online" argument doesn't hold water for me-Carol Haynes (January 05, 2008, 05:00 AM)
You obviously are in the minority. (only a very very little bit NSFW for a word or two, should be acceptable to most)-tinjaw (January 05, 2008, 06:07 PM)
It's also about content that may well be relevant to the site. The YouPorn post might well have been an article in an IT magazine, after all. It's a "people meet technology" issue - part computing, part sociology. It seems to me you are asking adults to refrain from discussing certain relevant topics. So what would you like to be done?-tranglos (January 03, 2008, 11:18 PM)
Wow. Putting words in my mouth.
I was not defending, simply pointing out that you clicked a link by a known prankster and was surprised at what you found.
How old are you? Are you not aware that the internet contains things you may not like?-Ralf Maximus (January 03, 2008, 10:54 PM)
Ok I'd better mention my previous post wasn't meant to be inflammatory, just to point out how seemingly sensible NSFW tags are really a stepping stone to more pervasive censorship... with an attempt at satire thrown in.
CodeTRUCKER, I like that you say this is more an issue of courtesy and consideration but doesn't that go the other way too where the more conservative (for genuine lack of a better word) tolerate the the openness of others.-Eóin (January 03, 2008, 06:45 PM)
. I still want to release the app, though... I've never released things other than for NANY here; what's the best way to do this?
But I'm not going to miss NANY!