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CWuestefeld:
I would hope that DC doesn't become a place where prurient or vulgar discussions are a focus of discussion.

However, I don't think that it's something that should be suppressed, either. These things are part of life, and if a legitimate discussion relates to this, then that conversation should not be hobbled out of puritanism.

As an extreme example, a discussion of the working of a spam filter ought not to exclude cursing or other types of verbiage frequently found in spam; that would make it impossible to actually discuss the topic.

A grayer example (but one that's still OK with me) is when someone curses in order to provide an extreme negative emphasis to a statement. If this is the best way to convey the thought, then do so. On the other hand, I too am put off by people that just use "the F word" the way some people pepper their speech with "ummm" or "like".

I happen to enjoy (softer) porn myself, but I don't think I'd want DC to become an outlet for such content.

The [NSFW] tag is good for cases where the thread itself might be borderline. But when it's an individual posting in an otherwise innocent thread, it's harder to make this work.

I guess the bottom line for me is that when it's part of legitimate (or even just collegial) discussion, I'm comfortable. But if we started down that road for its own sake, that would be bad for DC.

That said, it's Mouser's site, and its his prerogative to set any restrictions on his property that he likes.

Veign:
This is a terrifically good idea..  I've been wanting to beef up support for a tag-like system on DC and we could use the same system to allow posts to be tagged as NSFW and then let users opt out of seeing such posts.
-mouser (January 03, 2008, 06:04 PM)
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But you fall into the same place where who determines what is not safe for work.  Lets say someone posted about PornTube with a description and a link.  Is that NSFW?  I would never think of it as since it contains nothing objectionable except maybe the word Porn.  If it is, then where do you draw the line?  Of course some things are easy but how do you handle the more extreme cases?

I think making it easy to tag is a good idea but you have to watch out if a mod can go back a tag a post where the author did not originally do so.

TucknDar:
One thing I like about DC is that everyone can be themselves and feel at home

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On the surface this sounds great, but if this were true, would we be having this discussion?
-CodeTRUCKER (January 03, 2008, 06:15 PM)
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You're right. Obviously you're not feeling as much at home as I or the other repliers to this thread are. Too bad, but I hope you'll find a way to yet again enjoy your stay.

Eóin:
To me NSFW tags are but one small step away from censorship. I think a more reasonable approach would be to add SFW tags to threads which are judged to not be offensive to anyone. Of course such threads would need to be locked too so vulger people cannot add a distasteful reply.

Darwin:
I think I misunderstood  your question about NSFW earlier - I read your comment perhaps too quickly and inferred that you didn't understand what the acronym meant! Looks like you were really asking where this tagging system/mechanism is to be found. From what I can tell, it's just an idea at the moment.

The posting here is fast and furious - 3 4 while I typed the above. Just to echo TucknDar's sentiment - whatever the outcome of this discussion, I hope that you continue to frequent DC, CodeTrucker, it would be a real shame to lose you.

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