Wired Takes On NSFW
It seems we’re not the only ones who think that NSFW is a really stupid term. Lore Sjoberg (who we’ve loved since, like, forever) takes on the term, pointing out that — given that no two workplaces are the same — NSFW is a pretty meaningless term. Not safe for whose work? Yours? Mine? Some platonic ideal?
Hey, at our office, porn is totally fine, but websites with automatic sound? Not so much. So what’s NSFW again?
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Comments
automatic sound i so awful. i wish it was never invented.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:16 pmI don’t even think of NSFW as not safe for work – I just think of that acronym leading the way to some magical mystery image that will involve people spread eagle, but usually ends up more like hard nipples under a t-shirt. …sigh…
June 12th, 2008 at 12:21 am[...] 25, 2008 by secondlastwish That’s the age old question isn’t it? Over at Boinkology they mention the whole “nsfw” tag and how lame it is. (I was also the commenter of the week for that [...]
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