If I ask a question here about something adult content, will I be banned?

No. Just put NSFW at the start of your question or answer.

It stands for Not Safe For Work.

Thanks

And the main question must be safe for work. Then the details can contain whatever it is you specifically want to ask.

You just did didn’t you? Are you banned? No? There is your answer.

But he waited for answers to this question before asking his porn question. Kudos to him for that :-p

@coloneldax2005 Welcome to fluther.

One of the words that is not allowed in titles is “pornography.” You can put it in the details, but not the title. I’ve have questions sent to me for editing because I used “porn” in the title. So be prepared for that. They’ll probably suggest an acceptable alternative. like “x-rated.” Or “sexually explicit.” These terms are apparently safe for work.

In my mind these things are distinctions without differences and there is no making anything safe for work. If you work in that kind of workplace, then you shouldn’t be doing fluther at work, anyway. But this kind of silliness passes for slick reasoning here, and we abide by the rules and we get to talk about what we are interested in, anyway. So it goes.

Good answer ^

Nah, you’re fine. And welcome to Fluther, you perv. :)

@wundayatta I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s worth pointing out again. The main reason for using the NSFW tag is to keep people from accidentally viewing content while in a place they wouldn’t want to view it (thus the “W” in “NSFW”). The real issue here is that some people can get in trouble if they are viewing NSFW material at work—even if ordinary web surfing is allowed.

We keep words like “sex” and “masturbation” out of the titles because they can trip internet filters that people’s work computers have on them for tracking such words. Trip those filters often enough, and some people can even get fired. So keeping those words out of the titles is important, but keeping innocuous words out of the titles isn’t important so long as the NSFW tag is present.

@SavoirFaire That’s all well and good, but it sounds totally bogus. If workplaces are tracking words, then they are getting tons of innocent people. Most workplaces that want to keep their employees’ noses clean restrict the sites they can surf to. I think you think you are doing someone, somewhere a favor, but I’ll bet you a night at some fancy hotel in Manhattan that you can’t prove that even one person has been canned due to fluther surfing and seeing the word “sex” appear in the question. It’s just too absurd. Who was the fantasist who came up with this idea? They have a real future in writing absurdist novels.

Even if the world does work this way, I can’t believe that the number of people fluther loses due to nasty bosses will outweigh the number of people fluther will gain because it is a grown up website that does not cater to the childish mentality of unknown employers. It’s also pretty demeaning to fluther users. Like, don’t you think they can decide for themselves whether it is worth risking being on fluther at work? If a person shouldn’t be seeing words about sex at work, then they probably shouldn’t be fluthering in the first place.

No, this idea is completely absurd. I can hardly even imagine the meetings at which this idea was developed. I wish they could have been recorded. Saturday Night Live would have a field day with them. Now if you want something seriously troubling—that’s the show to be concerned about. Fluther? You’ve got to be kidding. This place is tamer than a paving stone.

@wundayatta I have no idea if anyone has ever gotten fired because of Fluther. I know three people who were fired at my former workplace due to these tracking programs, however, and it was a long time before the company would yield on the issue. Do I like the policy? Not particularly. It’s just something that was in place when I arrived. But what I really don’t like is the sexual immaturity we find in so many adults that leads to corporate prudery. As I am neither smart enough nor powerful enough to fix this problem on my own, though, and as I don’t know anyone else who is, I’m guessing the policy is with us for the foreseeable future.

I’m pretty sure the only thing that will get you banned from Fluther is being an incorrigible jackass. If you follow the rules when it comes to posting adult content it shouldn’t be a problem.

@wundayatta : If it keeps companies that advertise on Fluther (and thus keep Fluther alive) happy, with just a little bit of semantic dancing, what’s the problem? After all, we don’t know what the policies of the advertisers are, do we?

@wundayatta – ”...If workplaces are tracking words, then they are getting tons of innocent people…”

That’s absolutely true, and that’s why one shouldn’t surf the web at all from work if they live in a Puritanical society like the USA.

Just sayin’...

@JilltheTooth Yes, I understand. I don’t have a problem with semantic dancing, nor do I have a problem with following the rules. I do have a problem with the policy and that’s why I take every chance I can to argue against it. I know it’s likely I’m tilting at windmills, but I still think it’s worth discussing. Society doesn’t change in a day. It takes decades. Every little voice helps, so I will add mine, even if it is one of the smaller voices around here (I know I have very little credibility with respect to the things I don’t like here).

@HungryGuy I agree, of course. People should know their employers and should not do things they know to be unacceptable. This is a Puritanical society. Hell, I grew up as a descendant of Puritans… I think. I don’t know. Do transplants from North Jersey (back in the 1700s to Massachusetts count as Puritans? Well, my father sure seemed to act like one, and his parents were even more so.

There is a painting in my front hallway based on Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown.” It is a constant reminder of the hypocrisy that underlies just about every claim of “holier than thou.” It’s a shame that fluther can not rise above that hypocrisy, but I understand how most people just want to fit in. As the Japanese say, it’s the nail that stands up that gets hit.

Ow!

My head has gotten a lot harder since being here.

@wundayatta : No, I think you didn’t understand my point. My point was not about Fluther. It was about the advertisers that allow Fluther to continue. In my point, your voice would be better used with them.

You can ask adult questions, just make sure not to say , [redacted], [redacted], or refer to [redacted] as [redacted], or mention anything close to [redacted], and you will be fine.

@JilltheTooth Unfortunately I don’t know these advertisers. I am not privy to the discussions between fluther and the advertisers. I bet there are none and I seriously doubt that the advertisers even know where they are advertising. So I’d say the best way I can get to them is by speaking to folks at fluther.