Why do people use the NSFW label?

Some employers have their computers scanned for inappropriate words, and those employees caught with offending language on their comps get in big trouble.

Well, it’s not that you don’t want your bosses to catch you goofing off, doing non-work. It’s that you don’t want your co-workers to see a picture of a vagina on your screen or whatever. A passerby seeing the “How often do you have a wank?” in big letters on your screen.

It’s also kind of evolved beyond “Don’t get caught looking at this”, to more of “This is an ‘adult’ question. You’ve been warned. you may not want to see this.”

I use them now because when I didn’t, my vaguely provocative question got pushed to moderation and I was asked to add the warning.

@La_chica_gomela
which just happened to me, which is what made me think of this question.

Good insight guys. The funny thing is I work in HR, I should know this stuff huh?LOL

Some people are idiots and simply don’t get it. It still astonishes me that people don’t seem to understand what they can and cannot do on the internet at work. I think NSFW is just a chapter in How Not to Lose Your Job Because You’re a Moron. And I don’t think the people that need to read that book could.

It’s not just for work. I have a 6 year old daughter at home that likes to sit by my side. She saw a couple of girls fondling each other when someone posted a link and didn’t warn anyone.

I wonder that too. I mean, you probably shouldn’t be surfing the web during work hours, whether it’s safe or not.
I do it while I’m at school all the time, but like, if I weren’t supposed to and someone saw me and got all pissed off, they’d be pissed off as much if it was me looking up completely normal stuff OR looking up zombie pr0nz.

As for people with kids, well I won’t speak for anyone but if I had a kid, or several kids, I wouldn’t rely on some letters to shield them from things, I’d do it myself, block out sites and whatnot that I know might disturb them.

And anyways, people say the word fuck, shit, bitch and ass and much more on here freely with no warning whatsoever, and I just figure that kids would pick up on that much faster than they would some discussion about genital warts and shit.

And for those who just want to be warned before being disgusted or offended, well, Fluther is mature and serious, so if you don’t want that, you prolly shouldn’t be on here, or on the Internet to begin with.

@Sarcasm is right: it signifies adult content. “NSFW” is just readily available existing shorthand. Take it as the fair warning it’s meant to be and never mind all the slicing and dicing of workplace and household proprieties.

@jonsblond Why would anyone be travelling through Fluther with their 6-year old? Is there content here she will be interested in, or learn from? Sorry, but it sounds kind of blond to me, no offense.

what does NSFW stand for?

@talljasperman Not Safe For Work. Substitute “safe” for “suitable”.

It didn’t used to be the case here, but now it seems like policy to have questioners label possibly work-inappropriate questions ‘NSFW’. I find it kind of funny and redundant, because I would assume and hope most people, if they’re surfing at work and don’t want to be caught or embarrassed, would use simple common sense and avoid clicking on the questions like “what is wrong with my vagina” or “when did you start masturbating” or “why doesn’t my penis work” or whatever. I mean, duh, right?? :P

@nope She was just 5 at the time, and sat by my side for a moment. I don’t sit and Fluther all day with her at my side. This was a time when content like that was not so common here, at least not on a daily basis like it is now. Really? Kind of a rude comment don’t you think? Most of the content on Fluther is not NSFW, she didn’t know how to read at the time, and as I mentioned the link had no warning. Why don’t you get to know a person before you make such judgments.

@nope That’s pretty freaking rude there.

@jonsblond My apologies for offending you. Reading your first response, it was easy for me to infer that your daughter, who “likes to sit by [your] side” was there quite a bit, and my question back to you was actually serious. I haven’t been on Fluther very long, but from what I’ve seen, I won’t let my kids watch me when I’m on it, and they’re a bit older than your daughter. Unfortunately, I couldn’t resist the blond comment, but should have, and it’s too late to edit it out. Again, apologies, my bad.

@nope Thank you.