I am not entirely sure what the purpose of the NSFW tag is.

I flagged it for the same reason. People need to stop doing this. This actually happens a lot and the mods will send it to editing. But it shouldn’t be done in the first place.

That’s a good suggestion. The NSFW tag for me means to be aware that anything goes in the question and in the responses.

My work computer filter is not that granular, but if I had a list of fluther questions open on my computer I would not want someone to see that question.

My mistake. You are both right. Being a very descriptive question, yet, having NSFW beside it (in the question) – that’s pointless.

I went ahead and flagged it, as well.

I’m sorry.

@Jude – no problem. No worries. I didn’t intend to imply that your question was the worst offender. I have been meaning to ask the question for some time. You just reminded me. Thanks!

There should just be a diff category for NSFW questions. That way the “NSFW” or anything that can possibly be in the title wont even cross your screen.

You’re absolutely right, titles should not contain NSFW words. It’s actually stated in the Fluther guidelines: ”Your questions still need to meet the guidelines for the section in which you post it in, and the question title must still be “safe for work”.”

As mentioned before, we do send back questions like that, you just caught us showing up late for work today :p The question was sent back to the user and I’m sure it’ll be back up with a more ‘suitable for work’ title asap. I hope that answers your question :)

There are also people using the computer at their local library (I’ve done this when we didn’t have internet at home) or users Fluthering from home with children in the house. I certainly don’t want some random kid at the library or my 7 year old looking over my shoulder and reading some of these titles.

It’s kind of like telling my teenage son not to look at the TV because there’s a gorgeous naked gal on there. Yeah right, he’s sure not to look ;¬}

@ucme NSFW tags aren’t meant to discourage users from clicking on a question, but rather to prevent from offending them, the people who are in range to see the user’s monitor, and internet filters that block sites based on a list of keywords. NSWF tags are common among the internet and are certainly not restricted to sexual content. Think of an NSFW tag like more of a warning/disclaimer.

Oh i’m aware of that, you misunderstood my intent. All i’m saying is that a question “guarded” with an nsfw tag, should have the “sensitive” aspect to it hidden within the details.
Probably a clumsy attempt at getting my point across I concede.

Thanks everyone. Also, looks like the example I had used has been updated (”(NSFW) A question about male and female anatomy (details inside)”). Works for me.

I’m not sure either!