This is a new extension to the friendly rule; titles and teasers that appear on the front page should be work safe and if there are non-work friendly images past the teaser, that should have a caution attached.
This means some of my own teasers would not have passed this test but I think we need to add this caveat. It applies to stories, blogs, links, and even comment subject lines. I will take what steps I think necessary to implement this, usually just modifying the teaser, tags or title slightly.
Hugs,
Erin
Comments
Thanks!
Thanks for this Erin, I think this is a smart move! Thanks for all that you do around here as well!
Erin,
Probably a good idea. In a comment subject line, would I put the word "caution" first? Put the more risque wording in the middle of the comment and have the subject bland or vague? What exactly do you mean by "work safe" ? I suppose there are many different levels of work privacy, progressivity/tolerance, etc.
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
Friendliest meaning
Take the words as they are usually meant, that's all anyone can do, reasonably.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Good idea boss!!
{{Hugs}}
In other words.
Let's try to keep it clean on the front page people. It won't effect content.
Bailey Summers
I do not understand?
What is meant by "Work Safe"? Please please please, I would like to ask what you mean, what are the rules? BUT I do not want you to explain the rules the way Butch Cassidy did in the movie.
with love,
Hope
with love,
HER
Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.
worksafe as in
if you had the page open at work, someone is not going to see words, phrases or pics that are of an adult nature that most work sites do not allow, is what they are getting at i believe. the cautions are so that if it DOES have one of those three things in it, the person will know NOT to open it at work or where it might be compromising.
Terri
Teresa L.
rating
Doesn't the audience rating already do the same thing this new caution does?
No Quite, but on a similar track...
Not entirely. Because the TEXT of a story can be semi-work safe, eg, it can have racy scenes in the middle of the text, which aren't easily read over your shoulder from a distance, while a giant image of a bloody penis that is 600px wide and 800px tall is going to be noticeable and definitely not work safe. But BOTH would require an escalated audience rating, while only one requires the caution tag.
Bad words
Is profanity as bad as vulgarity? Would it be acceptable to publish a story with the word "damn" in its title?