superchunk said:
crissindahouse said:
superchunk said:
@rol and crissindahouse
I think the image of the asian chic with an open top barely missing her nipples is a clear example of why this rule is now in effect.
Its a page or two back....
That will certainly get me in trouble if a female walks up and sees it on my computer screen. That is why if there is a thread marked NSFW, I don't open it up.
I do admit, while I like seeing people's avatars/sigs, Rol's solution with adding an option to hid avatars is pretty good. That combined with moderation for obvious over the top NSFW avatars would be sufficient.
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ok i get it, on your working place it's a problem if people could maybe think that you like to see pics of bikini girls or half naked men even when this is something every person on this planet likes because there are few small pics of those people on the screen when they run behind you.
something i now from now on: working in a church (can't believe you work somewhere else) isn't something for me...
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You're either really young (teens) or not from US... or both.
I work for a defense contractor as a software engineer/project manager. I get paid salary not hourly.
If I have half naked people on my screen and someone who walks by thinks I'm looking at some inappropriate site, I will be sent to HR and have to go through tons of hoops to proove myself innocent. Additionally i'd probably have to go to some crazy HR based training and have at least one manager convorsation about appropriate material.
That's just how it is in the real world... at least in US.
Personally I don't care and I stay out of NSFW threads and make sure things I think may be considered bad aren't on my screen.... and since 2006 when I started on this site, I've never had an issue.
However, its steadily gotten more risky over the years as more kids decide to go crazy with images. I don't see why you have to have such material as your pic... its not like its hard to find NSFW content on the interent if you really need to check it out. I've also frequented plenty of other sites for phones, random tech, android developing, etc and this site, recently, has had far more NSFW-ish avatars than anywhere else.
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i don't now how many times i said it now... it has nothing to do if you are allowed in your job to do "this or that" but i don't understand why it isn't a problem if someone sees your screen with some masterchiefs with guns but it's a problem to see that there is a small pic of a girl with a bikini on your screen. it's like in 1950
that has nothing to do with my age (i'm 28 btw) it's just the question why it's a problem if there is a girl with a bikini where you can see nothing as the arms and legs. you can't see nipples, you can't see the vagina. it's like it would be forbidden for yo to surf on a shopping site because there are bikinis to buy, forbidden to surf on amazon for example but not to surf on a gaming site to look at pictures of virtual killers (which i think shouldn't be a problem as well but not less than a bikini girl)
the guy above me said it very good. if it would be a problem at my work even when the pics aren't the reason i'm on this site i would go to my boss and would explain that to him (that these are only the avatars of the users). this would take 2 minutes and the problem would be solved. but nooo instead of that you wish hundreds of people not using the avatar they won't anymore just because you are to lazy to talk with your boss about it, very very great!
and if he has no time for that then wait until he will see it on your screen and explain it then. if you are allowed to go on a gaming site at work on your break what's the problem to explain it then?
"what are you doing there?"
"i'm on a gaming forum"
"but i see a bikini girl"
"yeah users can chose own avatars, look i have a fat cartman from a dirty comic"
problem?
