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by lunias 235 days ago
NSFW should mean something akin to Not Safe for Work lol. If you're going to use that tag at all, the tag should exist on pretty much anything that exists purely for entertainment value. I would argue that religious texts (as well as sexually explicit scientific articles) are not NSFW, but pretty much every game is.
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Hizonner 235 days ago
If you're sitting around reading the Bible when you should be working, why should your boss treat that as better than sitting around playing a game when you should be working?

But originally "NSFW" was meant for stuff you might not want to do on your break. It is true that if you use that kind of definition, these particular apps aren't going to get you in trouble in most workplaces. The official F-Droid definition that people have been quoting is mostly like that too. But the popular definition of "NSFW" has drifted, so users will be confused... which is yet another reason that it's not a category an app repository should be trying to maintain.

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lunias 235 days ago
Mostly agree, but some people do consult religious texts for work. It doesn't strike me as categorically NSFW, but I think you and I agree that that's the issue: the definition of the NSFW category. Going further, I think it's not possible to define in a way that makes everyone happy; it's not as unambiguous as say, 18+ content, so we should just omit it altogether and let people make up their own minds as to what is safe in their workplace.
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Hizonner 235 days ago
> Mostly agree, but some people do consult religious texts for work.

Well, sure, if you're a priest/rabbi/pastor/imam/whatever (why isn't there a generic word for this?), you're going to consult religious texts for work.

And if you're a game critic, you'll play games for work.

And if you work at Pornhub, you'll presumably watch porn for work.

Normal jobs don't involve any of them. Presumably we're talking about the norm.

> not as unambiguous as say, 18+ content

I will not take the easy bait. I will not take the easy bait. I will not take the easy bait...

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lunias 235 days ago
> Normal jobs don't involve any of them. Presumably we're talking about the norm.

Agreed. It's context dependent. I don't like the term NSFW because I find it non-specific and subjective. F-Droid's definition seems to be the widely accepted definition which doesn't appear to include religious texts, or games, but does include porn, graphic violence, etc.

> I will not take the easy bait.

;). Presumably because you caught my gist that even commonly used, less ambiguous options are still inadequate.

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