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The NSFW HTML Attribute

phaln writes "Over at The Frosty Mug Revolution, PJ Doland makes a compelling case for a new HTML attribute in the spirit of the highly-regarded 'nofollow' attribute promoted by Google — the NSFW attribute (rel='nsfw'). His original idea has been refined and expanded by positive comments from readers, resulting in a semantic solution to the issue he raises in the original post. From the article: 'Content creators can apply the attribute to paragraph tags, div tags, or any other block-level element. Doing so will indicate that the enclosed content is not safe for work. Visitors will be able to configure their browsers to block display of just the content enclosed by the flagged block-level element. This isn't about censorship. It is about making us all less likely to accidentally click on a goatse.cx link when our boss is standing behind us. It is also about making us feel more comfortable posting possibly objectionable content by giving visitors a means of easily filtering that content.'"

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  1. I propose a slew of such tags by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    nsbb: Not Safe Before Breakfast
    nsbc: Not Safe Before Coffee
    nsbl: Not Safe Before Lunch
    nsfc: Not Safe in Female Company
    nspt: Not Safe to Print on a Tee
    nswc: Not Safe While drinking Coffee
    nswe: Not Safe While Eating
    wcwd: Warning Chick With a Dick
    dne: Do Not Eat

  2. this wont help me any by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    my boss _is_ the goatse guy =(

    1. Re:this wont help me any by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You work for a huge asshole too? Join the club.