IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links • Hacker News Board

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by jimfl » Tue, May 05, 2009, 1:22 AM UTC

I used to just replace the protocol with nsfw:// so that clicking the link would go nowhere, and that recipients would have to replace nsfw:// with http://. I was thanked on many occasions for this convention.

This is a nice automated rendition of that.

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by jemmons » Tue, May 05, 2009, 1:25 AM UTC

grexican wrote: post #2

Looking for thoughts, feedback, rants, raves. The site is essentially a safe way to share not safe content. With URL shorteners becoming popular it's hard to know if what you're clicking on is safe to visit (especially at work). isNSFW.com aims to fix that. Cheers -eli

How about a bookmarklet to drag into my bookmarks bar? I know it doesn't seem like much, but constantly copying and pasting URLs into shortening services is an inconvenience (and is seriously low-hanging fruit).

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by rms » Tue, May 05, 2009, 1:32 AM UTC

Are you going to submit yourself to the adult filters to be blocked? Seems like it is standard to do that and then mention that at the bottom of the page

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by antileet » Tue, May 05, 2009, 3:03 AM UTC

tsally wrote: post #7

Oh wow, a URL shortener with a clear purpose and benefit. Nice work. :)

Actually, I'd written a simple service for the same purpose two years ago, I think some people use it right now:

http://nsfw.in

But this new service seems to have more features, good for them :)

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by brc » Tue, May 05, 2009, 3:06 AM UTC

grexican wrote: post #23

seregine wrote: post #21

So...can I browse links that others submit? By category?

No... we're debating this feature at this point. It's NSFW material, so should we be listing all the NSFW content out there or should it be more private for you to share your NSFW content? I'm torn on this one, what do you guys think.

Surely paid adult content sites pay affiliate commissions? Why not forward through to some if the person wants to see something NSFW? It might even be a monetization strategy that actually works.

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by yters » Tue, May 05, 2009, 3:40 AM UTC

Cuz what we all need is another way to waste companies' time and resources by browsing porn. It's our right after all, and how dare those prudes frown on our proud and righteous lifestyle. No one's getting hurt are they? After all, beautiful people need some way to make money too, am I right or am I right?

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by Moo-Juice » Tue, May 05, 2009, 7:04 AM UTC

Great stuff, good idea.

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by andr » Tue, May 05, 2009, 8:20 AM UTC

How about adding the rating to the link? http://g.isnsfw.com/blah. Then you won't need a preview.

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by dandelany » Tue, May 05, 2009, 9:24 AM UTC

grexican wrote: post #2

Looking for thoughts, feedback, rants, raves. The site is essentially a safe way to share not safe content. With URL shorteners becoming popular it's hard to know if what you're clicking on is safe to visit (especially at work). isNSFW.com aims to fix that. Cheers -eli

Just something little: Since you've got such a nice URL, you might make the NSFW-ness a little more obvious by generating links with NSFW capitalized (ie. http://isNSFW.com/XsYK8G rather than http://isnsfw.com/XsYK8G). isnsfw isn't as immediately parsable. Otherwise, very well done!

Re: IsNSFW.com - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work links

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Post by mrbuwch » Tue, May 05, 2009, 12:41 PM UTC

This is solving the wrong problem. What I really want is a service that tells me if a particular link is NSFW. How about a Firefox plugin which links back to a database of NSFW links on a server somewhere. Then, whenever I click on a NSFW link on Reddit, a little box can pop up saying "warning, don't view this at work" and I have the choice to wait till I go home to visit it.

Seriously, it's a great idea and I would totally implement it if I had the time/motivation.