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Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

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Re: Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still, this is a deal killer.

I understand this would raise red flags for a yc type crowd. Would the average surfer feel as strongly ?

The average surfer probably would not feel as strongly. The average surfer is correspondingly unlikely to install plugins for Firefox.

Re: Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

#12
post #4

Since you are rewriting all external links on web pages to go through your website, I am exposing my browsing habits to you, right?

Yes, but you could disable it when you don't mind seeing NSFW content.

Why do you need to rewrite links to your server? Can your extension not insert JavaScript to do most of this logic client-side?

Re: Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

#13
post #5

This is the crucial thing: Unrated links default to Safe-For-Work. The extension becomes useless if the ratings don't keep up with content (in other words, if some dude posts a nudie picture of his girlfriend, it's got to be rated before I get to it or your extension doesn't help me).

Seems like this should be settable. If I want to be uber-cautious, not rated should default to NSFW. Also, maybe a white/black list of domains the user knows to be safe/unsafe for themselves?

Re: Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

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post #12
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but you could disable it when you don't mind seeing NSFW content.

Why do you need to rewrite links to your server? Can your extension not insert JavaScript to do most of this logic client-side?

Actually it uses Javascript to rewrite links.

But the info about links being safe of not are contained in the server links. I could pre-emptively get info about all links, but that would slow down Firefox.

Re: Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

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post #11
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand this would raise red flags for a yc type crowd. Would the average surfer feel as strongly ?

The average surfer probably would not feel as strongly. The average surfer is correspondingly unlikely to install plugins for Firefox.

Good point :)

Re: Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

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post #17

Just tried whitehouse.com and it said it's safe for work. i couldn't figure out how to vote on the site (without using the plugin).

For now you can only vote via the extension. And the site is pretty much empty, so all sites default to safe.

Re: Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but you could disable it when you don't mind seeing NSFW content.

Still, this is a deal killer.

If the site contained a strong privacy guarantee on the front page -- basically, no data about individuals' surfing habits will be stored, but aggregate data about overall traffic will be stored unless you opt out -- I would use it if I needed it.
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