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[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

No problem, in this case I'm on the "it really isn't that bad" side. It's just something I point out every time the response to NSFW is to put it in a spoiler.

It bears making the distinction that there are two types of "NSFW":

1. Visual - making sure that if someone clicks on a thread and is scrolling past one's post that if someone were standing over one's shoulder, that that person might see that picture and consider it NSFW. I believe that most of us (try) to adhere to this guideline (and yes - I personally have been guilty of doing a poor job of this).
2. Proxy Level (Big Brother is Watching) - It is possible for persons to review your page-by-page internet activity (meaning a person from your corporation reviewing your travels on the internet on your work computer).

I would say that if you are in a corporate environment where you are concerned that someone may be watching your internet activities, you shouldn't be checking LoT during work.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I would say that if you are in a corporate environment where you are concerned that someone may be watching your internet activities, you should be checking LoT during work.

Sound advice.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Sound advice.

I have no idea what you are talking about

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I have no idea what you are talking about

And if you could edit my posts as well, neither would anyone else.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

It bears making the distinction that there are two types of "NSFW":

1. Visual - making sure that if someone clicks on a thread and is scrolling past one's post that if someone were standing over one's shoulder, that that person might see that picture and consider it NSFW. I believe that most of us (try) to adhere to this guideline (and yes - I personally have been guilty of doing a poor job of this).
2. Proxy Level (Big Brother is Watching) - It is possible for persons to review your page-by-page internet activity (meaning a person from your corporation reviewing your travels on the internet on your work computer).

I would say that if you are in a corporate environment where you are concerned that someone may be watching your internet activities, you should be checking LoT during work.

First, I don't really buy into your distinction since a spoiler tag doesn't provide any better protection than a hyperlink. Frankly, the first one is less bothersome to me since my coworkers are far less likely to care about my online habits than distant management.

But as to the second, I'm really not concerned that somebody is reading every page I look at, however, they can easily be monitoring all (or random selections of) images that are transmitted over the network. In my brief stint as a network narc that was exactly one of my tasks, keeping a page reloaded that displayed the last 100 photos over the network. It took about all of 5 seconds to review them for porn or other objectionable content (it was much like the tools where you can view the last 100 photos included in all public LJ posts).

But really my point is, if you are going to be aware enough to say "hey, look at this but be warned that it may get some people in trouble at work" why not just provide a link to it rather than force its download by the person you are warning? Either behind a spoiler tag or a hyperlink they are going to have to click.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

First, I don't really buy into your distinction since a spoiler tag doesn't provide any better protection than a hyperlink. Frankly, the first one is less bothersome to me since my coworkers are far less likely to care about my online habits than distant management.

The distinction is whether one is worried JUST about someone looking over your shoulder - that there is no concern of some IT person watching what you do over from across the network.

I myself am not concerned about a network nanny as in my small company, the boss doesn't even know this is possible. I am concerned about what someone might be seeing over my shoulder when they walk by.

I suspect that many people who read LoT at work fall into this same category (no worry of a network nanny). But it is good advice to those who do work for a larger corporation to be aware that they may be observable.