No Adult/NSFW URLs in Posts.. what about Homepage?

[davidw]

We have a few coders here who are younger than 18, I've noticed a few members who are 13-14-15 years of age - they probably shouldn't be on here in the first place, right? lol

[Freesteyelz]

It's a legal vs ethical issue. When I first purchased vB in Feb. I assumed that it had a policy against running adult content, as UBB does. To my surprise I didn't find anything after reading it.

I may have overlooked details in vB's policy but if I didn't I would think there would be some sort of site policy in place. People who use company's time/money to go on the web, well, that's their problem. Cause for a later debate for the legal realm.

Keeping in mind what christianb mentioned I think he does have a valid point regarding under-aged members. The Admins and Moderators are not to be parents (and we don't expect them to be) but they do govern any content that is presented here. Parents of under-aged members have a responsibility to curb what is viewable to their children but as a community there is a bit of responsibility too. I see no difference between reporting a post vs reporting indecent content. When it becomes known doesn't action take place?

Again, it's a matter of legal vs ethical.

[Ntfu2]

i already know whos profile its in,

But either way, most URLs contain a word that would probably/should probably throw up a red flag as being adult. If you are affraid of getting in trouble, or arent allowed to view such material with other people around, i beleive that you shouldnt be freely clicking links without knowing where they go to begin with, as i'm sure anyone can find something offensive with each site...

Remember adult webmasters also purchased vBulletin software(or the webmaster wouldnt be here) and should also have the right to atleast put it in their homepage on their profile

[Wired1]

Also, it's the parent's responsibility to know what their kids are surfing to / set up the appropriate safe surfing software on their PC.

[amykhar]

I guess the best policy is to assume that every homepage link is going to lead to something not suitable for viewing at work.

BUT - Stefan, couldn't we easily add a radio button to the profile that says 'My homepage is an adult site' and then in the template, tag the url as such? This would give users fair warning and wouldn't take too much effort.

[kall]

Originally Posted by amykhar

I guess the best policy is to assume that every homepage link is going to lead to something not suitable for viewing at work.

BUT - Stefan, couldn't we easily add a radio button to the profile that says 'My homepage is an adult site' and then in the template, tag the url as such? This would give users fair warning and wouldn't take too much effort.

That is one way to look at it.. treating each link as NSFW would be safer I guess but...

Why is there a rule against posting Adult links in threads, but not against having them in the Profile? It seems non-balanced to me.

[Paul M]

A link in a post is much more obvious, and a lot less effort to click, than a url tucked away in a users profile.

[mikeclarke]

Boobs! Boobs!

[Wired1]

Couldn't have said it better myself

Users need their sites in their profiles because regardless of the topic of their forum, if someone has a question, they are asking about the code, not the content, of their site.

[Erwin]

If it's an adult website we should have a toggle to hide the person's homepage from public view. This is after all a general audience website.