Question on Posting Guidelines

Sparrow · 10-01-2009, 02:05 AM

The posting guidelines say:

"MobileRead is intended to be a family-safe and work-safe website. Please post accordingly."

What does 'family-safe' and 'work-safe' mean in terms of what's acceptable on MR?

E.g. is 'swearing' ok? posting 'adult' material to the Upload section?

I think the terms might be open to a wide variety of interpretations, so some clarification on how they apply to MR would be helpful.
(I'm not looking to debate the definitions, just ensure I understand and respect them.

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PennyPie · 10-01-2009, 06:04 AM

Good question. Although folks here for the MOST part are fairly polite, civilized, etc....there IS an occasional 'potty mouth'. While this doesn't offend me, it sorta suprises me.

Patricia · 10-01-2009, 08:52 AM

I believe that the general idea is that members should not post anything that they wouldn't want their boss or their mother to see on the screen.

So we would prefer not to see serious profanity.

About book uploads: it would be prudent to mention if the book is particularly controversial, so that members can make an informed choice about whether to download it.

We don't want to censor ideas, but we would prefer people to discuss them courteously. And we definitely don't want to see name-calling and other insults.

Sparrow · 10-01-2009, 09:07 AM

Patricia

The mention of 'family safe' made me wonder if we should bear young children in mind; but it looks like we don't need to be quite that genteel.

10-01-2009, 02:05 AM	#1
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Question on Posting Guidelines The posting guidelines say: "MobileRead is intended to be a family-safe and work-safe website. Please post accordingly." What does 'family-safe' and 'work-safe' mean in terms of what's acceptable on MR? E.g. is 'swearing' ok? posting 'adult' material to the Upload section? I think the terms might be open to a wide variety of interpretations, so some clarification on how they apply to MR would be helpful. (I'm not looking to debate the definitions, just ensure I understand and respect them. )

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10-01-2009, 06:04 AM	#2
PennyPie Cocoa & Toast...mmmmmm... Posts: 275 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio Device: Sony PRS-700, iPhone	Good question. Although folks here for the MOST part are fairly polite, civilized, etc....there IS an occasional 'potty mouth'. While this doesn't offend me, it sorta suprises me.

10-01-2009, 08:52 AM	#3
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I believe that the general idea is that members should not post anything that they wouldn't want their boss or their mother to see on the screen. So we would prefer not to see serious profanity. About book uploads: it would be prudent to mention if the book is particularly controversial, so that members can make an informed choice about whether to download it. We don't want to censor ideas, but we would prefer people to discuss them courteously. And we definitely don't want to see name-calling and other insults.

10-01-2009, 09:07 AM	#4
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Patricia The mention of 'family safe' made me wonder if we should bear young children in mind; but it looks like we don't need to be quite that genteel.

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