For the uninitiated, generally NSFW is for sexual contents and NSFL is for gory contents. People may want to see one but not see the other at any time for any reason. I have seen this feature requested over the years in Reddit but it never happens. Maybe now some instance can finally implement it?

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    1070·
    9 months ago

    Why can’t people just not look at the name of the community and then easily conclude if it’s sexual content or gory content?

    Edit: Seems my English skills fucked me over.

    • NJSpradlin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      251·
      9 months ago

      Communities are being made at an astonishing rate, and they’re being spread across many different ‘worlds’. I’m blocking a few different sports or yiff related communities a day. And their* names aren’t all intuitive or clear. I’m just glad they haven’t started making the more gory communities, it’s bad enough that I’m getting an eye full of random cartoon animals fucking each other… but, some blown up body part in high detail? 🤢

    • spauldo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      14·
      9 months ago

      Sometimes NSFW images are appropriate in otherwise SFW communities. For instance, imagine a community on exterior design that had a post with a picture of that building in Germany with the five-story-high penis on it. Or a community for desktop themes that has a post with nudes wallpaper. Or a community about a certain celebrity that posts pictures of her car wreck.

      • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Then you would look at the community name and concluding that the image is about exterior design, but not something you should look at, at work.

        I didn’t type my original post correctly.

        • spauldo@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Looking at pictures of external design is usually pretty safe to look at when you’re at work. I imagine architects do it all the time.

    • at_an_angle@lemmy.oneEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      I follow the Ukrainian war. Blocking all NSFW blocks so much of the news.

      I want to block porn, not news.

    • MinekPo1 [She/Her]English
      7·
      9 months ago

      Going back to reddit r/WTF often had posts with either gore or nudity (or both), as an example.

      • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        That’s a good example.

        I think most instances doesn’t allow gore though.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
      73·
      9 months ago

      Do we really need community names? I feel like we could just use the first line of the description