Moderator posting link to NSFW content?
Moderator posting link to NSFW content?
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plasticpig

Original Poster:

12,932 posts

254 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Not very clever to close a thread with a link to a porn website. Isnt that against the T&C's?

neil_bolton

17,113 posts

293 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Really, are you having a laugh?

plasticpig

Original Poster:

12,932 posts

254 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Err no. I wasnt expecting a link posted by a moderator to go to a porn website. Therefore I innocently clicked on the link while one of my staff was hovering by my computer. Dosent cast me in a good light does it.

Podie

46,649 posts

304 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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plasticpig said:
Err no. I wasnt expecting a link posted by a moderator to go to a porn website. Therefore I innocently clicked on the link while one of my staff was hovering by my computer. Dosent cast me in a good light does it.
So you're a director of an IT company, and you blindly clicked on a link..?

neil_bolton

17,113 posts

293 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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plasticpig said:
Err no. I wasnt expecting a link posted by a moderator to go to a porn website. Therefore I innocently clicked on the link while one of my staff was hovering by my computer. Dosent cast me in a good light does it.
But you were happily reading about all sorts of dodgy descriptions from blokes of what they'd do to someone?

plasticpig

Original Poster:

12,932 posts

254 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Podie said:
plasticpig said:
Err no. I wasnt expecting a link posted by a moderator to go to a porn website. Therefore I innocently clicked on the link while one of my staff was hovering by my computer. Dosent cast me in a good light does it.
So you're a director of an IT company, and you blindly clicked on a link..?
Well yes as I view PH with pictures turned off at work for this very reason. However when a Yourporn.com appears in large yellow letters on the screen its a bit embarrasing. If moderators dont abide by the T&C's what example does it set for us mere mortals?

neil_bolton

17,113 posts

293 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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plasticpig said:
Podie said:
plasticpig said:
Err no. I wasnt expecting a link posted by a moderator to go to a porn website. Therefore I innocently clicked on the link while one of my staff was hovering by my computer. Dosent cast me in a good light does it.
So you're a director of an IT company, and you blindly clicked on a link..?
Well yes as I view PH with pictures turned off at work for this very reason. However when a Yourporn.com appears in large yellow letters on the screen its a bit embarrasing. If moderators dont abide by the T&C's what example does it set for us mere mortals?
So you'd happily blindly click on anything hyperlinked on a webpage then without first hovering and checking the linkthrough address?

Blimey.

Podie

46,649 posts

304 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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neil_bolton said:
So you'd happily blindly click on anything hyperlinked on a webpage then without first hovering and checking the linkthrough address?

Blimey.
Exactly my point.

Can I have your mail address, I have some phishing banking mails that might be of interest...

plasticpig

Original Poster:

12,932 posts

254 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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neil_bolton said:
plasticpig said:
Podie said:
plasticpig said:
Err no. I wasnt expecting a link posted by a moderator to go to a porn website. Therefore I innocently clicked on the link while one of my staff was hovering by my computer. Dosent cast me in a good light does it.
So you're a director of an IT company, and you blindly clicked on a link..?
Well yes as I view PH with pictures turned off at work for this very reason. However when a Yourporn.com appears in large yellow letters on the screen its a bit embarrasing. If moderators dont abide by the T&C's what example does it set for us mere mortals?
So you'd happily blindly click on anything hyperlinked on a webpage then without first hovering and checking the linkthrough address?

Blimey.
No I naively assumed a moderator wouldn't link to anything that was NSFW or against the T&C's I shall know better in future.


Altrezia

8,740 posts

240 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Wow. If no one should click on a link without knowing what it is, why is the rule there in the first place?

Garlick

40,601 posts

269 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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I have removed the link, it should have had a warning.

Neil assumed people would check. I apologise if anyone was comprimised at work

PG

neil_bolton

17,113 posts

293 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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plasticpig said:
neil_bolton said:
plasticpig said:
Podie said:
plasticpig said:
Err no. I wasnt expecting a link posted by a moderator to go to a porn website. Therefore I innocently clicked on the link while one of my staff was hovering by my computer. Dosent cast me in a good light does it.
So you're a director of an IT company, and you blindly clicked on a link..?
Well yes as I view PH with pictures turned off at work for this very reason. However when a Yourporn.com appears in large yellow letters on the screen its a bit embarrasing. If moderators dont abide by the T&C's what example does it set for us mere mortals?
So you'd happily blindly click on anything hyperlinked on a webpage then without first hovering and checking the linkthrough address?

Blimey.
No I naively assumed a moderator wouldn't link to anything that was NSFW or against the T&C's I shall know better in future.
So I'm now elevated to absolute trust level now biggrin

Pod's, forward those emails, seems we have some business to attend to.

Plasticpig, please, get real, if you really knew your business, you'll be happily able to show that you clicked on a clickthrough rather than punched in the address: which absolves you from any issues legally etc.

As for a mod posting a link to it: I think most can assume that it was pretty explanitory and light hearted nudge to suggest that the sort of content on that thread was not really appropriate for PH, and that the link would be more their place if they wanted that sort of thing.

Besides, its a similar tactic used by a certain someone I know, and nobody ever complained then did they?


Garlick

40,601 posts

269 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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See posts above chaps.

Link removed- i'd rather it didn't become an arguement please

Bizzle

544 posts

230 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Is it just me or does anybody else find the idea of an IT Director/Manager loading up youngporn.com infront of one of his staff really really funny?

biggrin

anonymous-user

83 months

Sunday 24th August 2008
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neil_bolton said:
So you'd happily blindly click on anything hyperlinked on a webpage then without first hovering and checking the linkthrough address?

Blimey.
For those of us that are a bit challenged on computers, how are we supposed to check these things (on a mac) ? It caught me out too.

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 24th August 08:01

TheCarpetCleaner

7,294 posts

231 months

Sunday 24th August 2008
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El stovey said:
neil_bolton said:
So you'd happily blindly click on anything hyperlinked on a webpage then without first hovering and checking the linkthrough address?

Blimey.
For those of us that are a bit challenged on computers, how are we supposed to check these things (on a mac) ? It caught me out too.

Edited by El stovey on Sunday 24th August 08:01
Well, the internet cannot account for all levels of intelligence, unfortunately.

anonymous-user

83 months

Sunday 24th August 2008
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TheCarpetCleaner said:
El stovey said:
neil_bolton said:
So you'd happily blindly click on anything hyperlinked on a webpage then without first hovering and checking the linkthrough address?

Blimey.
For those of us that are a bit challenged on computers, how are we supposed to check these things (on a mac) ? It caught me out too.

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 24th August 08:01
Well, the internet cannot account for all levels of intelligence, unfortunately.
Nice one.