Interesting use of language in feed description

May 22, 2004 4:05 PM

Interesting use of language in feed description. Well yes I laughed and went straight to the article for an explaination. It is a great link. I have no problem with the use of colourful language under normal circumstances and I don't want to sound like a prude, but I was just worried about site image. Also aren't there going to be issues in some workplaces with filters and that sort of thing?
posted by feelinglistless to etiquette/policy at 4:05 PM (4 comments total)

... or is my oncoming common cold making me touchy?
posted by feelinglistless at 4:23 PM on May 22, 2004

I'v ealways gone under the rule of no swearing in the post itself, threads whatever. I think with the advent of widespread use of RSS readers the title field is becoming more useful, and should probably be treated with a little more care by posters. This includes making them more descriptive.

On the other hand, this was hilarious.
posted by Space Coyote at 4:37 PM on May 22, 2004

Workplaces with filters are going to tag cussing in comments, so that point is moot. I doubt cussing in a title is going to lessen site image any more than the usual cussing.
posted by mischief at 6:04 PM on May 22, 2004

"who will think of the sites image!", he asks ROFLy.
posted by quonsar at 3:29 AM on May 23, 2004