I've been lurking on metafilter here and there for years.
I usually glance over it once daily after reading HN. I keep meaning to pay the token fee and get a real username, etc.
But today, I saw a headline pre-pended with this:
"(WARNING: Contains strong language)"
... and that's the last straw.
I have come to expect the gratuitous (and common) "possibly NSFW links somewhere in this page" or "warning: trigger alert: hurt feelings" on mefi, but this was too much.
I'm sure I'll keep glancing over mefi from time to time, but I am not going to invest in, or take part in, a community that is so infantile it needs markers like "contains strong language".
I usually glance over it once daily after reading HN. I keep meaning to pay the token fee and get a real username, etc.
But today, I saw a headline pre-pended with this:
"(WARNING: Contains strong language)"
... and that's the last straw.
I have come to expect the gratuitous (and common) "possibly NSFW links somewhere in this page" or "warning: trigger alert: hurt feelings" on mefi, but this was too much.
I'm sure I'll keep glancing over mefi from time to time, but I am not going to invest in, or take part in, a community that is so infantile it needs markers like "contains strong language".