How the heck did that mature content tag get on there?
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
February 13, 2009 12:16pm CST
Here's a discussion about putting more beauty in your life and improving your state of mind by smiling:
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1906409.aspx
Now how the heck would a discussion like that get a 'mature content' tag? Do people put that on? Do certain words in the discussion trigger it? Is the system picking on me? Anybody got an idea how it would have gotten there?
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12 responses
@rusty2rusty (6763)
• Defiance, Ohio
15 Feb 09
I know in the past if someone does not put all heir tas in. Other members would oput tas that do not belong. This could be one of those cases.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
13 Feb 09
look at a word, a g*y word,
in the comment on #2 and I bet that did it
Poor Mr. Ben, look what he did for having the wrong name
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
13 Feb 09
Ahh...yep, that would be it! I missed that.
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@armageddon (111)
• India
14 Feb 09
Or someone may have purposely include 'mature content' as a tag when posting a comment to this topic.
There are endless possibilities to this, unless and until we know the exact cause.
:)
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I'm guessing they must count the word "depression" as an adult topic. Nothing else in that whole discussion seemed "adult". Usually the tag gets put on by an automatic filter that picks out "adult" words....the problem is, half the time it takes the word out of context and gives the tag to completely innocent discussions. Just try to mention a certain cut of chicken you may have had for dinner recently and you'll get slapped with "mature content".
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@sconibear (8016)
• United States
13 Feb 09
yup....i used to think someone was following me and putting that tag in my discussions, but then i realized it's an automatic thing that like you say must be triggered by certain words.
i even tried putting 5 tags in my discussion so there was no more room, but it just bumps one of your tags and puts in the mature content tag.
i've even seen totally innocent discussions get tagged, so it must be certain words.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
13 Feb 09
How would I know? I'm too busy trying to kill blind people in busy traffic lol. Seriously, I don't regard anything in that discussion would warrant a mature content label
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
14 Feb 09
That's VERY weird. Maybe someone misinterpreted the meaning of "mature content" (which we usually consider of s e x -ual nature) and thought the phrase meant something different. There are a lot of people on here who's first and native language isn't English, so maybe somehow, they misinterpreted the meaning of the phrase and decided to tag your discussion with it.
Weird, though, I agree.
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