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Mar 5, 2008

A MOSH Mystery

Clue has nothing on this whopper. A marvelous mystery has made its way to MOSH, and I think I may have the riddle solved.

Indeed, something strange is brewing with the all-mighty tag. Several users over the last few weeks have alerted me to it and I'm now finally putting the pieces together. It appears that several MOSH users have seen mysterious "_nsfm" tags applied to their content. Some have argued that this is Russell's doing. It is not. Could it be the work of a vigilante MOSH user, hoping to spead peace and order throughout the MOSH galaxy? No, I doubt that.

This is my theory, ladies and gentlemen:

First, I suspect that "_nsfm" is a play on NSFW and stands for "Not Safe For MOSH". The content I've found tagged as such is the type of lonely-time stuff that makes Russell feel dirty. But in a good way? Roll in the dirt, Russell, like a piggy.

Second, if NSFM indeed means what I surmize it to mean, perhaps MOSH engineers are starting to identify the naughty bits for a future site update. Perhaps they have something up their sleeve, like an NSFM section of the MOSH site? It's certainly possible.

Third, the "_nsfm" tag seems to appear then disappear. Typing "NSFM" in a search query renders the appropriate results, but often, the tag isn't applied (or at least, doesn't appear on the list of tags with individual pieces of content).

I could just ask my MOSH colleagues exactly what's going on (that would be the normal, rational thing to do), but I will do just the opposite. This time, overlords, you must come to ME. Come to Russell and explain yourself! Do it NOW!

With fiery fury,
Russell

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