Four Letters That Make Blogging Complicated: NSFW

When I started this blog, I had a specific idea of what I wanted to do. I wanted to discuss things openly without censoring my voice, including subjects that don’t usually come up around the dinner table. I wanted to journal my life, experiences, sexuality, and desires as a man in the last third of his existence. And I wanted to speak plainly. It turns out that doing all of that gets complicated once four letters enter the picture: NSFW. It’s a balancing act. A host might allow your content but restrict its discoverability. You can publish what you want, but getting anyone to find it is another matter. It’s there, but unless someone already has the address, it might as well not be. So you say, fuck it, I’ll host it myself. But even then, you have to check what your hosting provider allows. Running your own Linux server at home means checking your ISP’s rules, too. What I wanted was a place to write, and suddenly I’m trying to figure out acceptable-use policies and how many layers of…

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