Personally I apply the "how would I feel about this page being printed out and laying on my boss's desk" test to every site I visit at work.
Which reminds me of when YouTube spent forever with a broken beta HTML5 player, spending 5+ yrs building something that porn sites did immediately.
I mean what if I click on a /b/ link "at work"? Does that make my work output immediately tainted and the company has to immediately file for bankruptcy?
It’s a little like the Van Halen M&M test: if you don’t follow that rule, people have to wonder what other expectations you won’t meet.
> little like the Van Halen M&M test
Hah, yes, though in this case I apply it "inversely". Anyone who gets lost in the process, instead of considering the people in it, is out. (That's why, usually, my conflicts/problems with my late bosses/employers had something to do with them being a bit too cavalier when it came formalities like ... paying in time.) Trade-offs, trade-offs are hard.
No, much easier just to fire you. You’ve shown a disregard for what is almost certainly company policy, and created legal risks for the company (e.g. if anyone walked in on you while your screen was showing naked people).
Good luck convincing your HR / legal otherwise.
> walked in on you while your screen was showing naked people
Why are they poking their eyes onto my screen?
Of course the underlying rule "making other coworkers uncomfortable is bad" completely makes sense. And we - probably - all know how above a certain company size these rules end up playing it too safe.
This is not appropriate to look at at work.