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Post by bobod on Jun 14, 2017 13:05:20 GMT
I hate swearing filters, I find them childish and annoying. I often (not always, but more often than not) choose my words carefully, I do not ever want some automated filtering program deciding what I can or cannot say or how I should say it. I'm inclined to agree. They strike me as something analogous to DRM. It's trivially easy for someone who wants to subvert them to do it, but more often they serve as inconvenience to a legitimate poster doing his best to conform to the rules as in Jasonward’s case. I don’t think it’s a huge deal and I’m certainly not going to choose this hill to die on. I suspect I'm probably typical in that I read the sticky on joining, saw the prohibition against profanity and I write my posts with that in mind. I’m a guest here, these are the standards and I’ll do my best to follow them. I think it's a credit to the culture of the board that we've gone as long as we did without even knowing we have a filter. There were some posts on the matter several months ago. Possibly in the Dark Shadows sub-forum (I only say that as I hang out there the most). Certainly when I used the word 'arse' the other week I was curious to see if it made it through the filters (it did) - as if it's fine to say in Doctor Who, we can't really object to it here. |
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Post by kimalysong on Jun 14, 2017 13:51:25 GMT
I'm inclined to agree. They strike me as something analogous to DRM. It's trivially easy for someone who wants to subvert them to do it, but more often they serve as inconvenience to a legitimate poster doing his best to conform to the rules as in Jasonward’s case. I don’t think it’s a huge deal and I’m certainly not going to choose this hill to die on. I suspect I'm probably typical in that I read the sticky on joining, saw the prohibition against profanity and I write my posts with that in mind. I’m a guest here, these are the standards and I’ll do my best to follow them. I think it's a credit to the culture of the board that we've gone as long as we did without even knowing we have a filter. There were some posts on the matter several months ago. Possibly in the Dark Shadows sub-forum (I only say that as I hang out there the most). Certainly when I used the word 'arse' the other week I was curious to see if it made it through the filters (it did) - as if it's fine to say in Doctor Who, we can't really object to it here. Note the words on the filter are a lot stronger than arse. Maybe because I am not British but arse seems mild compared to the equivalent we use here. Anyways this discussion started because of the F word which to me is definitely not family friendly and you would probably not hear on Doctor Who. |
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Post by bobod on Jun 14, 2017 13:54:27 GMT
Oh I don't think there's anything 'probable' about that.  |
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Post by The Matt on Jun 14, 2017 16:58:12 GMT
Ha ha ha got to be be honest, never seen this much fuss over not being able to swear on a forum. Just use a different word surely?
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Post by Ela on Jun 14, 2017 17:09:17 GMT
Ha ha ha got to be be honest, never seen this much fuss over not being able to swear on a forum. Just use a different word surely? Yes, absolutely, use a different word. You don't need to use the censored words to make your point. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 18:40:50 GMT
I feel like I need to test it now
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 18:53:28 GMT
There were some posts on the matter several months ago. Possibly in the Dark Shadows sub-forum (I only say that as I hang out there the most). Certainly when I used the word 'arse' the other week I was curious to see if it made it through the filters (it did) - as if it's fine to say in Doctor Who, we can't really object to it here. Note the words on the filter are a lot stronger than arse. Maybe because I am not British but arse seems mild compared to the equivalent we use here. Anyways this discussion started because of the F word which to me is definitely not family friendly and you would probably not hear on Doctor Who. No, but you definitely hear it in Torchwood so can we use it on that subforum please?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 18:55:05 GMT
I feel like I need to test it now fiddlesticks That's I need to stop swearing brilliant. Very cathartic. |
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Post by kimalysong on Jun 14, 2017 18:55:21 GMT
Note the words on the filter are a lot stronger than arse. Maybe because I am not British but arse seems mild compared to the equivalent we use here. Anyways this discussion started because of the F word which to me is definitely not family friendly and you would probably not hear on Doctor Who. No, but you definitely hear it in Torchwood so can we use it on that subforum please? The entire forum is Doctor Who level  |
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Post by coffeeaddict on Jun 14, 2017 19:13:40 GMT
We appreaciate your comments and suggestions concerning the filter and ask that in the future you pm any further suggestions you may have to any of the moderators.
Thank you.
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