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Post by WillYouStopDave on Jul 18, 2019 13:10:57 GMT 10
We have not (as of yet) filled in any words for the swear filter. We have discussed it and we personally do not feel like we need to censor swearing here. But we have agreed to ask the members how they feel about it. So....how do you feel about it? Should we have a swear filter or not? If yes, what should be filtered and what shouldn't?
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Post by Silent Memory on Jul 18, 2019 14:09:38 GMT 10
If you would rather not say the words you think should be censored, you could say what letters they start with. 
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Post by WillYouStopDave on Jul 18, 2019 14:20:18 GMT 10
If you would rather not say the words you think should be censored, you could say what letters they start with.  That's pretty much what I've been doing for the "harder" swear words. I feel kinda weird as a mod "cursing like a sailor". LOL |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 17:27:26 GMT 10
I've personally never understood why people get upset over words. They exist, they're part of the language and you're going to encounter them whether you like it or not. And people who DON'T "swear" just come up with the dumbest euphemisms for all the "swear words" and then pretend like that's better, when everyone knows what they really mean.
So no, let's not do the whole swear filter BS.
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Post by iamcodemonkey on Jul 19, 2019 9:06:47 GMT 10
I agree with poster above me.
Swear filters are useless because you can still tell what the person said by counting how many asterisks the word has, lol.
We are all adults here, let's not try to treat each other like sensitive little snowflakes over mere words typed on the Internet.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 9:23:31 GMT 10
No we don't need a swear filter. Censoring words everyone already knows, uses. I mean if someone is just attacking verbally with swear words but it's just starred out does that make any difference? The person being abusive should be addressed, but censoring doesn't really accomplish a whole lot in my opinion. Unless the concern is under age users? Are there Preteen users on SAS/SAF? Racial Slurs or bigoted words that the workplace or TV/Radio forbids? In the US the governing body for that is the FCC. They Regulate what you can say on public TV/Radio. Is there an unwritten policy for similar thing on SAS/SAF?
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Post by Apocrypha on Jul 21, 2019 12:14:37 GMT 10
yeah I don't really see the point, most of the time it becomes obvious with context what the asterisked word is anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2019 13:37:57 GMT 10
No, I am against censoring. But if I had to choose a contender, possibly the N word just because of the uproar it causes. Again, I think we shouldn't give words that much power over us but that is a word that tends to cause headlines and such so I'm just trying to be prudent by self censoring.
But yeah I swear pretty often and I've consciously sworn less here because I had a strong feeling it wouldn't be bleeped out haha. I didn't want to upset anyone who was used to the previous censoring.
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Post by Silent Memory on Jul 22, 2019 2:26:28 GMT 10
No, I am against censoring. But if I had to choose a contender, possibly the N word just because of the uproar it causes. Again, I think we shouldn't give words that much power over us but that is a word that tends to cause headlines and such so I'm just trying to be prudent by self censoring. But yeah I swear pretty often and I've consciously sworn less here because I had a strong feeling it wouldn't be bleeped out haha. I didn't want to upset anyone who was used to the previous censoring. |
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Post by 8888 on Aug 5, 2019 8:43:03 GMT 10
I think filter the stronger words and allow the milder ones.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 4:50:01 GMT 10
i'm against censorship in most realms
if someone is an asshole, ban them on account of being an asshole, not for using certain words. ya dig?
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