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So in short: make sure you are actually contributing to the site and/or others enjoyment of it and not just trying to earn attention? Usually that trick works for me when it comes to remembering rules.
And Freakenstein is right, we see you writing profanity with your own asterisks in it, you'll be treated much harsher than if you let the profanity filters do their job.
I'm confused. So even if I asterisk out a whole swear word (just as the filter would) I get in more trouble?
What if the word I'm saying in question may or may not be considered a swear word (like a dirty slang term that isn't so commonly known as a swear word, but pretty bad anyway), but I need to post it to get a point across. Should I not censor it or ask about it? (I guess the need doesn't arise too often.)
Lastly what if I am going to convey that I have a swear word in my post but I want it censored in a way so that it has more asterisks than necessary (so that people cannot easily guess what swear word it is by counting the asterisks)?
I don't think I ever have used a swear word. But I'm just curious to know. [Especially because I thought it was better to self censor based on the fact that the system may not recognize a lessor known dirty word or a clean word used in a dirty context.]
I'm confused. So even if I asterisk out a whole swear word (just as the filter would) I get in more trouble?
***'D swear word = bad.
No swears = very bad.
What if the word I'm saying in question may or may not be considered a swear word (like a dirty slang term that isn't so commonly known as a swear word, but pretty bad anyway), but I need to post it to get a point across. Should I not censor it or ask about it? (I guess the need doesn't arise too often.)
That's a heavy T&C alert. I'm sure you can post without using such language
Lastly what if I am going to convey that I have a swear word in my post but I want it censored in a way so that it has more asterisks than necessary (so that people cannot easily guess what swear word it is by counting the asterisks)?
You want to put down a swear word but give more work for yourself to conceal the swear word so people still know it's a swear word but do not know what word the swear word is? Wat?
Best thing to do is to not swear. If you *must*....let the filters take care of it.
Okay for the example's sake let's say "yellow" is a swear word.
Question 1: I can't filter the "swear" word yellow as ****** myself?
Question 2: You know someone might be debating something somewhat seedy or some sort of internet slang. Maybe another internet slang term comes into use. I can't filter out dirty slang terms (like the one's on urban dictionary)?
Question 3: I want to say the swear word "yellow" but I don't want it to be obvious what swear word I am saying so I filter it out with 20 asterisks instead of only six. This way if a kid is trying to look up what swear I said, they can't go to google and type in 20 letter swear word, because the probably won't get the right results. (yeah I wouldn't put that many asterisks just more or less to conceal the word better.)
Question 4: I use the word balls in a different context, I can't filter it out myself?
I can't filter the "swear" word yellow as ****** myself?
Well if you star it yourself and it comes out the same thing as if you didn't, then I don't see any difference.
You know someone might be debating something somewhat seedy or some sort of internet slang. Maybe another internet slang term comes into use. I can't filter out dirty slang terms (like the one's on urban dictionary)?
It's just generally against the T&C to use such slang for a negative purpose.
I want to say the swear word "yellow" but I don't want it to be obvious what swear word I am saying so I filter it out with 20 asterisks instead of only six. This way if a kid is trying to look up what swear I said, they can't go to google and type in 20 letter swear word, because the probably won't get the right results. (yeah I wouldn't put that many asterisks just more or less to conceal the word better.)
Well if you want to work more for something simple, then fine, but it's just better if you don't use swears.
I use the word balls in a different context, I can't filter it out myself?
Certain discussions in the forum lead to words like these. If they don't lead to what I said above, then it should be fine. If it is a discussion, pg-13 appropriate, which is not intended to be negative (and is not filtered out, in which case the discussion can be confusing), then using the word should be fine.
A good example is the R word. This pops up in various discussions, but can be used negatively. If for the latter, then it comes with bad consequences. If used maturely and in a civil matter, then it is fine. I don't think the entire group of users that discussed **** were warned/banned for using the word in a healthy manner.
I agree. I don't really see a need for it in online forums.
Okay that clears things up a bit. I do think that they want the filter to filter the swear words because this will be a good notification to the admins (maybe the mods can see it too?) as to who is swearing a lot. But then again I'm not sure, so that's why I asked lol.
<rant>Guys! Excess... No really, X-cess-pit. Really, if ya'll bother to learn the language and use your brains, I bet'cha can come up with some really original awesome speech to get your points across... Be it *hating hating* to *omg emphasis to get my really positive point across*... Come on, give the questions a break... I know the wording and exact nature of the rules are dismally vague, but try to be mature and ignore the poor site admin's lapses? They are trying their best to follow the law so as not to get sued, ya know... :P (/rant)
i don't curse at all, not in real life, not in the computer.i think that the people who do that shouldn't get a warning, because if they followed the rules-which is written on the website and they could look at it at any time-they wouldn't be cursing at all. that is my view on the topic, and i hear words like that in my school every five seconds, and it annoys the heck out of me.
