Language filter

Started by Mobile Tsk May 24th, 2009 8:47 AM
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Mobile Tsk

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Age 28
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Yeah, I'm sure this sounds crazy. But there are two four-letter words and a five-letter word that I think everyone has head each about a couple of thousands of times or more. You should know what they are. I find it ironic that these words, which rarely offend anyone over the age of 9, are blocked but "****" is not. And this really doesn't make sense. The most common use of the 3 words I mentioned are:
○ intransitive verbs
○ exclamations
○ minor insults

Whilst "****" is used:
○ to reference the female reproductive system
○ strong insults

I reall think that if this word is allowed, as well as "****", "*****", etc., there's no reason that words that are so much less offensive should be filtered.

If you're still trying to figure out what the three words are, they rhyme with stuck, fit, and itch. =/

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to mention that the community is tailored towards people 12+, and that we really shouldn't have to bend over backwards to ensure a "safer" environment for anyone younger than that. This domain is not owned by them and they have no reason to complain.

EDIT2: I consider whoever is harrassing me via adding words to the filter to make me look stupid to be all of the words I have mentioned thus far. :[

Taemin

MOVE

he / they
USA
Seen January 6th, 2023
Posted December 9th, 2022
11,196 posts
17.8 Years
It seems like it would become more of a problem if the filter were off, then it is being turned on with occasional complaints. Plus, regardless of age, a lot users here just don't care for that kind of language. Not to mention that is (mainly) a Pokemon forum, that automatically gives it a reason to stay 'clean'. xD; Cursing isn't necessary, nor it is cool.. so it seems pointless to allow it. People can get their share of cursing in on MSN, or other forums. That's my opinion, anyway.

There's my two cents worth. >>;


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Age 27
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Posted October 4th, 2015
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It's a Pokemon Forum. Little kids come here. And who knows? They might grow up to be an important part of the community. But only if they grow up, obtain forum etiquette, become mature...

and do not have the forum blocked by their parents because of language XP

Rukario

Banned

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Seen April 6th, 2019
Posted March 17th, 2019
7,587 posts
20.7 Years
we try for a fair balance so the majority of our users are not offended but still allow some expression and the younger ones don't have to be subject to the more nasty curses and/or slurs.

Zelda

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Age 7
Female
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Seen September 15th, 2020
Posted February 3rd, 2017
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14.6 Years
It's simple. The words are blocked because kids come here and if they see words like that and say they show their parents they most likely would not like this site at all. Also this forum is a kind and friendly forum where people talk about pokemon and non pokemon related things. It wouldn't be a nice forum if people cursed. Like Rukario said they try their best to allow words people want to use that won't offend anyone in a very bad way.

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Seen July 19th, 2009
Posted May 25th, 2009
273 posts
15.9 Years
Well, to **** be truthful, ***** little kids go to ***** here, and if **** and **** is ****** censored, ***** it could be a good ***** thing to do, because we ***** don't want any ***************************************************************************************
angry parents here.

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YOUR MOTHER! (aka: England)
Seen August 1st, 2016
Posted August 22nd, 2011
2,629 posts
14.9 Years
can I interject with two small complaints? Firstly, I noticed that the word Ch!nk is censored. The clear problem with this is that it is in fact a word often used in another context, arguably more commonly than the two b words, one of which is filtered.

Secondly, the filter seems to be ridiculously easy to bypass. Recently, I noticed that someone had mangaed to post the c word simply by putting it in spoilers. Is there no way to stop things like this happening?

Anyway, that's my daily complaining over. :P

Shadow

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Age 34
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Seen August 6th, 2021
Posted July 27th, 2021
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I don't know the answer to your first question, I never even knew there was such an offensive word as that. I've only heard it as an onomatopoeia.

The second thing, that'd likely be something vBulliten needs to fix. It sounds like a bug with the add-on/mod/whatever that adds spoiler tags to the forums.

Melody

Banned

Female
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Seen March 4th, 2018
Posted March 2nd, 2018
6,459 posts
18.6 Years
Meh. That's what the rule regarding censor bypass is for. If you see censor bypass, just report it if you feel the word was used offensively.

Regarding the filter here, I really don't run afoul of the filter often, and usually it's easier to come up with less harsh words to convey the same meaning. Most of my inappropriate word substitutions are perceived as initially silly, but when you read into it a bit, you get the idea of what particular four-letter word I may or may not be hinting at.

All it comes down to is intelligently expressing your thoughts with a more colorful metaphor. :P

So I'm not particularly bothered by the censor. Though I do agree with Shadow, to me, the aforementioned C word, only means a sound.

ShinjisLover

Seen May 11th, 2016
Posted July 5th, 2010
3,043 posts
14.5 Years
I don't mind the word block that much, but it makes my fanfics look stupid sometimes. =/ Especially when I wrote **** sapien. Why is it that **** is banned, but haggot isn't? Haggot is worse. >.>

And ***** isn't really offensive to anyone I know of either. They say it's a derogatory term toward women, but bastard is derogatory to men, yet we don't block that. Might as well just block hell and damn, too.
Age 31
Indiana, USA
Seen July 14th, 2016
Posted May 23rd, 2010
88 posts
15.1 Years
I feel like a few of the words you're referring to should be blocked, not because of age barriers, but also to keep a feel of cleanliness, I guess. Sometimes harsh language takes away the atmosphere of a forum.
I don't mind such words, I just feel like there is a place for bad language, which is in private conversations/chats and there is a place for moderate professionalism.

Also, if these words weren't blocked, it would encourage overuse of them, which would be bad. Insults would fly off the handle as well.

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Age 29
Female
Any ol' place really
Seen September 2nd, 2012
Posted December 27th, 2011
2,738 posts
14.8 Years
It seems like it would become more of a problem if the filter were off, then it is being turned on with occasional complaints. Plus, regardless of age, a lot users here just don't care for that kind of language. Not to mention that is (mainly) a Pokemon forum, that automatically gives it a reason to stay 'clean'. xD; Cursing isn't necessary, nor it is cool.. so it seems pointless to allow it. People can get their share of cursing in on MSN, or other forums. That's my opinion, anyway.

There's my two cents worth. >>;
Now, that's a good speech. I mean, I understand the point of the thread, but it's possibly more pointless to use that kind of language. I mean, who's going to just casually talk about these things on a Pokemon forums? It just makes everything seem more clean and mature.

EDIT: In fact, I've never even noticed the filter before, as I never try to surpass it. I've never even seen people typing asterisks before, so they haven't either...

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