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Current Talk '05 I / ** Censoring Words **
« on: April 01, 2005, 08:51:01 PM »
While I'm honestly not really singling out anyone in particular, and while I'm sure that no one is actually trying to do anything underhanded, I do have a request:
We've noticed that recently several people have been using "creative" spelling for certain words in their posts. However, there's really no need to do that. The forum's censored word list is very short and if a particular word is on it, it will be censored (though in most cases people will still be able to tell what it is) - but if it's not on the list, it will go through. The system will simply replace certain letters in the word with asterisks, which is pretty much the standard censoring practice across the Internet. We realize that some people probably resort to "creative" spelling because they think the real word might possibly embarrass someone. However, though in all likelihood it's not what's intended, it can also come across to us as if they're afraid the real word could get censored by the forum's system, and we honestly don't appreciate anyone who might try to bypass the censor list. So, from now on when you're composing a post, please type all words as they're actually spelled and let the system take care of any of the censoring that might be necessary.
Thanks.
We've noticed that recently several people have been using "creative" spelling for certain words in their posts. However, there's really no need to do that. The forum's censored word list is very short and if a particular word is on it, it will be censored (though in most cases people will still be able to tell what it is) - but if it's not on the list, it will go through. The system will simply replace certain letters in the word with asterisks, which is pretty much the standard censoring practice across the Internet. We realize that some people probably resort to "creative" spelling because they think the real word might possibly embarrass someone. However, though in all likelihood it's not what's intended, it can also come across to us as if they're afraid the real word could get censored by the forum's system, and we honestly don't appreciate anyone who might try to bypass the censor list. So, from now on when you're composing a post, please type all words as they're actually spelled and let the system take care of any of the censoring that might be necessary.
Thanks.