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Draco_Argentum wrote: Objectionable porn is about half of it
Objectionable porn? I have to say, I've found things I find pretty objectionable - and I don't mean "I object to furries/men". But I'm guessing that's "illegal content sites that we managed to find and pin down".

Still, I'm curious.

Also, I love how Frank can make anything sound like a crisis of the planet.
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I confess, I'm mostly ambivalent toward the presence or absence of such a filter, so long as the filtered dictionary isn't too large (defined in an entirely arbitrary way, by me). Some people may sometimes find it easier to rely on a slew of unimaginative curses rather than address whatever topic is at hand, and if you all consider this to be the case, you'd certainly be within your rights to institute a filter for facilitating discussion - it's far from a sacrilege against the First Amendment to do so. But, I hold no preference.
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I also request no filter.

But, if we must have one, I humbly submit "frell," "feth," and all variants thereof for inclusion.
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I am rather against a filter. If people want to swear, I say let them. If this impedes communication or offends people, that's their problem, and I don't see why the more mature people on this board should be punished for it.
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I'd like to point out that I rarely swear as much as I did in my rant. I was emulating a certain style, and part of that style is to swear even more casually than I actually do.
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Koumei wrote:
Draco_Argentum wrote: Objectionable porn is about half of it
Objectionable porn? I have to say, I've found things I find pretty objectionable - and I don't mean "I object to furries/men". But I'm guessing that's "illegal content sites that we managed to find and pin down".

Still, I'm curious.

Also, I love how Frank can make anything sound like a crisis of the planet.
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As much as I miss "fvck," I don't think we should actually reinstate word filters. Now, if we could all agree that we should filter "fuck" to "fvck" for like, nostalgia's sake, I'd be all for that. Simply because I loved that word.
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It doesn't just have nostalgia value, Cielingcat - I was never around when it was coined, and I like to use it now. :D
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That's a fvcking stupid idea and you know it :D

Maybe what we need is random stupid wordfilters...
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Cielingcat wrote:As much as I miss "fvck," I don't think we should actually reinstate word filters. Now, if we could all agree that we should filter "fuck" to "fvck" for like, nostalgia's sake, I'd be all for that. Simply because I loved that word.
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Falgund wrote:Words are meaningless, only the intent counts.
I don't care about curse words used as punctuation. I do care that wordfilters break the meaning of perfectly non profanity phrases. I do care that wordfilters do nothing to mask the intent of profanity phrases.
I think what you're talking about is when a filtered word appears in the middle of another word, and the filters fuck up the longer word. If so... phpBB doesn't have that problem. I just tested this over on Nifty, where we filter "shit" to "spoon." This is what posted:
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thisisabigpieceofshitandyouknowit

this_is_a_big_piece_of_shit_and_you_know_it
When I posted, that's what showed up in each instance. In both the second and third cases, "shit" still appears just fine.

I don't have an opinion one way or the other on the filter; but I figured I'd chime in with that piece of information about how the filters work in the forum software.
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That's convenient. Being able to type s before hit without it converting it to **** (something that I experienced on a site with worse codeing) keeps the filter from filtering stuff we don't want (mostly, at least) - assuming we want one at all, but that's another discussion from how well it works.

Thanks for passing this on.
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I have changed my mind with regard to the profanity filter: I don't think there should be one here. Not because I think it'd be evil censorship or any such nonsense, but simply because there's already a bunch of other message boards one can go to if one wants discussion with these filters. There is, I think, value in having The Gaming Den be different for seriously nothing but difference's sake. Maybe the quality of discourse will be worse, maybe better, but that it is different gives us a reason to be here rather than someplace else.
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...which is that we can say fuck?

That's not a good trade for lower levels of discourse. If the discourse level was the same, for purposes of actually producing something, fine.
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I remember one time right after the digital protection act was passed (before t was negated by the courts) that word filters were common and given much control.

Being kicked and banned for talking about breast cancer awareness; the Dick van Dyke show; umm... Well, there were many of them which would be insta-bans in various places.

Very annoying.

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Ick. Having "Fuck" turn into "fvck" or "hug", fine. Having it turn into "You have been banished from the Den." (even only for say, five minutes) is ridiculous.
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Oh no, nipples! Say it isn't so!

I don't understand the fear of nipples. I mean, genitals, fine, I suppose they vaguely have something there - given the choice I'd rather not see male danglies. But nipples? Everyone has those!

And if people can sue over seeing things that offend them, then can I mention that fat tummies hanging out offends me? Or horrible unkempt neckbeards?
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Koumei wrote:I don't understand the fear of nipples. I mean, genitals, fine, I suppose they vaguely have something there - given the choice I'd rather not see male danglies. But nipples? Everyone has those!
I refuse to lower actual breasts to a comparison with my nipples. :D
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I can't help but feel that I am in some way responsible for this thread.

You all know that if 'fuck' and 'shit' get banned, I'm just going to go for more and more disgusting imagery. Think about it.
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Lago PARANOIA wrote:I can't help but feel that I am in some way responsible for this thread.

You all know that if 'fuck' and 'shit' get banned, I'm just going to go for more and more disgusting imagery. Think about it.
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I like fvck. The something awful one is moderately amusing to, mostly as it is a trap for new users.

It's not a die in a ditch issue though
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