"Abusing" the swear filter

[Shlup]

You've seemed fairly cranky since before I said that, but I suppose this isn't the place to discuss it.

And, I'm sorry, but I don't find editing every post on the board into a declaration of homosexuality to have anything to do with discouraging swearing or enforcing the swear filter. If you think the morals of EoFF's staff members is so off that the next step is that we start just editing posts as we please, then I'm hurt.

As far as I see, most of us agree on what is wrong and what is right in regards to the swear filter, and you guys are either complaining about situations that don't exist, an occassional situation where a swear is borderline and you don't personally agree with how it was treated, or bringing up things that staff members used to do, but have already agreed not to do anymore.

What I'm seeing is:
"You should do things case by case." - We do.
"You shouldn't edit out every swear word; some are used in an appropriate context." - We don't.
"You can change everyone's post to say they're gay, but that's wrong." - Good thing we don't do that then.
"Editing out a swear that is already covered by the swear filter is stupid." - No one does that.

So what's the problem?

[Jojee]

And if I hear one more person say that the entire staff should apologise or something after being attacked like that over a mistake due to lack of knowledge of one or two people, I'm gonna... make things pink or something.

The entire staff should apologize or something over a mistake due to lack of knowledge of one or two people. NOW. O=)

Know what I hate. Mods and Admins posting in closed threads to add their two cents to the whole situation. You want to say something more? Why can't I? I thought the thread was closed because 'this discussion is over' and yet it continues on an unfair advantage of power abuse(although unbelievably minor).

Haha, where did that come from. But yeah, those kinds of things make me wish I were staff I would go spam in all of them. Maybe that's why I'm not staff... *shakes fist*

[Big D]

[q=ShlupQuack]"draconian" (I still refuse to believe that's a real word). [/q]It's a real word, for sure. It's more common in the Commenwealth than it is in America, though.[q=Shlup, again]What I'm seeing is:
"You should do things case by case." - We do.
"You shouldn't edit out every swear word; some are used in an appropriate context." - We don't.
"You can change everyone's post to say they're gay, but that's wrong." - Good thing we don't do that then.
"Editing out a swear that is already covered by the swear filter is stupid." - No one does that.

So what's the problem?[/q]I have to agree.

[eestlinc]

we need a hack for the board so each member can individually decide if they want the swear filter to operate when the forums display for them. That way Bleys and I could see all the shits and fucks we want but by default it would filter and most people would just see smurf. I propose The Man finds/writes the hack and is temporarily adminned to implement it.

[Del Murder]

Are you saying that because you are against censorship, or are swear words really that important to you? For example, if we said you couldn't use the word 'barometer' at this board, would you ask for a hack that allows people to switch the 'barometer' filter off? (I picked that word because the wall next to me used to have a barometer on it, I wonder what happened to it)

The difference between the word 'barometer' and swear words are that when young people are allowed to swear some tend to act like idiots. I've noticed the maturity level drop significatly in places where swearing is allowed. That's why I've always been behind the censoring of most swearing, filter or no. If everyone was able to handle it and still be mature then it wouldn't be a problem. Swears are powerful words, and when some people are given such power they will abuse it, which is what I was touching on earlier.

[eestlinc]

I was joking about that suggestion, as is indicated by the end of it.

I guess we need to keep things like the swear filter so the Cid's Knights can keep their ShinRa aura.

[Shlup]

Oh, admin The Man. I get it. xD

Oh, eest, you crack me up.

[Yamaneko]

Where is The Man, anyway?

[Shlup]

Quit spamming, Yams! *bans*

[Agent Proto]

Don't bother adminning The Man. He wouldn't be arsed to do anything here.

[eestlinc]

I think I will set myself on fire in protest!


or, if you prefer...

[Shlup]

Yeah, Prot, 'cause we were really gonna do it. :rolleyes3

[Jojee]

Aren't you going to make things pink, Shlup? >=\ *disappointed*

[Shlup]

Yes.

[Jojee]

...Squee XD YOU DID. *dies* I was wondering what happened...