"Abusing" the swear filter

[eestlinc]

I actually kinda like the pink.

[Shlup]

I can't stand non-pink EoFF.

Okay, but srsly, back on topic 'cause we have to wait for Raist to come back and be like "omfg i sux." Yes.

[eestlinc]

You could allow swearing and then just ban people who abuse it.

[Shlup]

I'm pretty sure Raist has enough material for his LJ entries without us doing stuff like that.

[eestlinc]

everyone could just curse in albhed

[Del Murder]

It would just turn into 'smurf' in al bhed.

[eestlinc]

fro dra vilg fuimt ed tu dryd?

[Big D]

You could allow swearing and then just ban people who abuse it.

Or we could just not allow swearing and ban people who do it gratuitously.

Oh, wait, that's what we do already

[edczxcvbnm]

Who the swears that ing much mother er?

[Doomgaze]

[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.

I'd say more common among educated people, but I suppose that's more or less the same thing. It's from a Greek politician named Draco who decided that the death penalty should be applied to pretty much everything.

[Shlup]

Nice thinly veiled insult there, Doomy.

[Big D]

I'd say more common among educated people, but I suppose that's more or less the same thing. It's from a Greek politician named Draco who decided that the death penalty should be applied to pretty much everything.

Well, that's something I didn't know
I figured that 'draconian' meant 'like or pertaining to a dragon', i.e. all evil and fire-breathey and stuff. You learn something new every day.
Which means that I have fulfilled today's quota, and I now needn't learn anything for another twenty-four hours.

[Citizen Bleys]

"Editing out a swear that is already covered by the swear filter is stupid." - No one does that.

No one does that? What about the people who have got official warnings for using filtered words "too much" (meaning 3 times, which would be a good example of degree being decided after the fact by a staffer with a grudge) even though the words are already hidden by the filter?

[Loony BoB]

No one does that? What about the people who have got official warnings for using filtered words "too much" (meaning 3 times, which would be a good example of degree being decided after the fact by a staffer with a grudge) even though the words are already hidden by the filter?

Next, I don't have a problem with editting swears(only because I can't win the battle) but when Leeza goes and edits ...that just makes not damn sense! Seriously. The word has already been editted. No need to re-edit it AGAIN. If you are going to do this then what is the point of the swear filter. Go around and edit swears all you want such as bitch, c*nt, big floppy donkey dick and other things that are not censored. But to censor a censor...whats the point?

No one does that anymore, so its not an issue.

That was already taken care of before this thread was even started. Hooray!

[m4tt]

Nice thinly veiled insult there, Doomy.

It helps him sleep better at night when he puts a few people down.