Shouldnt this be unfiltered

[Nemo]

Im confused as to why dumbáss (*******), is filtered?

Dumb isnt
Ass isnt

Whats the point if someone can literally just put a space inbetween anyway. Also its hardly offensive :P

[Chippiewill]

Im confused as to why dumbáss (*******), is filtered?

Dumb isnt
Ass isnt

Whats the point if someone can literally just put a space inbetween anyway. Also its hardly offensive :P

It can only really be used to be rude to other people on the forum, no reason to have it filtered though :/

[Matthew]

Its just that though, it may not be the most offensive thing to say, but it still could be offensive. You can't really use it unless you're calling someone else a name.
Thats the only reason I can think of tbh

[matt$]

most of the filtering on here is pointless anyway

[Nemo]

Yer but if dumb isnt filtered (which is the same principle essentially), and neither is ass im a bit confused really.

[Eoin247]

Why is orgásm filtered as ******?

[Mathew]

To be fair, there isn't half as many "fights" on the forum as there were a couple of years ago. I remember when I first joined, there were usually disagreements and insults in every thread. I rarely see it these days? :P

[Samantha]

Maybe you wanted to call a donkey dumb but missed a space out? :P.

[Martin]

If you call someone a "dumb ass" under most circumstances it will be treated as rude and removed anyway. it's most often used as one word "*******" and the only time you would need to use that word really would be to use against someone as an insult.

I don't think it's a major flaw, and having it filtered isn't going to harm anything. Dumb on its own is used in many other contexts, ass on it's own could also be used on other contexts, by placing them together it's a more commonly used insult and would be treated as rude anyway. Seeing the word Dumbass around the forum would just look negative anyway where we dont want to encourage such a negative vibe with insults being thrown around etc. Along with lots of other words used as insults there just isn't much need for it to be unfiltered.

[Mrs.McCall]

Yeah but say you're commenting on something like I dunno "LOL Martin fell over at Tesco. What a dumb ass :P" it's not always negative. It could be jokey. I don't see why I can't be unfiltered :p

[Martin]

Yeah but say you're commenting on something like I dunno "LOL Martin fell over at Tesco. What a dumb ass :P" it's not always negative. It could be jokey. I don't see why I can't be unfiltered :p


I could just as easily be insulted by that though. :( Infact I am!

I will talk to Jamesy in detail about the Filter and we will go through and double check everything and see if any changes can be made. The main thing we don't want to do is unfilter stuff which would look bad/give a negative impression of the forum for newer members/ could be used to insult/upset people and undermine the maturity of the forum.

[Chippiewill]

I could just as easily be insulted by that though. :( Infact I am!


Well, you did fall over at Tesco.

[Mrs.McCall]

Yeah I see your point but I say it all the time as a jokey thing. It's an americanism I've picked up watching so much US TV.

[Jamesy]

I have nothing against it being unfiltered personally.

[Mrs.McCall]

Shame you're not Forum Man-- OHH OHH.

I might start a don't be a dumb ass unfilter dumb ass campaign.

[Casanova]

Now all we need Jin to agree to a lil' filter review... GO JIN!

[Chippiewill]

Now all we need Jin to agree to a lil' filter review... GO JIN!

Shame Jin had his HxF visit off the month earlier today, 31 days to go :D

[Jamesy]

I think Joey has a point, it's jokey and if it is used with malice then it will just be removed for being rude. I've just unfiltered it (give it 10 minutes or so for cache to catch up).

[Nemo]

Glad i could make a change :8

[Mrs.McCall]

Glad I could assist. (H)

[GommeInc]

May as well be unfiltered. Words like idiot, dumb, stupid and so forth are unfiltered and the members of proven so far that they can handle words being unfiltered and rarely resort to the use of this language (unless forum staff have upset them :P). There are just as much chances of people using it to describe someone in humour than there are to degrade and offend.

Out of curiosity, was "dumbarse" filtered? I'm shocked people were using Americanisms when you can avoid the filter the British way.

[Jin]

Shame Jin had his HxF visit off the month earlier today, 31 days to go :D

Not sure what you mean by that...

I dont mind this being unfiltered.

[Eoin247]

so why exactly is org-asm filtered as ******? It aint exactly an offensive word.

[GommeInc]

^ That's another word that could be unfiltered too, it's less offensive than dumb-arse too :P It'll let people describe things as "orgas-mic".

[Mrs.McCall]

Probably been mentioned a billion times but it's such a shame there isn't a filter people can choose to have on or off so we can swear all we like.

[Eoin247]

tbh i see no reason for org-asm to be filtered, i mean why isnt orgy filtered too then?

[GommeInc]

Probably been mentioned a billion times but it's such a shame there isn't a filter people can choose to have on or off so we can swear all we like.
If it's possible, then it's worth a shot for at least a trial period. The only main concern is whether or not the quality of posts is reduced with people swearing for the sake of it.

[Mrs.McCall]

I guess that would happen but well, I can't see why it would. It's just that sometimes you type stuff like the colloquial term for sex and it comes up with stars and it's a bit like grrr.

[Chippiewill]

Apparently having swear words optional turn off would tax the server too much.

[Jin]

Swearing is completely unnecessary so live without it. We will review the filter again.

I am starting to get a bit annoyed with a certain somebody's pointless posts in this forum and considering deducting 10 posts from their post count for every 1 pointless post.

[BobJ]

Swearing is completely unnecessary so live without it. We will review the filter again.

I am starting to get a bit annoyed with a certain somebody's pointless posts in this forum and considering deducting 10 posts from their post count for every 1 pointless post.

If its completely unnecessary then why do you and Matt do it?
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[Jin]

Because I was harassing him to do a :pickall, harassment is against the forum rules thus swearing is completely unnecessary here any other questions?


Though the reality of it was we were being stupid, that's why the help desk was in such a state.

[BobJ]

Because I was harassing him to do a :pickall, harassment is against the forum rules thus swearing is completely unnecessary here any other questions?


Though the reality of it was we were being stupid, that's why the help desk was in such a state.

Matt said HxF rules apply in HxHD rooms too so you broke forum rules again. You called someone an idiot just a few weeks ago.

[Jin]

Mhmm so you going to ban me?

[BobJ]

Mhmm so you going to ban me?

What a stupid question. And no but you should be setting an example. Its hypocritical if you do it yourself and then warn members for the same.

[Jin]

*snore* BTW, Habboxforum has a cron that bans accounts that have been registered via a proxy.

[cocaine]

its to censor the stupidity of people who spell it with a space in the middle

[Martin]

The word has been unfiltered, and it's been clarified by everyone including the owner. Thread is starting to go off topic now so I'm going to close it. Thanks for the feedback.

Thread closed.