Bobba Filter and Age Requirment

[Unsuspected]

The reason the bobba filter is censoring everything is because there are children on habbo. if they raise the age requirement to at least 14 then most words would be able to get taken off the bobba filter, there are words that teenagers can say that an 11 year old is forbidden to say. Kids are ruining habbo hotel. what person 14 or older doesn't say **** at LEAST once a week. I say it just about everyday.

another thing. The words on the bobba filter are gettign too much. it's sad that they think the word drug is a dirty filthy word that should never be said on habbo and heaven fobid if you ever should say it, yet the word gay is left completly uncenscored. So that means I can walk up to someone and say "heya stupid gay, get away from me I don't swing that way" but heaven forbid if I say "I love drugs"

[GommeInc]

Um, the age requirement is 12 or 13, children from 10yrs or 11yrs old know bad words. Parents shouldn't let children play habbo if they are not old enough sheesh, swearing is only offensive to idiots, they are a bunch of words people think are bad. They could at least change bobba to something funny like Rolf Harris or David Bellamy.

[janethepain]

Im less than 14 but I still swear.

[THE NINJA]

Im less than 14 but I still swear.

May your parents burn in Hell for eternity!

[GommeInc]

Why should they burn, swearing is not bad, it is only words that people think are bad, really the people who find swearing bad are the loser.

[THE NINJA]

Why should they burn, swearing is not bad, it is only words that people think are bad, really the people who find swearing bad are the loser.

Concept of humor is understood less and less nowadays.

Anyway - Unfortunately, opinion doesn't play a part. Swear words seem to be set.. Though they shouldn't. Using them especially shouldn't be counted as blasphemy.

EDIT: We could have a debate on this :p

[GommeInc]

God damn, I mean blasphemy, no such thing.

[TheLostPara]

I Agrre The Bobba Filter Is A Bit To Much

[THE NINJA]

God damn, I mean blasphemy, no such thing.

I know, it is pathetic.

[ideabox]

I know some is but i do aggree with the extreme swering because theres no point of saying it!
And i aggree with tubgirl
You dont wanna know why

[Mentor]

the annoyane is, i dont mind swaring i accept it as partaly normal speach wich it is now days mostly. if someone says bobba u know they swore at you, so what does that help. the problem is, half the time when it says bobba they wernt swareing? id much prefer it without the bobba filter. theres not exsacatly an age where they say for no good reson your now allowed to sware etc? and young childenr shoulnt realy be on it? so why do they have this annyoing filter

edit, i now regert serching google to find out whats with the tube girl thing. but bobbering it only realy brings it more to peoples attention?

[THE NINJA]

edit, i now regert serching google to find out whats with the tube girl thing. but bobbering it only realy brings it more to peoples attention?

I also regret searching tubgirl on google. :eusa_sile

[THE NINJA]

I SUGGEST NOBODY SEARCHES FOR TUBGIRL.
SERIOUSLY - DO NOT!



* Edited by Janeh - Please do not double post simply edit your previous one.

[Da-Weasel]

dude....i swear like 15 times a day...ders nufin bad about it...just a few words!!!

[Butcher11]

Habbo knows they could be sued, becuase swears are not supposed to be said by younger children, and they could get in alot of trouble for promoting swearing or when peopkle talk about drugs. Yes some things bobbaed are stupid, but they're mostly necessity, such as 717 and if u can.

[GommeInc]

Um butcher the age requirement for habbo is 12 or 13+, they are considered as pre teens and as with most pre teens and 5-10 is where 1/3 of children swear, swearing is not a bad thing, the person thinking it is bad to swear s bad as they think the word is bad while it isnt because it is only a few words joined together and they shouldnt think of it as naughty words which yet again means they're bad.

[SoraSafe]

You used to be able to turn the bobba filter on and off, but they just made it on all the time. It's so they aren't encouraging swearing or other rude things to kids.

[akaPenguin]

Heh, raising the age requirement wouldn't really matter unless parents monitor what they do on the computer. People would just lie.

[dj-ally]

yeah the bobba fillter is 2 much

[Motorollo]

i think 11 year old and above have the right to go on habbo i think evryone has the right to go on habbo myself swearing is a part of life we cant stop it just as we cant stop litle kids from going on habbo

[GommeInc]

Yeah you might aswell ban the words god, allah as they can be offensive to other religions, I shall make this sugesstion and they should also ban ***, omg, rofl, lmao, lmfao etc.

[Mentor]

i think the main reson is nowdays there are to many werdos who will take any opitunity to sue somone, you now get idots suing people for there own mistkes say tripping on somthing they droped, wich is rediuclus. if habbo did remove bobba filter there would most likly be a load of peopel suing them just to make money when rely they dont even cair on the amtter there suing for. habbos realy just staying on the safe side of this if u think about it.

[GommeInc]

Yeah I guess, as after all they are only here for the money, they dont want to lose it.

[dj-ice-age]

IM 13 AND I SWEAR AND ITS JUST BASCILY SAYING U IDDIOT

[GommeInc]

Or shut the hell up with a new word etc.

Whats bad about that and kids that have snooty parent that hate swearing shouldn't use the interent, everyone swears get used to it sheesh.

[Convictions]

even when bobba comes up you can usually guess what the person has said

like if "you bobba" came up im sure most of u could guess the 3 words they could've said . And when people can guess the bobba'd words , there's no point in having a bobba filter

[Jane]

Childen under 14 may swear, but I suspect their parents dont know they do this, do they. Its not as if your going to go up to your parents and start swearing at them. So my point is, if you were on habbo and your mum and dad walked in and there were hundreds of swear words on the screen, what do you think they would do. Most probably stop you going on habbo - EVER. So actually the bobba filter is there for a purpose :)

[Concentric]

i think 11 year old and above have the right to go on habbo i think evryone has the right to go on habbo...
No, nobody has a "right" to go on habbo, its up to Habbo to decide who they let use their site.

[Adzeh]

its a mater of principal. sulake want to be a clean organisation. who would want their nice clean hotel to be taken over by swearing. is it so hard to keep your language clean. if you are going to swear. do it to yourself in your room. keep it out of habbo

[GommeInc]

I know there maybe a prob of swearing but I think it coming out as bobba is annoying, say David Bellamy or somthing funny for it.

[Mentor]

its a mater of principal. sulake want to be a clean organisation. who would want their nice clean hotel to be taken over by swearing. is it so hard to keep your language clean. if you are going to swear. do it to yourself in your room. keep it out of habbo
i dont understnd what ,makes sware words, dirty words, there words like any other, that have menaing like any other, its only beuse there being called dirty words there seen as wrong, if they wont it would be exscatrly the smae as calling somone stupid, or maybe saying the need the loo, (tyhe flushing toilet was orignaly called the "****per afetr the man who invnted it, so it must be quite offnecive to have his name as a rude word?)

[GommeInc]

Mentor, they never used to have meaning some of them and i dont find swearing offensive, people who find them offensive are the sick ones to me.

[Jane]

You say you dont find swearing offensive because they are only words. Well racist remarks are only words, and they are offensive..so why not swear words? I admit I do swear at the odd occaision, but I do not swear every other word like some people, because I find that quite pathetic.

[GommeInc]

Racism isnt swearing, racist people are people I hate, just because Japan and India and any other Eastern countries are better than England aka Pollution ville land of the viruses dosnt mean we should be evil about the colour of their skin.

Also we all originate from Africa so why are we mean to our real families that haent destroyed the world, Africa should be the most important country, not America or England, we're full of world destroying idiots.

[Mentor]

I personly dont cair if somoens green, i find it annying when some poepl make a big point of saying, "im black" or "im white" i mean, what big differnec is it realy supposed to make to someone? if it was going to make a diffenec the actal person would have to be rasit anyway as far as im conserned. Rasism is just becuse some idot cnat do somthing and wnats someone to balme it on. i personly dont belive in it.
Plus u dont need to sware to be rasist?


( im wondering if that ramble made any sence, but what the hey )

[Jane]

My point was, people were saying they dont find swearing offensive, as they are only words...But then again racist terms are extremely offensive, yet they are just words. You see my point?

[Mentor]

The diffence is rasim is directed persifily agsit certain people, or a certain race. swaring are just words, taht can be used in any context, i find it no worse than calling somone an idiot etc. if u get me...

[GommeInc]

The word ****** is apparently racist, which it isnt, it is only racist to a 'black' man if a 'white' man says ******, if a 'blacl' man says ****** to a 'black' man then that is ok as it is seen as brotherly in away or packed.

Put there are some freaks that call people *****es which I am very confused about, why bother making fun of Africa when you're making fun of yourself, we breathe the same air eventually, drink the same water and live on the same land. African people are the most friendliest people I know and they hate pollution and I prefer Africans for example more than England where I live as England is a junk heap that always makes wars and Africa is nice and clean air.

[Unsuspected]

Habbo knows they could be sued, becuase swears are not supposed to be said by younger children, and they could get in alot of trouble for promoting swearing or when peopkle talk about drugs. Yes some things bobbaed are stupid, but they're mostly necessity, such as 717 and if u can.

sued for swearing? where the hell are you from, I'm 100% sure that in USA and Canada it is not against the law for a kid to swear. I know tons of kids that are too young to be arrested and when the cops try to talk to them when they do something like harrassing, threatening, or even robbing a store the kids just swear at them, the cops can't do anything about it. kids can't be arrested but they're parents are able to get a fine if they do something that accually worth something. and no kid has ever gotten they're parents a fine because they swore at a cop

[Unsuspected]

My point was, people were saying they dont find swearing offensive, as they are only words...But then again racist terms are extremely offensive, yet they are just words. You see my point?

racist comments aren't swears unless u acually use a swear word while mocking them. Racism is extremely offencive but do not mix racism with annonymous swear words


* Edited by Janeh - Please do not double post, simply edit your previous one.

[GommeInc]

Yeah, Racism isnt swearing, people who are racist are right Martha Rodgers when they are racist, when someone from UK or my school says a Racist Comment, I answer back making a racist comment on UK, even though I live here, no country is great, so dont think your country is.

[Mentor]

sued for swearing? where the hell are you from, I'm 100% sure that in USA and Canada it is not against the law for a kid to swear. I know tons of kids that are too young to be arrested and when the cops try to talk to them when they do something like harrassing, threatening, or even robbing a store the kids just swear at them, the cops can't do anything about it. kids can't be arrested but they're parents are able to get a fine if they do something that accually worth something. and no kid has ever gotten they're parents a fine because they swore at a cop
they could get sued for puuting it where childern could see, it, its like if ahhbo hotel randomly put porn on its homepage, some popel will instantly get offend, and habbo could get sued by an angry parent who thinks it has warped there child...Over reacating, but su people realy do that sort of thing, athogh i think u shoudl have the option to turn it on or off.

[GommeInc]

Everyone is warped.

[Leesa]

sued for swearing? where the hell are you from, I'm 100% sure that in USA and Canada it is not against the law for a kid to swear. I know tons of kids that are too young to be arrested and when the cops try to talk to them when they do something like harrassing, threatening, or even robbing a store the kids just swear at them, the cops can't do anything about it. kids can't be arrested but they're parents are able to get a fine if they do something that accually worth something. and no kid has ever gotten they're parents a fine because they swore at a cop


Actually if you do exstensive research into the laws, you might find that swearing is illegal to do in public, depending of course, where your from. It all depends on where you live I suppose. You right in the sense that the cops can't arrest children under a certain age.

[Butcher11]

children above 12 here in US can be tried in a courtroom as an adult, and also, I know some kids who have got in some bad trouble for swearing at teachers and cops before. Here in Boston a 15 year old was charged for rape, so what you mean kids can't be arrested? get your facts right lol

[hotslime]

May your parents burn in Hell for eternity!

Don't be rude go to hell. :@

[Mentor]

Heres and into to bush i found.. thats true
He snorted cocaine ... He dodged the draft....His friends knew him as an alcoholic womanizer with a bad temper....a complete failure at business until his wealthy friends rescued him. Yet within a few short years he was elected Governor of Texas, and quickly catapulted into the White House in spite of losing the popular vote. Then he was re-elected with last minute help from Osama Bin Laden, in spite of high disapproval ratings. He still couldn't think his way out of a wet paper bag without the advice of his staff .....and yet he's been able to declare an endless war and institute some of the most radical changes in American history"

Thats why i wount trust american law (no offence)

[GommeInc]

Me neither, they rules aren't harsh enough...

[Mentor]

Bush does all that, and even boates about how many people he exicuted when he was gov of texis, yet hye even puts laws up agist swring, taken the whole contry back a few stepd, encorged inequility aka no gay marages. Hes an idot been given to much power, i stand with my opinion nothing good will come from it.

[GommeInc]

He should not be President, Kerry should, he dosnt look much better but he may have a brain and he wanted to fix the USA, in many English Newspaper it said and I Quote "How many people can be so dumb?" even us brits dont want him as president, i bet he will declare war on us, luckily, i maybe able to convince my american family to assinate the little psycho before its to late! Thats if he does go to war but non the less, he's an idiot!

[Corey777]

Me neither, they rules aren't harsh enough...


Before reading this, please note that I am Canadian.

I Do not undrstand why you say the United States' rules arent harsh enough?

They are VERY strict on Drugs, theft, and swearing.

They even have many shows about crime and to stop it like: American Justice, America's most wanted etc..

I don't know what they do in England, but I do know that America is harsh.

As for the facts about Bush, I couldn't care less whether its Bush or Kerry, I don't like either :p.

[properclone]

This is simply a matter of oppinion, lots of young people say 'Oh I don't care about swearing I don't find it offensive'
You have to think to yourself, you're not the only person on the planet, the vast majority of people do find swearing offensive.
If 0% of the worlds population didn't care about swearing Habbo would be ok to remove the filter.

[GommeInc]

1. Why do you not like firefox, is it the new version.
2. America don't treat youths as strongly as us, american teens swear at police, cuase damage and are always in detention, on the other hand, their rules are extremely harsh. You are set back a year or grade for getting lower than a D, In England I don't think some schools care as we have things called Special Needs etc.

[Corey777]

I guess on some things, US is strict, and others the UK is more strict.

Just leave it at that :p

[GommeInc]

Stop making situations easy, debating other things that are pointless is pointlessy fun...

[nets]

The reason the bobba filter is censoring everything is because there are children on habbo. if they raise the age requirement to at least 14 then most words would be able to get taken off the bobba filter, there are words that teenagers can say that an 11 year old is forbidden to say. Kids are ruining habbo hotel. what person 14 or older doesn't say **** at LEAST once a week. I say it just about everyday.

another thing. The words on the bobba filter are gettign too much. it's sad that they think the word drug is a dirty filthy word that should never be said on habbo and heaven fobid if you ever should say it, yet the word gay is left completly uncenscored. So that means I can walk up to someone and say "heya stupid gay, get away from me I don't swing that way" but heaven forbid if I say "I love drugs"

They couldnt add the word gay to the bobba filter as there would be an outrage, that would be like saying being gay is wrong (I'm not saying that I am gay before any n00b makes a reply saying that).
They can add the word drug because im sure habbo dont want people talking about drugs.


1. Why do you not like firefox, is it the new version.
2. America don't treat youths as strongly as us, american teens swear at police, cuase damage and are always in detention, on the other hand, their rules are extremely harsh. You are set back a year or grade for getting lower than a D, In England I don't think some schools care as we have things called Special Needs etc.

I dont think that american teens swear at the police lol.

[Mentor]

Gommeinc U realy do watch far far to much tv, americas dumbist crimnals and most wanted arent the normal occurance.
Anyways i hate bush cnat see how he won. Plus i dont understan what makes swring offencive? its just pople with sick minds taking normal words out of context. best exsampl is **** or ****per, its what the orignl flushing toilet was called, mr ****per give u that great invntion and then u tahnk hom by makes his name a suposedly rude word. doing that is sick, not swaring.

[nvrspk4]

Hmm well if they lowered the limit not only would there be a revolt, ppl wud sneak in as they already do. Anyway why should they take the effort when every1 avoids the filter neway?

[Simonac55]

Sometimes, I can say the filter is going a little bit crazy on the words but it is here to maintain safety. Some parents don't want their children to see bad words on a website and use them at home. We all have a different way to react to different situations.

[GommeInc]

True but it should be the child and the parents to blame if they see a noughty word, they know the consepuences they deal with em.

[Mentor]

What actaly makes them "noughty words" or "bad" words, if there seen as bad words, ist the people taht see them like tahst that are bad, not the word as ist just a word. same as a knife is just a knife, even if ist used to kil somoen its the kiler taht is "evil" not the knife. Its the person to balme, not the word.

[8Marcus8]

hmmmmmm.. hard debate, i think you shood be able to turn on and off the bobba filter in each room, then if you are agenst swearing stear clear of the rooms. It should be like categorised like when u click on trade rooms it comes up as bobba and non-bobba

[GommeInc]

Yeah but most room owners will take off the filter and rooms people are against swearing that they want to go to but there is swearing will make them not allowed or not want to go in there, then people against swearing will leave.

I think you should be able to pick a level of swearing.

Level 1 or Higher = Filters every swear word, including ones containing swear words.

Above Medium = All words are filtered, but words containing swear words are un filtered.

Medium = Most words are filtered

etc etc etc

[Mentor]

Id be happy with a simple ON/ OFF feture for the bobba filter. Then if you are agist it u can put it on, and if you dont cair you dont have your converstiosn wreked by the annoyoing thing

[Zepello]

Omg, What are you on about?
I'm 12 and I swear all the time, so does everybody my age, it's a thing EVERYBODY does. Even 7 year olds swear nowadays lol. So don't blame it on age.

[GommeInc]

I blame it on snotty children that cant be bother'd to learn words with no meaning.

[Ryo976]

What is it with the bobba filter now-a-days? Sure maybe there are a few words that should be filtered out but nothing to dramatic. Also unfortunately we do have to blame it on the younger kids of habbo. They are Habbo Ltd.'s major concern. So they make a friendly enviroment for them and make older habbos' like myself suffer. And yes you are right swears are just words. Its how you interpret them that makes them bad/naughty/Etc. So who are we to blame? Habbo, nope there just doing there job Young kids? Possibly Ourselves? Yes because we are the ones that use the swearing in the first place and if we didnt use swears no one would. Older habbos are looked up to so its basicaly our duty to stop swearing and everyone else will stop, well.. most and yes that concludes my theory :)

And remember We can only blame ourselves for the filter.

[Mentor]

Swaring isnt a thing thogh, its only people that think its wrong, its only the fault of those who aren agist swaings, as without them saing woulnt be thogh as of rude, and would be used as they are WORDS

[:kader]

May your parents burn in Hell for eternity!
Dude Honestly Thats Not Funny, I Know You Were Jus Avin A Lugh ( I Hope )
But What Happens If This Persons Parent(s) Have Died Or Summin... :@

[Dansk]

Hey! HEY! LOOK! LOOK OVER THERE! OMFG!! LOOK!!

:eusa_booh It's a violin! And I'm playing for all you whinners!

Now. Stop swearing and instead break the younger kids mentally.

[GommeInc]

THEY'RE NOT CHILDREN!!!!

At 13 you are a young adults or pre-teen, kost children swear now and dont find it offensive, some know it but dont use it. Parents should teach their children that swearing isnt offensive. Either that or poke em till they do find it non offensive.

[Mentor]

Its sick perople with dirty minds, not sick and dirty words, there words, like any other, to prove this some minds have got to teh point of pervestion as to suggest banniung the word noob, newbie.

[GommeInc]

Some kids think swearing makes em look big, not really, it is like saying Philosophy over and over again as they're both just words.

[Dansk]

****!! ****!! ****!! ****!! **** **** **** ****!!

I'm old enough to swear. :) But it's not fun.

[GommeInc]

Its not fun, just a bunch of words to me, it is neither rude or funny to swear.

[Mentor]

If i crush my foot they fit in wlel with the orginal slow dopy ouch thogh, aka, *woffle, large rock, my hand, crunch*

there just words liek any other, and shoudl be used as so.

[GommeInc]

Exactly, dont take words offensive!

[ideabox]

What do I care? I can swear like anybody but in real life I swear much worse. I said to this person at school in Year 12 to go F**k himself the stupid... you get the picture but I think the bobba'd sweer words shouldnt be on there
Ummm yes Janeh. I think you shouldnt say that here. Anyway you could say something offencive to them and that could hurt there feelings so thats why they are blocked.

[Mentor]

What does swring have to do with hurting somoen fellings, other wrord are just as good subsitutes?

[GommeInc]

Sticks and stone may break my bones but wordswill never hurt me. That somes up swearing.

[Mazoku]

Some words in bobba filter were taken out..

Like dice and the other things.. maybe they were put there in accident..

tubgirl was censored for a reason you won't wanna know like what ideabox said..
Bad..

[hellamatrix]

I wanted to type my girlfriend name out on Habbo and it turned out as bobba . The filter is extremely strict and I think they should remove some words out of the bobba filter . Seriously , this is my opinion .

[GommeInc]

The filter is not extremely strict, it is extremely rubbish.