Opt in/Opt out swear filter

An opt in/opt out swear filter whereby an individual user has the control to decided whether profanity is displayed on the forum would be a good idea.

It will create a more relaxed environment as currently a few people are seemingly getting annoyed by how the forum is managed in such a politically correct way.

No, just no is my opinion on this

Habboxforum has a younger audience and if we made it so only 16+ can change the filter options, people can easily lie about their age.

We don't need one. People do not need to say any of the big words in the filter, and there isn't a cry for it either. There are obviously harmless words that need to be removed, but that's another debate entirely. Being able to swear and the "political" way the forum is run are two completely different things, and the word filter isn't effecting the apparent behaviour of the management team.

Can we have a filter on threads about the filter so we don't have to repeat ourselves every 3 weeks

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Originally Posted by Aidenn

No, just no is my opinion on this

Habboxforum has a younger audience and if we made it so only 16+ can change the filter options, people can easily lie about their age.

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This is a Habbo fansite, Habbo found it appropriate to add this function and it works, completely kills that argument.

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Originally Posted by RockyHorror

This is a Habbo fansite, Habbo found it appropriate to add this function and it works, completely kills that argument.

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We arent Habbo,

We generally have management who are trying to avoid parents complaining due to their kids learning new 'words'.

Plus yes i understand swearing can be used in general sentances, but more importantly it can be used to target users, i can guarantee if the filter ever becauses opt in/out, it will be enforced again within a week, tops.

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=688379

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=631981

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=648978

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=503910

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=370867 (lol by rebel Oli)

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=176629

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=385074

This has been brought up quite a few times in feedback and the answer is still no. I'm just going to pretty much repeat myself from previous threads.

Having the words starred out looks so much nicer than seeing swear words everywhere, it isn't hard to tell what the words are when they are starred out anyway because of the context they are used in. I don't see why you feel the need to see such words posted all over the fourm, it looks unprofessional, ugly and I personally think it would give the forum a bad name as we have a lot of younger members on the forum and we'd be introducing them to such vile words that they shouldn't know at that age.

It's not as if we're being unreasonable about the filter, it is a lot less strict than it used to be seeing as we've unfiltered abbreviations such as "fml" and "wtf" etc.

The filter hasn't been a problem for years, and it isn't a problem now.

Jin made this post here which gives you another few reasons as to why it's not a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Aidenn

We arent Habbo,

We generally have management who are trying to avoid parents complaining due to their kids learning new 'words'.

Plus yes i understand swearing can be used in general sentances, but more importantly it can be used to target users, i can guarantee if the filter ever becauses opt in/out, it will be enforced again within a week, tops.

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There is no basis for complaint, it's user discretion, Habbox would have no responsibility over what a user chooses to do.

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Originally Posted by Nicola

This has been brought up quite a few times in feedback and the answer is still no. I'm just going to pretty much repeat myself from previous threads.

Having the words starred out looks so much nicer than seeing swear words everywhere, it isn't hard to tell what the words are when they are starred out anyway because of the context they are used in. I don't see why you feel the need to see such words posted all over the fourm, it looks unprofessional, ugly and I personally think it would give the forum a bad name as we have a lot of younger members on the forum and we'd be introducing them to such vile words that they shouldn't know at that age.

It's not as if we're being unreasonable about the filter, it is a lot less strict than it used to be seeing as we've unfiltered abbreviations such as "fml" and "wtf" etc.

The filter hasn't been a problem for years, and it isn't a problem now.

Jin made this post here which gives you another few reasons as to why it's not a good idea.

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Originally Posted by RockyHorror

There is no basis for complaint, it's user discretion, Habbox would have no responsibility over what a user chooses to do.

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Read the above quote for your answer.

Plus feel free to list ANY (IF AT ALL) Positive arguments that can't be argued.
If theres enough maybe it will be considered.