Opt in/Opt out swear filter

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Originally Posted by Kirst

'*****r' and thanks =]

LMAO OH it isn't *****r you filtered but it blocks it out anyway. still other forums don't have it blocked.

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Obviously we can't tell what you mean as it's filtered, feel free to add a "." to break it up so we can see what you mean :)

ming.er

you can see why its filtered though but isn't there a way to stop other words being blocked that have a filtered word in it?

Edit nvm

I'd like a filter but I wouldn't at the same time, it'd be good in a sense of anger and yes you could argue one would be wiser to use proper english. At the same time I still feel swearing shows true anger. For example if you banged your arm in reality your first reaction wouldn't be "oh that table is naughty" it would most likely be "ahh this fuc'king thing". So yeah maybe we all are childish in reality but to me it shows people are real. Obviously you'd get the odd idiot that would say "I'm so fuc'king bored, what are you di'cks up to" at the end of the day punish those who need to be punished.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Habbox is a dictatorship, always has been, hence why user posting and registrations have declined massively in the last year or two

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Nice logic

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Personally, I don't see how the forum would be made to look ugly or unprofessional, obviously the default setting would be to leave the filter on, but then give users the choice in their UserCP wether to turn it off or not, much like Habbo have done, who must have put a **** ton more thought into this filter issue than Habbox ever has.

But alas, Habbox staff think they're right all the time and refuse to listen.

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As has been said hundreds of times across these stupid threads, having a filter as optional is basically the same as removing it. Who's going to choose to have it on and therefore miss half of the conversation (as kids love to swear to show how adult they are) if there's the option not to? Saying that the default is to have it on and that makes it ok is like saying we're born naked so most people will choose to stay that way

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Well it obviously isn't and if there's a thread about it every few weeks it's obviously a wanted feature.

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I want a feature that gives us money whenever we want it, and I'm sure other people would agree with such an addition, but that doesn't make it a good idea for the forum

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Originally Posted by Kirst

ming.er

you can see why its filtered though but isn't there a way to stop other words being blocked that have a filtered word in it?

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Originally Posted by Richie

Edit nvm

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Interesting :P This shouldn't be filtered no and what it will be is that the word without the r isn't filtered correctly, I'll change this later and it should allow for minger to be posted.

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Originally Posted by Kirst

ming.er

you can see why its filtered though but isn't there a way to stop other words being blocked that have a filtered word in it?

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Originally Posted by Hecktix

Interesting :P This shouldn't be filtered no and what it will be is that the word without the r isn't filtered correctly, I'll change this later and it should allow for minger to be posted.

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I am assuming thats quite an old filtered word or filtered the wrong way as Oli said. It may be a good idea for us to have a look through all the filtered words at some point and see if there are any in there that don't need to be filtered anymore.

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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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The bit in bold is a poor excuse to be honest :P Habbox Forum simply do not want an optional word filter because there is no need for one and the word filter keeps discussions looking clean. No one needs to say the big words, or see them. Seeing asterixes is perfectly fine.

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Originally Posted by Nicola

I am assuming thats quite an old filtered word or filtered the wrong way as Oli said. It may be a good idea for us to have a look through all the filtered words at some point and see if there are any in there that don't need to be filtered anymore.

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I KNOW ONE :D :D

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

Nice logic

As has been said hundreds of times across these stupid threads, having a filter as optional is basically the same as removing it. Who's going to choose to have it on and therefore miss half of the conversation (as kids love to swear to show how adult they are) if there's the option not to? Saying that the default is to have it on and that makes it ok is like saying we're born naked so most people will choose to stay that way

I want a feature that gives us money whenever we want it, and I'm sure other people would agree with such an addition, but that doesn't make it a good idea for the forum

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1. I was referring to the stated statistics declining over the past few years, and the fact it has always been a dictatorship, I didn't mean to word it in such a way as to link them.

2. Ok, so people decide to have it on, that's fine, guests can view the forum with it on to make it look clean and professional and if every user decides to turn the filter off then so be it, there's no issue with it, but you could limit the amount of guest filtered words in posts to two or three so there wouldn't be any over use of said swear words.

3. That's a stupidly extreme and unrealistic example, whereas this one is more realistic and wouldn't do any harm what-so-ever.

Ryan did you put fom back in your sig recently or has it been there ever since 2009 or whatever lol noob forever

Petition to turn ALL filtered words into "Jin" that would be so much better than *s

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Originally Posted by Recursion

wouldn't do any harm what-so-ever.

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What good are you suggesting having swearing allowed might do?

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

Petition to turn ALL filtered words into "Jin" that would be so much better than *s

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Agreed LOL.

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

What good are you suggesting having swearing allowed might do?

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I'm not saying it would be good, I'm opposed to swearing in 'real life' speech, I'm saying what harm can it do? It's an internet forum, it's meant to be a more relaxed place and as I see it, it's still a fansite of a children's game, Habbo, who also deem it necessary to provide a 'disable filter' option.

But hey, if all the *asterisks* were changed to "Jin" so **** would become JinJinJinJin, I'd be completely up for the filter ;)