Avoiding Filter

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Originally Posted by Lee

It's rude to other members for a start, so I wouldn't begin to worry about it avoiding the filter :)

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That wasn't what I asked, I merely used that as an example...

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Originally Posted by Jellyfish

If the filter is avoided in a post to use the meaning gommeinc is talking about, rather than the vernacular expletive version - e.g. "Chris is a fec.kless idiot and should be fired" - would the post still be edited for "avoiding the filter"? @Martin;

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That example would be edited for being rude.

****less is a completely different meaning isnt it? Not even sounding similar to another swearword etc. Unfortunately the filter does mean that some words have the first half chopped off etc where part of the word is a filtered word in itself. It doesnt happen very often though luckily. You are still manually overiding the filter though by putting a dot in though regardless but providing you arent doing it in a way to deliberately say something which would be unnacepable then it should be ok? Luckily its not a word that crops up too often. :P

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Originally Posted by Lee

It's rude to other members for a start, so I wouldn't begin to worry about it avoiding the filter :)

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What about if it is directed to someone outside the realms of the forum? For example, if Boris Johnson does something stupid and is called fec.kless? Sometimes you can avoid the filter if it's in true form in the same way you can say "Tom, Di.ck and Harry" because it's not offensive and quite a well used phrase. Although special provisions might be in place for Di.ck as it seems to be used in its actual form these days.

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Originally Posted by Martin

That example would be edited for being rude.

****less is a completely different meaning isnt it? Not even sounding similar to another swearword etc. Unfortunately the filter does mean that some words have the first half chopped off etc where part of the word is a filtered word in itself. It doesnt happen very often though luckily. You are still manually overiding the filter though by putting a dot in though regardless. Luckily its not a word that crops up too often. :P

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Depends if you've ever heard someone say ****less (that's the rude F word, not fe.ck). It wouldn't make sense, but I assume if someone were to say fe.ckless it would be fine, or not warrant a warning but just a mild mod warning?

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Originally Posted by Martin

That example would be edited for being rude.

****less is a completely different meaning isnt it? Not even sounding similar to another swearword etc. Unfortunately the filter does mean that some words have the first half chopped off etc where part of the word is a filtered word in itself. It doesnt happen very often though luckily. You are still manually overiding the filter though by putting a dot in though regardless. Luckily its not a word that crops up too often. :P

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But surely if the full word doesn't belong in the filter and it's being used in the right context then it's okay to add a dot, space, comma, apostrophe or whatever? It doesn't harm anybody and makes the post look a lot tidier and more understandable than one full of "****". Besides, "****less" could have all sorts of other meanings.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

What about if it is directed to someone outside the realms of the forum? For example, if Boris Johnson does something stupid and is called fec.kless? Sometimes you can avoid the filter if it's in true form in the same way you can say "Tom, Di.ck and Harry" because it's not offensive and quite a well used phrase. Although special provisions might be in place for Di.ck as it seems to be used in its actual form these days.


Depends if you've ever heard someone say ****less (that's the rude F word, not fe.ck). It wouldn't make sense, but I assume if someone were to say fe.ckless it would be fine, or not warrant a warning but just a mild mod warning?

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****less would be fine imo but if the filter cuts it off due to other reasons then theres not much that can be done about it.

what was the word

@Dave.; F E C K L E S S

wow is ****less really bad. my mum lets me say it but she doesnt let me saying
bleeding hell :(

To be fair, f.eckless isn't the filtered word, but the word f.eck, which people are apparently using to say the similar looking F word. These people should be laughed at for being so desperate :P

I'm going to start calling people quiffs instead of using the W word, just because I feel compelled to look silly (I won't, even though quiff is an amazing word).

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

To be fair, f.eckless isn't the filtered word, but the word f.eck, which people are apparently using to say the similar looking F word. These people should be laughed at for being so desperate :P

I'm going to start calling people quiffs instead of using the W word, just because I feel compelled to look silly (I won't, even though quiff is an amazing word).

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quick, someone filter niger