Why can't we swear?

i dont really give a **** tbh, i wont lose sleep over having the filter

Quite simple. There are many reasons. One, there are minors on this forum, and believe it or not *some* people haven't heard the words.

Additionally, the words are often used in derogatory meaning, and the line would have to be drawn by judgement, hence creating neverending debate between mods and users. The real beauty of the current rule is that there's no way to argue bias, because its clear cut.

It also has to do with the maturity of the forum. The ability of some of the members to get into a seriously terrible mud-slinging argument never ceases to amaze me. If I were to call 75% of members on here a bad word, or use it in connection with them in any way, they would respond with a barrage of insults and perhaps a few "Your Mom" jokes for good measure.

There's also the fact that we have a social responsibility if not a legal one to shield our users from undesirable content. I'm sure you guys don't want to visit the spam forum to see

"So listen up all you ****** ****ers, I got a ****in story to tell, so sit down, listen, and shut your ****in mouths."

(The Spam Forum was merely an example, whether they would actually become like that is, I won't say unlikely, but perhaps up for debate :eusa_whis)

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Originally Posted by nvrspk4

Quite simple. There are many reasons. One, there are minors on this forum, and believe it or not *some* people haven't heard the words.

Additionally, the words are often used in derogatory meaning, and the line would have to be drawn by judgement, hence creating neverending debate between mods and users. The real beauty of the current rule is that there's no way to argue bias, because its clear cut.

It also has to do with the maturity of the forum. The ability of some of the members to get into a seriously terrible mud-slinging argument never ceases to amaze me. If I were to call 75% of members on here a bad word, or use it in connection with them in any way, they would respond with a barrage of insults and perhaps a few "Your Mom" jokes for good measure.

There's also the fact that we have a social responsibility if not a legal one to shield our users from undesirable content. I'm sure you guys don't want to visit the spam forum to see

"So listen up all you ****** ****ers, I got a ****in story to tell, so sit down, listen, and shut your ****in mouths."

(The Spam Forum was merely an example, whether they would actually become like that is, I won't say unlikely, but perhaps up for debate :eusa_whis)

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For the first time in my life I agree with him. 100% agreed.

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Originally Posted by nvrspk4

Quite simple. There are many reasons. One, there are minors on this forum, and believe it or not *some* people haven't heard the words.

Additionally, the words are often used in derogatory meaning, and the line would have to be drawn by judgement, hence creating neverending debate between mods and users. The real beauty of the current rule is that there's no way to argue bias, because its clear cut.

It also has to do with the maturity of the forum. The ability of some of the members to get into a seriously terrible mud-slinging argument never ceases to amaze me. If I were to call 75% of members on here a bad word, or use it in connection with them in any way, they would respond with a barrage of insults and perhaps a few "Your Mom" jokes for good measure.

There's also the fact that we have a social responsibility if not a legal one to shield our users from undesirable content. I'm sure you guys don't want to visit the spam forum to see

"So listen up all you ****** ****ers, I got a ****in story to tell, so sit down, listen, and shut your ****in mouths."

(The Spam Forum was merely an example, whether they would actually become like that is, I won't say unlikely, but perhaps up for debate :eusa_whis)

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oh please, don't kid yourself cus ignorance aint a bliss, of course they have heard the ******* words before lmao, thats a load of **, you would have to be 5 to not have heard them haha, im not even agreeing that the filter should be removed, i am just saying that, that first thing you said is a load of **.

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Originally Posted by Pycan

For the first time in my life I agree with him. 100% agreed.

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I'm honored. Or at least you make me think I should be. Do you have some undying grudge against me or something?

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Originally Posted by Eamonn

oh please, don't kid yourself cus ignorance aint a bliss, of course they have heard the ******* words before lmao, thats a load of **, you would have to be 5 to not have heard them haha, im not even agreeing that the filter should be removed, i am just saying that, that first thing you said is a load of **.

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Look, just because you learned it before you were five does *not* mean others did. I know of people in my grade (and I assure you, I am a fair bit older than 5) who don't know *certain* curse words. I myself was exposed to different curse words upon my arrival to Habbox, but that was moreso because they were more used in British conversation.

I'm actually quite dissapointed, *Americans* are supposed to be the ones oblivious to the world around them and thinking the way they grew up is the way everyone else grew up. I'm saddened to see the disease has touched the Brits as well :( [That was more a dig at Americans than a dig at Eamonn btw :P]

i want a few works unflittered

I want unflittered : *REMOVED*

Flittered : *REMOVED* and all the other words (except crap ofcorse)



sorry if im breaking rules :P


Or can we choose what to see and what not like habbo :P coz avoiding the flitter is not against the habbo way i guess.

Edited By nvrspk4 (Assistant General Manager): Please don't avoid the filter (this includes partial/minimal starring.)

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Originally Posted by Lemo

i want a few works unflittered

I want unflittered : *REMOVED*

Flittered : *REMOVED* and all the other words (except crap ofcorse)



sorry if im breaking rules :P


Or can we choose what to see and what not like habbo :P coz avoiding the flitter is not against the habbo way i guess.

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I'm very dissapointed in you, Tut tut.

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Originally Posted by Lemo

i want a few works unflittered

I want unflittered : *REMOVED*

Flittered : *REMOVED* and all the other words (except crap ofcorse)



sorry if im breaking rules :P


Or can we choose what to see and what not like habbo :P coz avoiding the flitter is not against the habbo way i guess.

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And what about members who don't want to see swearing on a board particuarly the F word? This is a forum for children/teens. Wanna swear like that go and sign up to a forum that allows it. On Habbo it is different because the language is transient and disappears off the top of the screen in a minute. What is the attraction anyway?

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Originally Posted by Earthquake

The swear words are in the english dictionairy, its part of the english language.

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Responding to this, yes they may be in the English dictionary but then why would they block them out from tv?

I really couldn't care less if you could swear on the forums or not but maybe an option to block the filter or not kind of like habbo since people seem to be so bothered at the fact that they can't say **** =)

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Originally Posted by Lemo

i want a few works unflittered

I want unflittered : *REMOVED*

Flittered : *REMOVED* and all the other words (except crap ofcorse)



sorry if im breaking rules :P


Or can we choose what to see and what not like habbo :P coz avoiding the flitter is not against the habbo way i guess.

Edited By nvrspk4 (Assistant General Manager): Please don't avoid the filter (this includes partial/minimal starring.)

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The words you picked were some of the worst and definitely won't be unfiltered.

One of the primary problems with the filter is that we can't just turn it off for certain people and on for others ;)