Overly Moderated?

[Black_Apalachi]

Why not remove the filter on the grounds of:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_osQvkeNRM

Stephen Fry is always right. +rep .

[nvrspk4]

I would certainly say that frick is acceptable, however I can also see where a moderator who removed that was coming from, deeming it a derivative of a not so nice word but personally I think frick is entirely acceptable.

The addition of the a to another curseword I don't buy at all That is clearly a curse word and an a would be an avoidance. However, with the system we have I would hope that moderators in certain cases would give a PM warning. There are two situations, one whether the user is clearly avoiding the filter and another where a user is simply saying something the way they're used to and forgot it wouldn't filter.

You ******

With previous warnings etc should be infracted (obviously the avoidance, I've self filtered it so some smartass (yay for unfiltering) doesn't cry foul).

Take that ******

To a friend or something in competition or whatever should be edited, removed, but only given a PM warning as I feel thats a pretty innocent avoidance.

[Catzsy]

I would certainly say that frick is acceptable, however I can also see where a moderator who removed that was coming from, deeming it a derivative of a not so nice word but personally I think frick is entirely acceptable.

The addition of the a to another curseword I don't buy at all That is clearly a curse word and an a would be an avoidance. However, with the system we have I would hope that moderators in certain cases would give a PM warning. There are two situations, one whether the user is clearly avoiding the filter and another where a user is simply saying something the way they're used to and forgot it wouldn't filter.



With previous warnings etc should be infracted (obviously the avoidance, I've self filtered it so some smartass (yay for unfiltering) doesn't cry foul).



To a friend or something in competition or whatever should be edited, removed, but only given a PM warning as I feel thats a pretty innocent avoidance.

Well that's one word clarified - I think we need to sort out the ambiguities of others on behalf of the moderators and members.

[Black_Apalachi]

I would certainly say that frick is acceptable, however I can also see where a moderator who removed that was coming from, deeming it a derivative of a not so nice word but personally I think frick is entirely acceptable.

The addition of the a to another curseword I don't buy at all That is clearly a curse word and an a would be an avoidance. However, with the system we have I would hope that moderators in certain cases would give a PM warning. There are two situations, one whether the user is clearly avoiding the filter and another where a user is simply saying something the way they're used to and forgot it wouldn't filter.



With previous warnings etc should be infracted (obviously the avoidance, I've self filtered it so some smartass (yay for unfiltering) doesn't cry foul).



To a friend or something in competition or whatever should be edited, removed, but only given a PM warning as I feel thats a pretty innocent avoidance.

I agree that while moderating, consideration is needed for those who may simply forget or not realise part of an acronym is filtered. It's much more positive for moderators to make a judgement based on context and intent rather than just seeing the disallowed word and punishing the user as severely as they perhaps would if someone was using the same word to attack another member.

[Chippiewill]

Hmm I agree with the A added should be just as bad since I have checked on a few sites and they say that the one for female dogs is the same with an A just a different pronunciation.

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For those who could not work out the words, the words in question were:

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Bi.tch (Purposeful avoidance for an example)
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******

[Catzsy]

I agree that while moderating, consideration is needed for those who may simply forget or not realise part of an acronym is filtered. It's much more positive for moderators to make a judgement based on context and intent rather than just seeing the disallowed word and punishing the user as severely as they perhaps would if someone was using the same word to attack another member.

For avoiding the filter/inappropriate language it does not matter in what context it is posted in it is simply against the rules. However as 'frick' has now been deemed acceptable then it won't be edited unless a member tells somebody to 'frick off' then it would be a rule break for rudeness.

[GordonBanks]

this is stupid, how often are people going to use the word anyway :rolleyes:

[Monopoly]

Often enough that it's caused an issue.

[Pixet]

Being new, I don't have that much knowledge of the forum apart from what I've seen. The rules on here are actually more relaxed than other forums. On Habbox, there is SO much less spam and pointless posts. Other places are just littered with junk. Obviously I don't have much say but from what I have read there are enough moderators to keep everyone in line.

[Tintinnabulate]

The sports section is getting beyond stupid. Make a single post against Flintoff or England in the cricket thread and you get infractioned for trying to cause arguments :\ Catzsy infractioned me because she didnt see that my post was obviously toward Flintoff and not the forum member :rolleyes: but luckily Garion saw that she was wrong and reversed it. But they have infractioned me again twice since he has left :\

Should rename the sports section to "Support england or get infractioned"