OUTRAGE at this REFILTERAGE!!!

[FlyingJesus]

The irony here is that the telling of that joke is actually more offensive to most, than saying *** or ***.

Then such things ought to be reported and will then be dealt with as seen fit. It's not like you can actually filter a joke init

Either way, my opinion is that you should've unfiltered all the abbreviations as during the time some were unfiltered, there wasnt any problems, and unfiltering more wouldnt cause any more problems on that basis.

But this wasn't done and so it led to more problems. I honestly think they've done the right thing here, as unfiltering certain usages of swear words can only lead to the question "why isn't all swearing allowed?" which as has been discussed many many many many many many many many times before (and then some) is not something that HxF aims to have happen.

[le harry]

umm what word

[Alkaz]

But this wasn't done and so it led to more problems. I honestly think they've done the right thing here, as unfiltering certain usages of swear words can only lead to the question "why isn't all swearing allowed?" which as has been discussed many many many many many many many many times before (and then some) is not something that HxF aims to have happen.

I agree - I was against the decision to unfilter the words in the beginning as I knew that it would lead to people wanting other words being untilered with swear words in and then asking why cant all swear words be unfiltered etc and it just causes a lot of unecessary problems, which we've seen hence the words being readded to the filter. Good decision.

[dirrty]

tbh who cares if the words are filtered, just use different words or none at all srsly it don't matter

[Titch]

Good move, well done management

[hah]

Good move, well done management

lmao at you... really just lol. Its all your fault because you couldn't stop crying over an infraction

Edited by Jamesy (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not post to cause arguments

[Titch]

lmao at you... really just lol. Its all your fault because you couldn't stop crying over an infraction

I made a thread highlighting the issue, and it was dealt with, seems pretty good to me. If you dont like it, not my problem.

[hah]

no you cried over and infraction and closed it when people disagreed with you lol

[Titch]

no you cried over and infraction and closed it when people disagreed with you lol

i closed it around 1 hour ago? when i came on this morning and the situation had been dealt with. I also wasnt crying over an infraction, i was highlighting the point of why is one filtered and not another, and didnt see the reasoning behind it, and ovbouisly sam and higher management agreed hence the changes.

[Grig]

The fact that no one knew that some common abbreviations were considered as swearing and thus was avoiding the filter. Whilst others were allowed. I am very sure most of the users wouldn't have known which one were and which ones weren't as there was no list of them, or nothing stated in the rules. Although obviously I do think members were indeed mature enough to use the previously unfiltered abbreviations. This is quite a tricky issue, and there needs to be a fine balance between the two. Although if there is a fine balance, there needs to be something in the rules of which ones are allowed. This is just my opinion on the issues.

Whilst some say, we should filter everything to make lives easier, I think some of the abbreviations were not used commonly in offense around the forum. Thus could have been solved by some more clarity on the actual rule by stating exceptions. Things like that will make members themselves feel like they are treated less like children. Even Habbo has created some leniency in game.

Anyway, just my 5 cents.