Filtering.

[Kardan]

Loads of people do it Have you never used them before? It's fine to use them in the feedback forum provided you're making a valid point.

Nope, I never knew about it, but I've never had any reason to avoid the filter

Did they unfilter LMFAO from years ago? I remember getting many warnings for being so adamant and kept using it.

Yes. Yes they did. That's nice.

[GommeInc]

I only really use it in the feedback forum in these threads to make the word known. LMFAO was unfiltered ages ago! Does anyone remember when p.rick was unfiltered? That was fun

[MKR&*42]

I only really use it in the feedback forum in these threads to make the word known. LMFAO was unfiltered ages ago! Does anyone remember when p.rick was unfiltered? That was fun

Were all these words seriously filtered wow lol.

Pmsl? Ever filtered?
Omfg? Ever filtered?
Bobba - oh please tell me that was filtered, just for some bizarre reason do .

[Inseriousity.]

Majority of people I know use it as to be urm. Yeah, rude word beginning with f haha. Even though "to be fair" does make a lot more sense.

Nice to see you back around Bethany anyhow.

really? you know some weirdos lol it's always been to be fair. to be **** doesnt even make sense, eh?!!!

Abbreviations were filtered that couldn't really be directed harshly at people. ** and **** can both be used in attacks while the common use for the unfiltered aren't. If someone uses the unfiltered abbreviations out of their usual context and does use them to attack someone then they'll be reprimanded under the don't be rude rule. That's the reasoning for it I believe.

[Kardan]

Were all these words seriously filtered wow lol.

Pmsl? Ever filtered?
Omfg? Ever filtered?
Bobba - oh please tell me that was filtered, just for some bizarre reason do .

Loads of things were filtered, the moderation team were way too strict. I got a few infractions for typing ****ing because apparently the whole word should be filtered. The moderation and the filter are good at the moment

[GommeInc]

Were all these words seriously filtered wow lol.

Pmsl? Ever filtered?
Omfg? Ever filtered?
Bobba - oh please tell me that was filtered, just for some bizarre reason do .

Not entirely sure... OMFG might of been temporarily when whoever was forum manager at the time realised one night that loads of acronyms could have swear words in them, then went on a filtering frenzy. The discussion ended with the suggestion that any acronym could have a swear word in there - you'd never know It's where my sig came from Is the F a swear word or just flip? We'll never know.

really? you know some weirdos lol it's always been to be fair. to be **** doesnt even make sense, eh?!!!

Abbreviations were filtered that couldn't really be directed harshly at people. ** and **** can both be used in attacks while the common use for the unfiltered aren't. If someone uses the unfiltered abbreviations out of their usual context and does use them to attack someone then they'll be reprimanded under the don't be rude rule. That's the reasoning for it I believe.

"That's B.S." is as bad as saying "You're a bloody liar!" It's an invitation to justify whatever it is you're saying, not an attack.

[Inseriousity.]

Not entirely sure... OMFG might of been temporarily when whoever was forum manager at the time realised one night that loads of acronyms could have swear words in them, then went on a filtering frenzy. The discussion ended with the suggestion that any acronym could have a swear word in there - you'd never know It's where my sig came from Is the F a swear word or just flip? We'll never know.


"That's B.S." is as bad as saying "You're a bloody liar!" It's an invitation to justify whatever it is you're saying, not an attack.

I think ** sounds harsher. While 'you're a bloody liar' is saying the same thing, there's something about swear words that just adds extra brittle to things. I think someone could be justified in feeling like both statements were a personal attack and getting extra defensive thereby turning threads into an argument and derailing the thread completely. We've all seen threads where they just turn into 2 or 3 people taking cheap shots at each other. Admittedly it doesn't need swear words to do that but I can also see why they're filtered.

PS. "bloody" lol, very stereotypically British there

[GommeInc]

I think ** sounds harsher. While 'you're a bloody liar' is saying the same thing, there's something about swear words that just adds extra brittle to things. I think someone could be justified in feeling like both statements were a personal attack and getting extra defensive thereby turning threads into an argument and derailing the thread completely. We've all seen threads where they just turn into 2 or 3 people taking cheap shots at each other. Admittedly it doesn't need swear words to do that but I can also see why they're filtered.

PS. "bloody" lol, very stereotypically British there

But it's not really a swear word, it's an acronym which might contain one It's the same as WTF, LMFAO, it's an expression rather than actually something someone spells out. It's also developed it's own colloquial meaning now to mean "a lie". Corporate ** is one example that is used too often.

And of course Bloody is a bloody good word that was once bloody well filtered! Bloody hell!

[Stephen]

I only really use it in the feedback forum in these threads to make the word known. LMFAO was unfiltered ages ago! Does anyone remember when p.rick was unfiltered? That was fun

Yeah lol and then I got my username changed it