The Forum Filter

[StefanWolves]

yeh but that's not the point. this forum is british based and were using american terminology which is stupid and doesn't make sense.

[Immenseman]

but we're not. the word in question might be used more in america but it's still used in britain as an insult. not all that often but if it was unfiltered it'd be used in a negative way more than its 'normal' usage.

[Blinger1]

its aimed at everyone, hence why its an international fansite!!!

[Immenseman]

it's a habbo forum aimed at habbo.co.UK

[Blinger1]

why is their international news and trading then :S

[Immenseman]

why not

[GommeInc]

Lol you love bringing that up My point is habbox has always had a set of values that it's stuck to, things like not naming scammers, not having pictures of yourself in avatars [ok I don't get this one but yknow] and the word filter are core rules that define what sort of atmosphere we want. If they start letting members decide what should and shouldn't be filtered it'll start to erode those principles. At the end of the day the management are only going to unfilter words that don't cross that border anyway, so asking for suggesstions and input is kinda pointless when they're going to be overruled.

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Obviously the members won't have the final word, but they should hear what the members (or a small group of mature members) suggest and some of the words do seem a bit odd to have filtered. Might as well help out with the brain storming

It won't erode these principles, especially as naming scammers cannot be completely proven or relevant to the forums in general, and having pictures of yourselves in avatars is a bit odd, though it may just revolve around keeping discussions topical, rather than a thread becoming a discussion about Jake's new pictures

Discussing the word filter, however, is fine because you can give suggestions, find alternatives, discuss how the word can be used offensively or in a vulgar way. Besides, these principles came into power in the "bad days" of Habbox, the original days were more open to suggestions which shaped a community around the community. Shaping a community around a small number of management is hardly helpful

EDIT: Jake dear, do you honestly think calling some a di.ck would be offensive? It's laughable. And if you don't need to talk about penises and vaginas, then why on earth are penis, shlong, willy, willeh and so forth all unfiltered? It follows the same principle If talking about your penis is bad, then why is the word unfiltered? Penis has no other meaning, it could be used offensively "Professor-Alex is a penis", but if it could be, then surely it would be filtered?

[Immenseman]

if ya wna talk about ya penis say penis ur all raging homosexuals

[StefanWolves]

i dont see why all words are just unfiltered, and bad words like fewk and whatever are filtered.

[Black_Apalachi]

You can't compare fág and díck. The latter can be very offensive (in the UK or the US) where as we know the former isn't seen as offensive in the UK. If you wanna use the 'we are all in the UK' argument, then you should take it to Jin while you can as he's the standing GM while nvr is away.