Filtered Word

[iLogan]

Hiya,

I just wanted to know why the word....

WARNING WARNING ADVANCED WARNING THERE IS A VERY NAUGHTY SWEAR WORD IN THE SPOILER SO IF WORDS MAKE YOU CRY / AFFECT YOUR LIFE SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN'T BARE TO LIVE ANY LONGER THEN DO NO CLICK THE SPOILER ;l

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bitch

is filtered, I mean it means female dog, and also a gossipy person and it's not that rude

[Adam]

I thought this.

If piss is unfiltered then ***** can be. Piss, to me, is a 'second level' swear word which are becoming more and more socially acceptable.

[Calvin]

I remember creating a thread about this before and they said it can be used to offend other people but nowadays, the word ***** means nothing.

An example is Eastenders and Coronation Street, they are both aired before 9pm on the main channels and yet I've seen "you're a *****!" used a few times.

[Zeptis]

I think the other word for female dog, is becomiing more excetable such as some o you may have said, i dont think it needs to be filtered, the FCC in america doesnt think it chould

[FlyingJesus]

It obviously isn't a terrible word that causes natural disaster to occur, but unlike piss it's almost exclusively limited to derogatory use which wouldn't be allowed anyway. Can't see why it needs to be used tbh

[-Danube-]

Like the above said. The word in question can almost soley be used to offend someone. Just about the only case when it's not being used to offend is when you are talking about dogs, and tbh that may happen a few times in animal forums but a simple use of the phrase 'female dog' will suffice instead of unfiltering a word which would just mainly be used for offence. It just isn't needed.

Other words which are unfiltered, but you may think should be, is because they can be used in other ways not to cause offence. But if such words were used in an offensive way and targetted at another user, it would break the following rule

A1. Respect other forum members ~ Always respect other forum members, this means do not be rude towards them and respect their opinions. You should not bully or victimise other members for any reason and you should not behave in a negative manner excessively or attempt to cause arguments.

Just to put it into perspective. Your word could only really be used in the following circumstances (or similar)

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Get lost you *****

Whereas the word 'Piss' can be used in other, non-offensive ways

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I got proper pissed last night

But can also be used to cause offence, in which it would be dealt with by a moderator, but a filter is not required.

Thats my scope on things anyways, hope it answers your question.

[iLogan]

But I call everyone *******. But in a jokey way. Also:

"omg I had a massive ***** about chris brown last night!!"

[-Danube-]

But I call everyone *******. But in a jokey way. Also:

"omg I had a massive ***** about chris brown last night!!"

I'd love to know why you'd ever want to say that on the forum. I do get where your coming from with this, as the word is used alot in a 'jokey way' in real life. But tbh, on a forum i could only see it being used to cause offence.

It lowers the tone and it just doesn't look great. Call me old fashioned, but when i'm searching for things on google and i come across topics on forums i've never seen before, if i see loads of swearing dotted around it because they don't have a filter, it really puts me off.

[iLogan]

I'd love to know why you'd ever want to say that on the forum. I do get where your coming from with this, as the word is used alot in a 'jokey way' in real life. But tbh, on a forum i could only see it being used to cause offence.

It lowers the tone and it just doesn't look great. Call me old fashioned, but when i'm searching for things on google and i come across topics on forums i've never seen before, if i see loads of swearing dotted around it because they don't have a filter, it really puts me off.

Err. HxL spam in regards to Chris Brown.

In regards to lowering the tone etc and it being used to cause offence, surely more time than not it's used in a jokey way; and when it's not then do the same when piss is used in the wrong way. Let the moderators deal with it.

Tbh, as someone put up there, it's been used in pre-watershed shows, and I'd be shocked if piss was ever used on Eastenders.

Some dont even class ***** as a swear word. Piss is worse.

[-Danube-]

I just think, unfiltering certain words means it becomes an excuse to start using them for a while. If i were a new member and i was just casually browsing the forum and i kept coming across threads with the above word in it being used all the time, i'd be put off.

I doubt the word could be used in constructive posts that actually add something to a thread.

Final decision is with Sct really as he controls the forum filter etc, but tbh i think it's fine as is. Thats my view on things anyway! I shall leave it now, i'm tired.