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Word filters

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:25 pm
by mr30%jr
Should toyspeed remove the world filters on swear words.

ghey is one that plain pisses me off. im ghey and i dont get offended when people use it to compare something. :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:22 pm
by touge rolla
Yep I hate it.
Perhaps F*ck and C*nt can remain filtered. But filtering the rest is a bit pedantic. Also why can we say Lesbian but not Gay ?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:32 pm
by thegreatestben
Everyone knows what is being said if you write f*ck.
Even the word filter gives a good idea of whats being intended.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:47 pm
by sergei
I say remove censorship completely. A lot of huge sites (like slashdot for example) do not have it. And anyone with half of brain can figure out how to bypass this $&#$% shit.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:57 pm
by Mr.Phreak
Ass is another one that's lame.

Meh, the filters have their place, but the word replacement ones are mildly retarded

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:01 pm
by Akane
censoring gay is really gay.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:32 pm
by mr30%jr
hahah look at that... gay

whoever voted y...no should be stabbed but thus we dont know who you are so we cant stab you :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:36 pm
by Mr Revhead
you mean voted no? :lol:

to be honest, i never really though about it
though arse is a bit gay or is it ass

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:37 pm
by Mr Revhead
its ass. definitly ass

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:40 pm
by mr30%jr
edits for less durunkendesss

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:50 pm
by FXGTV
even nzHondas don't have a filter...

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:27 pm
by touge rolla
FXGTV wrote:even nzHondas don't have a filter...

Yeah well otherwise every post would be like... gay gay gay gay gay gay gay

:lol:

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:39 pm
by Mr.Phreak
mr30%jr wrote:whoever voted y...no should be stabbed but thus we dont know who you are so we cant stab you :lol:

I was one of the ones who voted no, I just don't want it to turn out like Old School where every second word is c**ts

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:32 am
by Leon
I agree, there are so many better words to describe something than 'gay', and so many other better ways to express oneself.

I think anyone who uses that as a word to describe something should have their entire post replaced with 'I have nothing worthwhile to say' :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:13 am
by snwtoy
Gay test.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:02 am
by Distrb
i reckon they should be removed also.

however they do have their place, especially when various pages are blocked because of specific word content thanks to stupid webmarshalls in various companies. :evil: so thanks to them, more people can view the forum at work.

toyspeed, helping members not do work at work since ages ago. :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:45 pm
by scottyj
I agree, there are so many better words to describe something than 'gay', and so many other better ways to express oneself.

I think anyone who uses that as a word to describe something should have their entire post replaced with 'I have nothing worthwhile to say'



I agree with this. As an English teacher I spent a lot of time telling teenage kids that gay is not a synonym for bad or lame.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:48 pm
by scottyj
^^

FFS! This is why i hate the word blocker though. It has no understanding of context. G a y is not an offensive word on it's own only when used derogatively so why does it need to be blocked every time it is used.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:10 pm
by Dell'Orto
Because a word filter that picks up on grammar and context would be really REALLY frickin difficult to navigate :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:19 pm
by 79rolla
most of it is ok, you can understand what is being said so does not take anything away from the point you are trying to make... except for gay... when its replaced with gay its just annoying.. why couldint it just be replaced with ghay or something..?
as stated previously it does have its place in letting more people wast there days away..