Topic: Staff Needs To Be Consistent With What's Allowed To Be Said And What Isn't.

@Tsurii I wouldn't put it the way octane did but it's probably best to look into for yourself so this thread doesn't become another cesspool.

WHAT THE FRENCH, TOAST?!?!?

@bezerker99
oh, dont forget about the freedom fries.
not french fries.
but freedom fries.
we shall beat oppression.
"were the same!"

It's difficult to make a universal list, as regions have different taboo words. The best thing to do is just calmly write a post when responding to someone, even if they are not so polite.

Most of the time if I see a profane word, I just change it and leave it at that.

If it's so difficult to write a list, how does the profanity filter work? Surely there's like... a list...?

I highly doubt someone sat and programmed that filter all by themselves for this one site exclusively.

Oh bugger.

I forgot my keys.

@Peek-a-boo

I've used bugger a few times, thankfully it isn't on the list (nor should it be).

Fair point. I didn't realize some words we take for granted in NA were big nopes elsewhere until I started reading some books by British authors. Not to mention that some pronunciations are wildly different.

I completely stayed out of the JonTron thing. That comment section was almost as bad as a normal comment section on IGN.

The one that gets me is flower power. Until recently I had no idea it was considered a sware word in the UK

_{and I probably just tripped the filter}

_{Yes, yes you did.}

@Tyranexx and yet they let it run for 24 hrs. I guess clicks were more important.

I went to a fairly conservative primary school. They made be write lines for saying "well bugger me" when I went to turn on the computer only to find out it was switched off at the wall. So I think it's fair to assume that bugger is on someone's list somewhere.

That's the problem with those sort of filters. They ignore context entirely, ignore intent entirely and at the same time don't pick up misspellings or (oops there we go) using "polite" words. It's impossible to censor everything and in trying to censor some things you'll accidentally censor other things that weren't meant to be censored.

Well, the nice part is that we are humans capable of deciphering context and will leave some posts unedited if we deem it correct.

Also, feel free to use bugger. That other word I edited out your post? Yeah that one does trip the filter.

At least the filters here aren't as OCD as Pokemon Gen 5's filters. It took me the longest time to figure out why I couldn't trade a Nosepass....

How is one ok and the other not? Very strange given the origins. The word that's fine on this thread that you didn't censor was originally a slur against gays. The word that's not fine originally meant someone born outside of a marriage.

Not complaining I just think it's funny where the lines are drawn

@Tyranexx
Yeah I couldnt name my slopoke annie. Wow someone finds that offensive?

@Priceless_Spork Annie has a whole other meaning here in the UK!

I used to say ‘bloody hell’ from time to time, but some folks wasn’t overly struck on it. I then moved onto ‘blooming heck’, which has - so far - not been a problem.

The mods here are usually pretty reasonable about letting the community function freely, so I just try to avoid words that'll trigger the profanity filter when I can. The execution isn't flawless, but it really is a nice little community. It's so rare to find a gaming community of this size online where there isn't some sort of thought policing or infuriating abuse of moderator power going on.

@skywake well just don't start using it to insult others or we will add it to the filter.

So far in the context of this forum it's just an obscure word that means "I'm annoyed" that nobody actually uses.

The only thing that I find odd is that when "god" and "damn" are used together, it's the former that gets censored (usually to Arceus), and not the latter. I always figured the latter would be the infringing part in that context.