Pete Catan's Ghost Posted September 5, 2016 Report Posted September 5, 2016 I have a couple of questions for the Mods. This is not criticism, but honest questioning. I'm sure this has come up in the past, but I'd like it if someone could give me the rationale for editing certain language out of thread responses. Is it simply because we are a family site? Are we required to monitor language in order to maintain this status? Are specific words automatically replaced by asterisks or is this done manually? If automatic; how is it that some sneak through? (I read a post with an F-bomb embedded the other day. It was refreshing). In my world, specific language is much less horrifying than some of the inflammatory or hairbrained ideas that many of us come up with. (My Willy for Durant trade thread, for example). Besides, I'm tired of trying to act like Alan Turing in order to decipher what 17 to 85 is saying, by counting the asterisks and replacing them with letters.
Rich Posted September 5, 2016 Report Posted September 5, 2016 In part, yes, there is no age minimum to post or be a member here. The site has a swear filter where it looks for specific words and replaced them with asterisks. When words slip through it is because that variation is not in the list. Swearing will also tend to escalate the "heat" level of discussions when an argument starts to spiral out of control. It is also a pre-emptive measure to that. Pete Catan's Ghost 1
tacklewasher Posted September 5, 2016 Report Posted September 5, 2016 What you might have seen is that the filter doesn't apply to moderators. So Mike (not picking on him) I know has said **** in the past and it doesn't get turned into stars. Could be why you saw something get by the filter.
Rich Posted September 5, 2016 Report Posted September 5, 2016 46 minutes ago, tacklewasher said: What you might have seen is that the filter doesn't apply to moderators. So Mike (not picking on him) I know has said **** in the past and it doesn't get turned into stars. Could be why you saw something get by the filter. No, moderators get filtered as well. Although this might be a setting I changed at some point. Testing: **** **** Mr Dee, AtlanticRiderFan and The Classic 3
WBBFanWest Posted September 5, 2016 Report Posted September 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Rich said: No, moderators get filtered as well. Although this might be a setting I changed at some point. Testing: **** **** Wow, the mouth on this guy... bearpants, voodoochylde, The Classic and 4 others 7
voodoochylde Posted September 6, 2016 Report Posted September 6, 2016 3 hours ago, WBBFanWest said: Wow, the mouth on this guy... Yep. That's a banning. ? AtlanticRiderFan, Rich and The Classic 3
tacklewasher Posted September 6, 2016 Report Posted September 6, 2016 9 hours ago, Rich said: No, moderators get filtered as well. Although this might be a setting I changed at some point. Testing: **** **** Must have been changed at some time then as I remember asking Mike about it directly once.
Mike Posted September 6, 2016 Report Posted September 6, 2016 I think at the time, the filter didn't apply to administrators so we changed it. Not entirely sure though.
kelownabomberfan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Posted September 6, 2016 4 hours ago, voodoochylde said: Yep. That's a banning. ? where is Shankman when you need him?? Mr Dee 1
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