I guess this one is more for the moderators. Please understand, I'm not complaining at all, but I noticed while posting that if you use the d--- word (to condemn), or the h--- word,(the hot, lower region), the c--- word (poo-poo), and maybe a couple of other "colorful" adjectives and metaphors, they usually make it through unscathed and unmodified into the text of the post.

If you use the b---- word (female dog, or, well....) it comes out as asterisks in the text. Is this due to something in the software that recognizes this word, or is it more offensive than the other words, or less politically correct owing to this being (I imagine) a coed site?

I generally use this word to describe something that was aggravating or difficult without really needing to be, and intend no gender-based connotations. I have much better words for those circumstances and would not use them here, at any rate.

Like I said above, it doesn't really upset me, and I don't see it as censorship; it's probably a pretty good idea, given my propensity to potty-mouthedness sometimes. I guess that once you use these more "colorful adjectives", the older ones like shucks, darn just don't convey the emotion.

There is a profanity filter that has words that are entered into it. The words that are considered acceptable use what is called "The Prime Time Rule." If it is commonly used on prime time TV, it is considered acceptable by the majority of people. I don't agree with letting some of the words through but it is not my site. Some words as you expressed can be used different way (female dog) and in one particular case, it is totally unacceptable. In a couple of other ways, it is, ie, something is extremely difficult or to complain about something. The filter does not know the difference so it kills the word.

The bad thing about the filter is that it cannot determine if a word is being deliberately misspelled to avoid the filter. This is very common in some forums. Quite often words get by the filter. For instance, if the word "shirt" were in the filter, someone would type "sh1rt" or "sh*rt" and it would pass the filter. You get the idea. The problem with that, though, is that it does not pass the moderator filter. That kind of thing is frowned on severely by moderators.

Ken quit being a pottymouth.

Lightfoot- That's a pretty good thing, the filter; too bad it can't detect intent, I try not to use the worst and most explicit words, unless I am in company I know is not offended. It's just that the "B" word is one I do use, because I don't see it as a particularly foul one, and it surprised me to see the word "bleeped", where there are other words I consider much worse that I see in plain text many times. I guess the "B" word is not a part of Prime Time due to it's negative gender connotation

I seldom watch network prime time because I consider most of the programming to be lame, and an insult to my intelligence. "Reality" shows that are so far removed from reality for one thing; and I have seen enough to see a definite trend in what is "acceptable" language heading straight for the gutter. Sexual innuendo is so pervasive throughout almost all sitcoms to the point that everybody might as well be walking around naked and humping each other.

I think it is refreshing to see governance amd a standard imposed on this site; God knows most of us (me included) won't do it on our own most of the time. Keep up the good work.


Is that better, Vicman?

heh heh, he said humping...heh heh.

OOOPS! I also said naked. If the filter zaps that, I'll change it to N*E*K*K*I*D. As far as the other word, Jettstar, I figured it was a sure bet that the f-word WAS in the filter. Of course I could have used "doing IT"[X(]

Very nice Ken. Quit worrying about the filter being so *****y.