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Mr Snuggly wrote:
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>Swearing, in any form is not allowed. This is a family forum (believe it >or not) and we don't want young people coming on here reading foul >language, or indeed, parents coming on here and seeing the kind of >language that some of you post. The swear filter is there for a reason, >and that's not for you to try and beat it with s p a c e s or 'quote >marks'. If we find any swearing, of any kind, it'll be deleted, and you >may be banned.
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>From now on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, >whether you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or >offensive writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity >of the post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
I think that Belldandy has already noted what I am about to say, but in the the light of certain threads (not least http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_messages.php? (space)threadid=55913&forumid=416 )that have appeared over the past 2 days I think it need reiterating
This was written by a staff member only a few weeks ago, and as I remember there were no objections raised to it at the time. So why aren't the staff doing what they said they would? There are several posters who have used exactly the type of language that was mentioned above. If it doesn't get through the swear filter then it shouldn't be used.
Come on Staff are you scared to do anything about it. If you keep making statements like the above and not carrying out your threats then what sort of respect are we expected to have for you?
(snip)
>Swearing, in any form is not allowed. This is a family forum (believe it >or not) and we don't want young people coming on here reading foul >language, or indeed, parents coming on here and seeing the kind of >language that some of you post. The swear filter is there for a reason, >and that's not for you to try and beat it with s p a c e s or 'quote >marks'. If we find any swearing, of any kind, it'll be deleted, and you >may be banned.
(snip)
>From now on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, >whether you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or >offensive writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity >of the post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
I think that Belldandy has already noted what I am about to say, but in the the light of certain threads (not least http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_messages.php? (space)threadid=55913&forumid=416 )that have appeared over the past 2 days I think it need reiterating
This was written by a staff member only a few weeks ago, and as I remember there were no objections raised to it at the time. So why aren't the staff doing what they said they would? There are several posters who have used exactly the type of language that was mentioned above. If it doesn't get through the swear filter then it shouldn't be used.
Come on Staff are you scared to do anything about it. If you keep making statements like the above and not carrying out your threats then what sort of respect are we expected to have for you?
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If I use any type of swearing, it's certainly not to replace words which I don't know. I use it ONLY because it will usually go in with the context of the reply I am typing.
Yeah, I tried this earlier in the week and it's pointless really, still nice try and all that. I think SR's rules are like;
*Swearing is not allowed as this is a family site, unless you are a)notable b)certain regulars c)we can't be bothered d)matey with the staff. In addition, all JAT's and Newbies found swearing will be banned immediately unless they are covered by the above conditions.
Who cares ? As long as GAD continues....it's a waste of time trying to change things because no one can really be bothered, and a lot of users still prefer just to swear rather than learn some new words, why bother when you can call everything cr$p ? *Sigh*
~~Belldandy~~
*Swearing is not allowed as this is a family site, unless you are a)notable b)certain regulars c)we can't be bothered d)matey with the staff. In addition, all JAT's and Newbies found swearing will be banned immediately unless they are covered by the above conditions.
Who cares ? As long as GAD continues....it's a waste of time trying to change things because no one can really be bothered, and a lot of users still prefer just to swear rather than learn some new words, why bother when you can call everything cr$p ? *Sigh*
~~Belldandy~~
Rosalind wrote:
I'm trying to be exactly correct about the rules, and Mr. Snuggly said the swear filter is not there for us to try and beat.
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We don't "try" and beat it, it's effortless overcoming the filter :D
So, we're all agreed, Rosalind condones swearing...
:P
I'm trying to be exactly correct about the rules, and Mr. Snuggly said the swear filter is not there for us to try and beat.
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We don't "try" and beat it, it's effortless overcoming the filter :D
So, we're all agreed, Rosalind condones swearing...
:P
Expletive Deleted wrote:
> If we're going to be EXACTLY correct about this whole thing, then @sre
> or ar$e aren't swear words.
>
> We don't say the REAL versions (which they tell us not to do), so it's
> all good ;)
I'm trying to be exactly correct about the rules, and Mr. Snuggly said the swear filter is not there for us to try and beat. I think that this is EXACTLY what he was talking about
(did you see what I did there, clever huh?)
:p
> If we're going to be EXACTLY correct about this whole thing, then @sre
> or ar$e aren't swear words.
>
> We don't say the REAL versions (which they tell us not to do), so it's
> all good ;)
I'm trying to be exactly correct about the rules, and Mr. Snuggly said the swear filter is not there for us to try and beat. I think that this is EXACTLY what he was talking about
(did you see what I did there, clever huh?)
:p
If we're going to be EXACTLY correct about this whole thing, then @sre or ar$e aren't swear words.
We don't say the REAL versions (which they tell us not to do), so it's all good ;)
We don't say the REAL versions (which they tell us not to do), so it's all good ;)
cookie monster wrote:
> Easy there question mark lady.
heh, I don't know what was going on there.
I've got half my attention on my cell proliferation assay.
oh well.
> Easy there question mark lady.
heh, I don't know what was going on there.
I've got half my attention on my cell proliferation assay.
oh well.
Rosalind wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
>
> I think even snuggly broke the rule. In a post he had a profanity
> "starred out", he said that was against the rules.
>
> I saw that to?
>
> Can you have any respect for hypocrisy like that?
>
> I guess that was my real point?
Easy there question mark lady. Well it may be hypocritical, but you just have to play it by ear, the rules are somewhat flexible regardless of what is said.
Yeah i guess that was the point you were making.
> cookie monster wrote:
>
> I think even snuggly broke the rule. In a post he had a profanity
> "starred out", he said that was against the rules.
>
> I saw that to?
>
> Can you have any respect for hypocrisy like that?
>
> I guess that was my real point?
Easy there question mark lady. Well it may be hypocritical, but you just have to play it by ear, the rules are somewhat flexible regardless of what is said.
Yeah i guess that was the point you were making.
cookie monster wrote:
> I think even snuggly broke the rule. In a post he had a profanity
> "starred out", he said that was against the rules.
I saw that to?
Can you have any respect for hypocrisy like that?
I guess that was my real point?
> I think even snuggly broke the rule. In a post he had a profanity
> "starred out", he said that was against the rules.
I saw that to?
Can you have any respect for hypocrisy like that?
I guess that was my real point?
Rosalind wrote:
> shall I just say I was wrong and go away?
No, you werent wrong. The rule was made, but it was quickly broken. I think even snuggly broke the rule. In a post he had a profanity "starred out", he said that was against the rules.
> shall I just say I was wrong and go away?
No, you werent wrong. The rule was made, but it was quickly broken. I think even snuggly broke the rule. In a post he had a profanity "starred out", he said that was against the rules.
cookie monster wrote:
> But does anyone really mind about the little swear words? It annoys me
> when people start using the F word about other people and things. But
> when people are talking about maybe saying ar$e, does anyone really
> mind?
The rules are there to play by, or suffer the consequences.
It is not up to you ar I to make those ruls only to abide by them or if we can't to try and get them changed in a repectable manner.
Unfortunatly in this case I see no consequences for anyone breaking this specific rule. Therefore why should any other rule on the forum be any different.
I'm tired now and sorry I started this
shall I just say I was wrong and go away?
> But does anyone really mind about the little swear words? It annoys me
> when people start using the F word about other people and things. But
> when people are talking about maybe saying ar$e, does anyone really
> mind?
The rules are there to play by, or suffer the consequences.
It is not up to you ar I to make those ruls only to abide by them or if we can't to try and get them changed in a repectable manner.
Unfortunatly in this case I see no consequences for anyone breaking this specific rule. Therefore why should any other rule on the forum be any different.
I'm tired now and sorry I started this
shall I just say I was wrong and go away?
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