Curious why the word 'the' get *'d out in posts?

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Eriedor said:
Always wondered that. You get absolutely jumped on by mods if you swear yet why aren't swearies in the swear filter?
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But... but... they wouldn't be able to hand out so many suspensions if they did anything as sensible as that!
 
we don't put in swear words for a simple reason.

We have some level of hope that people can get by without swearing, and are also very aware of how easy it is to bypass swear filters, so unless we want to try and get every possible combination of swear word we rely on people using common sense and some discretion.

With regards to txt speak, we don't expect the people who try to use it on the forums to be able to grasp that it's not a great idea, and it's easier to filter (you can't really misspell it and still have it readable, not that it's exactly readable anyway).
 
But as this is a family forum isn't it more important to block swear words instead of txt speak?

People will always swear and use text speak, suspending those who break the rules doesn't do anything to stop it in the long run. The forum is how old? and how many swear words are peppered across the boards? Tons. A quick search yields plenty. Wouldn't it be easier, and smarter to automatically star them out? It wouldn't change anything, as those who swear on here already star them out automatically, so it would simply tidy the place up.
 
Is there anyway of instantly banning people who misuse "your" and "you're"?

Would also be welcomed when people do not understand the difference between to and too. There and their. Where and were etc.
 
Amleto said:
n.os does too. ***. dont know why that is, but noes is fine. :confused:
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The most annoying thing is when I attempt to abbreviate New Old Stock, a class of vintage auto parts, on the motors forum. I always forget that NOS is a sweary. :o
 
Werewolf said:
We have some level of hope that people can get by without swearing, and are also very aware of how easy it is to bypass swear filters, so unless we want to try and get every possible combination of swear word we rely on people using common sense and some discretion.
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You could easily add filters for the more common swear words (the ones that rhyme with hit, muck, click and hunt, for example) which would solve the problem of people accidentally copy-pasting them in when they quote extensively from another source. That way you could still hand out suspensions for people who deliberately bypass the filters, but you'd let off the people who've made a genuine mistake. And it would save you all time having to put No swearing messages at the bottom of all the posts that contain swearing, too.
 
I think it's because they want to be able to swear in their private sub forums (which is fair enough) and presumably the filter would apply globally across the entire forum.
 
ScarySquirrel said:
Is there anyway of instantly banning people who misuse "your" and "you're"?

Would also be welcomed when people do not understand the difference between to and too. There and their. Where and were etc.
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The most prolific sin is 'loose' and 'lose'. Sadly, it really winds me up too. Why don't people get it?
 
dirtydog said:
I think it's because they want to be able to swear in their private sub forums (which is fair enough) and presumably the filter would apply globally across the entire forum.
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A good point - I hadn't thought of that.
 
dirtydog said:
There's lots of people about who just aren't very bright.
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I have to admit though that this forum is definately above average in terms of intelligence. For example I went on the Planet GTA forums the other day and it was full of what appeared to be 'special people'.
 
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