Swearing

Longbow · 1 Oct 2015 at 22:27

Maccy said:
You can still be banned for personal attacks

Says the one with a signature image 200px high.

Brocky120 · 1 Oct 2015 at 22:28

MooMoo444 said:
The forum automatically blanks out swearwords like **** or ****

It even blanks out your password if you type it in to stop account theft, pretty cool if you ask me. Try it!

Password: ***********

Password: MooMooSmells

No mate I just tried and... It doesn't work.

Hilly · 1 Oct 2015 at 23:51

UberTiger said:
**snip**

The difference is, when the video was posted the rules were clear as it was absolute zero tolerance on swearing.

Now that popular culture largely contains swearing, we've chosen to relax the rules somewhat to allow infrequent swearing.

On the forums, it's still zero tolerance, but linked material there's a limit as what we'd deem acceptable. As per above - contact us if you're in doubt.

V F · 1 Oct 2015 at 23:58

The tangent universe of 9pm.

Wizzfizz · 2 Oct 2015 at 00:07

Maccy said:
You can still be banned for personal attacks

To be fair he's probably talking about the fast food chain

thebennyboy · 2 Oct 2015 at 00:42

The MM is the worst place for infractions! You'll get suspended for sneezing on the MM...

div0 · 2 Oct 2015 at 09:03

div0 said:
How do you stare out a swear word?

cainer said:
you need to look at it for a long time, eventually it'l avert its gaze and you will win

Will Gill said:
well you can just type one and the filter does it for you, or you could think beforehand and just press the '*' key the relevant number of times to blank out the entire swear word.

Sorry, I was just being a **** and pointing out a mistake in the OP.

Maccy · 2 Oct 2015 at 10:38

Longbow said:
Says the one with a signature image 200px high.

Wrong

thebennyboy said:
The MM is the worst place for infractions! You'll get suspended for sneezing on the MM...

Wrong again. Rules are simple, break them and you are warned, then suspended.

Edrof · 2 Oct 2015 at 10:45

UberTiger said:
It must be very difficult getting the balance right when administering and moderating a forum of this size that's associated with a business at it's core, yet incredibly active with people from all walks of life across the UK (and the world) as a whole.

Many members don't appreciate how hard it can be. Take the swearing rules, for instance: the perceived severity of some words changes radically from person to person so drawing a line in the sand anywhere will always lead to disagreement. Mods have to make judgements all the time and they are only human (except the ultra-efficient Surveyor who, I'm told, was assembled at OcUK's black site in the Mojave).

If anyone's in doubt about anything at all just get in touch. I'm pretty active on the email (Trust) and am happy to bring things up on your behalf.

Hikari Kisugi said:
Does posting a gif of someone bursting a spot still get one a vacation?

If it's unnecessary, disgusting and does not add value to its thread or the forum in general then a one-way ticket to AFKsville is the risk you run.

OhEsEcks · 2 Oct 2015 at 10:51

Maccy said:
Wrong again. Rules are simple, break them and you are warned, then suspended.

Funnily enough, the MM is the one place I haven't gotten an infraction, suspension or ban from.

This means one of two things. 1: The moderation is lax. 2: I'm nice and polite because I want your money / gear.

Redz · 2 Oct 2015 at 13:06

Burnsy2023 said:
Was that in preschool? I've never considered them swear words.

I do, different generation (old git) that I am. Seems we get inured and desensitised to the impact of the words over time.

One of the words quoted "bugger" may seem mild today but when you consider what the crime buggery is you can understand why it would be found offensive.

We need the self-professed linguist/wiki warrior back so he can pompously give the etymology of the sayings and then get into handbag war over a point that wasn't actually made.

TommyV · 2 Oct 2015 at 13:12

Can I link a website, that has a link to a website, that doesn't fully star out swear words?

LINKCEPTION

Freefaller · 2 Oct 2015 at 13:15

*brain explodes*

UberTiger · 2 Oct 2015 at 13:45

hilly said:
The difference is, when the video was posted the rules were clear as it was absolute zero tolerance on swearing.

Now that popular culture largely contains swearing, we've chosen to relax the rules somewhat to allow infrequent swearing.

On the forums, it's still zero tolerance, but linked material there's a limit as what we'd deem acceptable. As per above - contact us if you're in doubt.

Fair play

Edrof said:
he perceived severity of some words changes radically from person to person so drawing a line in the sand anywhere will always lead to disagreement.

Indeed...as evident in this very thread.

bledd · 2 Oct 2015 at 13:48

Moses said:
Just use common sense.

This.

If you're not sure, don't post it!

Josh · 2 Oct 2015 at 13:57

I learnt the hard way (Thanks Dirty Jester

) about swearing in videos.

Like people say, common sense. Don't abuse the new rules or they will change again.