Auto-censor in content forums

[qubit]

If you want to be a mod you have to beat my infraction record. Talk about fappin' alot and call W1zz a nazi. He loves that.

Brilliant! You always make me laugh, MailMan. Merry Christmas to you too.

How many infractions have you got now? It's a wonderfully authoritarian, self-important word one can take the piss out of, can't they? The sort of word one hears on Deep Space 9 or other sci-fi shows where they do political scenes with senates, court martials etc.

I've only ever had two infractions.

 

[qubit]

please don't do any censorship in TPU,

i was really like in here, and i hate censorship

+1 dude. The no censorship bar is winning and by a significant margin, too. It's currently 38 to 31 against censorship.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Brilliant! You always make me laugh, MailMan. Merry Christmas to you too.

How many infractions have you got now? It's a wonderfully authoritarian, self-important word one can take the piss out of, can't they? The sort of word one hears on Deep Space 9 or other sci-fi shows where they do political scenes with senates, court martials etc.

I've only ever had two infractions.

Well I can only see one page of my infractions now but I think the count is close to 100 points and 3 bans. Mods give me infraction points now if Ive been a good boy.

 

[Kreij]

It's easy to become a mod.
Start your own webiste and then beg to be a mod.
If your request is denied you can pretty much be assured that you'll never be a TPU mod. lol

On topic : I haven't heard anything lately on whether they plan on implementing any type of word whacker on not. Maybe Bta will come along and enlighten us.

 

[Mussels]

well, the poll has a majority against it - so i guess it wont happen.

as has been said many times as well, swearing seems to be pretty minimal - and the few times it happens, its either deleted or deemed "appropriate"

"oh fuck, my PC just burst into flames" kind of thing

 

[Kreij]

"oh fuck farkleberries, my PC just burst into flames" kind of thing

Censor police save the day again

 

[wahdangun]

+1 dude. The no censorship bar is winning and by a significant margin, too. It's currently 38 to 31 against censorship.

you know why i like TPU, it's because there is no censorship at all, and the most important thing is, fanboy population is keep in minimal




because i hate fanboy more than censorship

 

[W1zzard]

from my side there never really was a plan to implement censoring .. that's why i asked for this thread and poll (without posting my own opinion to not affect others) .. had there been an overwhelming demand for it with good reasons i would have added it, but as it looks now it's not worth it

 

[Cold Storm]

To me, it would be a way to "corperatize" the site. For there to be it.. It's not really needed for the fact we do tend to weed out the ones that will go off and become a sailor for it..

TPU is a great site and has been for well over 5y now.. You gain more and more people each day, as a part of it being a site that is well rounded.. I'm glad for how it is going, and happy for it to stay the way it has all ways been.

 

[qubit]

from my side there never really was a plan to implement censoring .. that's why i asked for this thread and poll (without posting my own opinion to not affect others) .. had there been an overwhelming demand for it with good reasons i would have added it, but as it looks now it's not worth it

You just made my day! Dude.

 

[El_Mayo]

If it's case-sensitive, Dick (as in the name) starts with D, while the other thing starts with d.

well that's just flawed
good thing it won't be implimented, censorship is shit

 

[dr emulator (madmax)]

you have been granted the ability to edit and/or delete all your own posts. Merry christmas.

well at least here you can edit and/or delete all your own posts,
at somewhere else i do emulation news, i can't do anything other than delete the words and put
"dead links to update 2" of such and such emulator :shadedshu instead of deleting the whole post
(talk of emulators is not allowed here saddly )
although you can delete your posts here remember moderators can revive your deleted post so don't give anyone s and then think you can delete it cause it aint gone for good

 

[Mussels]

well at least here you can edit and/or delete all your own posts,
at somewhere else i do emulation news, i can't do anything other than delete the words and put
"dead links to update 2" of such and such emulator :shadedshu instead of deleting the whole post
(talk of emulators is not allowed here saddly View attachment 31681 )
although you can delete your posts here remember moderators can revive your deleted post so don't give anyone sView attachment 31682 and then think you can delete it cause it aint gone for good

we can also see every edit made, not just deleted posts. its funny when people try that.

 

[patheticcockroach]

Wait, vBulletin has soft delete? Wow, now this makes it worth buying, I used to believe no BBS had that must-have feature.

The sad thing is that now I'll know I can't wipe out my typos and spelling mistakes from the DB. Sniff
Anyway, hurray for the poll outcome

 

[qubit]

we can also see every edit made, not just deleted posts. its funny when people try that.

I'd thought that must be possible; now I know.

I'm a perfectionist, so if you look at my posts, you'll see how many times I go back and change some small detail (usually speling), add a bit, or clarify the post.

this post isofcourse perfet and wont need no editting.

 

[phanbuey]

so I was reading this today:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3533&p=6&cp=2#comments

Go down to the bottom and read the replies lol... and the page before it is even better. Ive never seen anything like that at TPU.

 

[Mussels]

oh man, thats hilarious.

 

[DrPepper]

so I was reading this today:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3533&p=6&cp=2#comments

Go down to the bottom and read the replies lol... and the page before it is even better. Ive never seen anything like that at TPU.

I thought anandtech was all full of mature guys as well

 

[Mussels]

the internet is full of scary places.

shit, 4chan is often more composed than that thread in anandtech

 

[Fitseries3]

many forums filter words... the list can be amended to by adding anything you dont want seen posted.

XS does this... prohibited words become bananas.

i didnt like it when XS banned the use of BP, Bitspower and other non offensive wording. you could hardly read anything with all the bananas everywhere.

 

[Black Panther]

As long as it doesn't turn "Fun With Dick and Jane" into "Fun With **** and Jane" and "my window is cracked" into "my window is *******," I don't have a problem with it.

Being a non-native English speaker that was how I started to learn swear words.

Years ago I was member of a Sims forum, and got puzzled why my posts were appearing to read "graduated *** laude" whenever I mentioned my Sims' achievements in University.

So I pm'd a mod, asking why there was a censor since inside the game itself the graduation message appeared in its entirety, and it's an achievement to be proud of... and well I learnt that the latin word there has got quite a different meaning in English. I can never stop laughing whenever I remember this naive incident of mine

prohibited words become bananas.

i didnt like it when XS banned the use of BP

Now why on earth would they ban 'BP'? Many users here and on GN refer to me as BP for short.
It'd look weird if people call me

instead of BP.... rofl

 

[phanbuey]

Being a non-native English speaker that was how I started to learn swear words.

Years ago I was member of a Sims forum, and got puzzled why my posts were appearing to read "graduated *** laude" whenever I mentioned my Sims' achievements in University.

So I pm'd a mod, asking her why there was a censor since inside the game itself the graduation message appeared in its entirety... and well I learnt that the latin word there has got quite a different meaning in English. I can never stop laughing whenever I remember this naive incident of mine



Now why on earth would they ban 'BP'? Many users here and on GN refer to me as BP for short.
It'd look weird if people call me http://www.opendns.com/img/dancing_banana.gifhttp://www.opendns.com/img/dancing_banana.gif instead of BP.... rofl

plus in most cases the message will still come through... although it would be funnier.

like the mantits comment at annandtech would come out like:

'I dont want a hug because your man would crush me.'


Most people wouldn't fill that blank with 'tits', lets just say that

 

[patheticcockroach]

I thought anandtech was all full of mature guys as well

Well, if people just insulted each others instead of fighting wars, this would already be a large step forward, actually. Coarse language hurts less than TNT. Although it's not as efficient on overpopulation issues. :shadedshu

 

[phanbuey]

Well, it people just insulted each others instead of fighting wars, this would already be a large step forward, actually. Coarse language hurts less than TNT :shadedshu

What happens when you run out of coarse language? Do we all just go "OK... we're done, there are no more insults left... lets all go home."

nah i hear ya