New censor bypass rule

[Red Cat]

How strictly is this going to be enforced? Is there a phase-in period so I can get it out of my system over the next few days? I feel like my posts just aren't the same without the use of swear words for emphasis. This new rule seems like such a buzz kill. It sounds like heart bypass surgery.

 

[Llust]

i know right? i understand censoring it out if we type it out without censoring any letters, but other than that, who cares? every kid is going to learn their first curse word anyway

 

[Kirbystarship]

i know right? i understand censoring it out if we type it out without censoring any letters, but other than that, who cares? every kid is going to learn their first curse word anyway

I'm already seeing kids cuss a lot online.

 

[King Dorado]

I'm already seeing kids cuss a lot online.

I blame youtube. and winnipeg RedCat.

 

[Jake]

The rule of was always there, and we were giving out warnings for people who bypassed it, we just officially added it to the rules to make it more noticeable due to the influx of users who were intentionally going out of their way to avoid it in recent times. You're still allowed to swear, because the forum will censor the word to a bunch of **** - just don't do anything else to bypass the censor and you'll be fine.

 

[Superpenguin]

I like the the **** that appears when I swear.

 

[Rusty]

Still Seems like a huge buzzkill, I mean every kid has to learn them sometime.

 

[Nightmares]

I don't get the big deal...?
We're still allowed to swear?

Like, I've only seen someone bypass the censoring once or twice anyway....lmao

 

[N a t]

It's true that a lot of us won't be happy about it, but the majority here probably consists of a much younger or much older audience who don't appreciate the use of curse words. Animal Crossing is a family friendly game, and this site was also meant to be family friendly, I believe. For the most part. I actually curse like a sailor, to be honest, but I try to tone it down when needed. I don't mind the censors or this rule. Given that we have so many other freedoms here, I don't see this being issue. c:

 

[LambdaDelta]

out of curiosity, does the rule apply if you're bypassing for words that aren't censored swears or variants of, but also include a censored swear somewhere in the word?

not that this happens very often, but

 

[anp11803]

wait so we can swear but **** < those will pop up... Not saying I swear, just trying to understand this rule. Its confusing...

 

[Aquari]

so if i post "a**" or "s***" will i be ok?

 

[anp11803]

wait so we can swear but **** < those will pop up... Not saying I swear, just trying to understand this rule. Its confusing...

Wait... so this... f*** would it be aloud...

 

[Jake]

wait so we can swear but **** < those will pop up... Not saying I swear, just trying to understand this rule. Its confusing...

We always had a censor, it's nothing new. If you typed a curse word like ****, **** or *****, the forum would automatically censor it, that was never an issue with swearing - because whenever someone swore the forum would just censor it. Only recently, within the last few months, members have started trying to avoid this censor, with alternate spelling, adding one or two symbols, etc, completely defeating the purpose of the censor.
All we've changed is that we just added an official rule telling people not to bypass the censor. The only reason we never had an official rule was because, for the most part, it should be common sense that if the forum censors a word, you shouldn't go out of your way to avoid it, but I guess some members didn't get the memo, and constantly went out of their way to bypass it, thus we added the official rule, helping it get more attention.
So yes, you're still entitled to swear, but if it's a word the forum censors, don't add any characters or anything so people know what you're saying, just type the word and let the forum work it's asterisk magic. If you avoid the censor you'll receive a warning, and an infraction if you continue.

so if i post "a**" or "s***" will i be ok?

Wait... so this... f*** would it be aloud...

Personally, I don't see an issue with it, but I'd still advise against it. It promotes a partial censor, which could snowball into people seeing that even more partial censors are okay, which isn't and is the reason we made this rule.

 

[SlipStitch626]

I never knew about the censor. I've always just wrote asterisk instead when I find it necessary. I'll avoid doing that now.

 

[visibleghost]

rip me im gonna forget and get ****ign banned.

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are we allowed to bypass the censor if it censors stuff in names ?? like anime names like kuri****suji gets blockd because of Bad Words are we allowed to write kurosh.itsuji if we want to or are we gonna get Banned..........,

 

[Jeremy]

so if i post "a**" or "s***" will i be ok?

No, it would be better to avoid replacing some of the letters with asterisks or other symbols, as the rule states. Lately people have been removing or changing a few letters to get around the censor, which defeats the purpose of having it.

 

[Jeremy]

rip me im gonna forget and get ****ign banned.

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are we allowed to bypass the censor if it censors stuff in names ?? like anime names like kuri****suji gets blockd because of Bad Words are we allowed to write kurosh.itsuji if we want to or are we gonna get Banned..........,

That's fine if the word doesn't purposely contain the censored word because names aren't meant to be blocked. We might also be able to adjust the filter to let it come through on its own.

 

[Alienfish]

Lol really... Like kids don't know already. In before neopets...

 

[hydrophonic]

I feel like this rule was made because of me? I love to curse, it relly emphasizes what i'm saying, but i guess i will get used to not doing it.