New censor bypass rule

[LethalLulu]

I haven't played that in a good chunk of years either, but to get back on track... I generally assumed you meant family as in a more politically correct way of dealing with it and forbidding most stuff which probably couldn't be done either cause a large audience are teenagers which will probably post more or less bad stuff anyways (not saying I was better on certain forums I was back in the days either), so I think they should change the focus. If people really gets on with their families then it's another things, but then maybe the wrong site too.

I think most people swear more or less, but yeah I'm generally against it because it's the wrong focus and as long as you don't go and use racial or overly sexual slurs (or use gay as an insult etc.) I don't really care if one would bypass it (now I'm not a staff member, just venting what's on my mind).

Well they aren't focusing on it, they simply updated the rule. I'm sure nothing will change with how they moderate the forum. Luckily I haven't seen those slurs much on this site. I saw this rule coming weeks ago. Although I prefer to swear in some of my posts because it is a part of my personality, I've accepted that I can't on here. I've only accidentally bypassed the filter because of habits from league where I always bypass the censor lol oops.

 

[Alienfish]

Well they aren't focusing on it, they simply updated the rule. I'm sure nothing will change with how they moderate the forum. Luckily I haven't seen those slurs much on this site. I saw this rule coming weeks ago. Although I prefer to swear in some of my posts because it is a part of my personality, I've accepted that I can't on here. I've only accidentally bypassed the filter because of habits from league where I always bypass the censor lol oops.

Yeah, and I just disagree with it quite a bit cause it serves the wrong purpose and to the wrong audience. And yes I've done that as well not knowing you couldn't (before they added it as an official rule) so I know lol.

Although a lot of their rules are very borderline so yeah I guess they want it that way.

 

[LethalLulu]

Yeah, and I just disagree with it quite a bit cause it serves the wrong purpose and to the wrong audience. And yes I've done that as well not knowing you couldn't (before they added it as an official rule) so I know lol.

Although a lot of their rules are very borderline so yeah I guess they want it that way.

Yup. Seeing as we're only going around in circles, we can agree to disagree lol. As long as we follow the rules. I enjoyed this discussion, though c:

 

[Alienfish]

I guess haha. I guess the discussion will continue to live on somehow c;

 

[Tianna]

I blame youtube. and winnipeg RedCat.

Did someone say Winnipeg (AKA the city I live in)?!?!

What's Winnipeg RedCat btw?

 

[Trent the Paladin]

I don't know why someone would do that, but yeah that would be very rude. So would swearing in a church. I was just talking about general public areas. TBT isn't specifically a religious website or a site for kids, so that's why I disagree with censoring swear words.

TBT has always been a website designed for kids, ever since I've joined it's been like that. The word filter has also existed alongside for as long as I remember (*censored 3.0* anyone?). You don't make a website based off a E rated game marketed towards children for adults, that's stupid.

Well they aren't focusing on it, they simply updated the rule. I'm sure nothing will change with how they moderate the forum. Luckily I haven't seen those slurs much on this site. I saw this rule coming weeks ago. Although I prefer to swear in some of my posts because it is a part of my personality, I've accepted that I can't on here. I've only accidentally bypassed the filter because of habits from league where I always bypass the censor lol oops.

Correct, nothing will change with how we moderate. Acting like we'll drop an major issue because someone bypassed the censor is silly.

 

[Alienfish]

Fun thing is I don't think the major audience is like 7 year old kids anyways glancing at people here. And even if there was a censor that way back this is just gonna deal with stuff the wrong way.

Also the way you guys put it at first rather than letting it be because *some* people apparently had a bit fun was pretty major, you could just silently deal with it, I doubt people are gonna stop that bad anyways.

 

[Jake]

The word filter has also existed alongside for as long as I remember (*censored 3.0* anyone?).

You rooster.

 

[Cudon]

My main issue with censoring words is a personal one, since I often have trouble guessing what the word means when it's fully censored and I get stuck on it. It's not really a big deal considering that usually the swear only adds a tone and can be easily replaced with a regular word, but it still pisses me off. I wish at least the first word was kept in the censor.

 

[Alienfish]

My main issue with censoring words is a personal one, since I often have trouble guessing what the word means when it's fully censored and I get stuck on it. It's not really a big deal considering that usually the swear only adds a tone and can be easily replaced with a regular word, but it still pisses me off. I wish at least the first word was kept in the censor.

I can mostly figure out by the context or numbers of asterisks but yeah I agree.

 

[Jeremy]

Yeah, and I just disagree with it quite a bit cause it serves the wrong purpose and to the wrong audience. And yes I've done that as well not knowing you couldn't (before they added it as an official rule) so I know lol.

Although a lot of their rules are very borderline so yeah I guess they want it that way.

You are free to agree or disagree with any rule, but you are required to abide by them in order to be a member here. While I wouldn't necessarily say that TBT is marketed to kids, it is meant to be suitable for a diverse range of people, including kids. That is why we have many rules in place with the purpose of ensuring that TBT has a "family friendly" environment. This includes sexual material, obscene content, and profanity. Besides, these rules are not solely in place because of younger members. We have a standard that every post should meet in order to keep our discussions somewhat professional, which is also the reason for our post quality rule. For example, I may not be a kid, but I still don't want to see pornography, inappropriate discussions, spam, or f-bombs in every other post. There are many other online communities that have no filters on posted content, but that is not the type of forum I'd like TBT to be.

 

[LambdaDelta]

let's all sit and think about the hilarity in how there was never any real discussion or vocal opposition about censorship on this site until staff decided to clarify one section of a rule that's been well established for ages now

 

[Alienfish]

You are free to agree or disagree with any rule, but you are required to abide by them in order to be a member here. While I wouldn't necessarily say that TBT is marketed to kids, it is meant to be suitable for a diverse range of people, including kids. That is why we have many rules in place with the purpose of ensuring that TBT has a "family friendly" environment. This includes sexual material, obscene content, and profanity. Besides, these rules are not solely in place because of younger members. We have a standard that every post should meet in order to keep our discussions somewhat professional, which is also the reason for our post quality rule. For example, I may not be a kid, but I still don't want to see pornography, inappropriate discussions, spam, or f-bombs in every other post. There are many other online communities that have no filters on posted content, but that is not the type of forum I'd like TBT to be.

I didn't mean slurs relating to race, gender and those things and there is a difference between directly posting a h-picture and just writing another word for poop but, yeah.

@LambdaDelta Probably because people didn't get warned back then as they do now??

 

[Alienfish]

lag double post.

 

[matt]

What happens if I say a naughty word? Will it get replaced?

 

[Agentblue165]

I'm already seeing kids cuss a lot online.

Just because kids are already cussing, it doesnt make it ok. I think the rule is ok.. but really there is no way to make everyone happy, some people want cussing, some people dont, unless there is a new Bell Tree Forums Cussing Site and a Non Cussing site, its just not going to be perfect, everyone will move on soon enough...

 

[Red Cat]

let's all sit and think about the hilarity in how there was never any real discussion or vocal opposition about censorship on this site until staff decided to clarify one section of a rule that's been well established for ages now

It is sort of a new rule or at least a significant change in how it's enforced. Here is the section where the rule is:

Prohibited Content
Do not post any content that contains or promotes the following:

• Violence, racism, terrorism, or other obscene content
• Hacking information, viruses, or harmful computer software
• Pornography, nudity, or sexual material
• Words that purposely bypass the forum censor, including partially replacing letters with asterisks or other symbols.
• Selling or trading virtual goods/services, including Animal Crossing items and villagers, for real world currency

I don't know if swearing used to be considered under "obscene content", but there has never been an explicit reference to foul language in general. It seems like the enforcement used to have some common sense and discretion involved by the moderators and now they are switching over to a "zero-tolerance" policy. There is enough bad stuff on this site for the mods to deal with that I think it's silly if they are going to start doing speeding tickets for using a partial version of a swear word.

 

[SolaireOfAstora]

WE have a censor??? Since when!? Goes to show how much I swear.

Testing censor: ****

EDIT: WOW IT WORKS!!!!

 

[Liamslash]

Hey, I have a tip to stop all of this together.
Just don't swear.
It's not cool or fun, there's other ways to say words and expressions.
I don't know why you would want to swear anyway, this is a forum also for kids and swearing does no good to anyone.

 

[piichinu]

Hey, I have a tip to stop all of this together.
Just don't swear.
It's not cool or fun, there's other ways to say words and expressions.
I don't know why you would want to swear anyway, this is a forum also for kids and swearing does no good to anyone.

why the **** would we want to do that lol