re8 Posted July 4, 2010 Posted July 4, 2010 Is filtering out id*** really needed? I know it can be a "bad" word in some countries, but then you're blanking out a tech-term! One can use foolproof, but I would think you should filter out fool along with id***...I'm fine with filtering out certain 4-letter words, but I don't think id*** rises to that level.
Tripredacus Posted July 4, 2010 Posted July 4, 2010 Probably not, I think it might be a forum default. It just makes you have to be more creative. Here is an example:I was talking to this id*** and he didn't even know how to restart his computer!Here is a more creative way of saying the same thing:I was talking to this guy who blew his brain gasket and he didn't even know how to restart his computer!
jcarle Posted July 4, 2010 Posted July 4, 2010 As Tripredacus mentioned, censoring certain words simply encourages our members to with some literary creativitism.
re8 Posted July 5, 2010 Author Posted July 5, 2010 "Brain gasket" I prefer "not the sharpest knife in the drawer", since even a butter knife has its useful uses. I was just suggesting to remove 1diot, to help save 0.000000001 seconds of server time to filter out that word.
Guest Posted July 5, 2010 Posted July 5, 2010 You cant say dam either. Not the Hoover dam one, the other one.
Tripredacus Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 You cant say dam either. Not the Hoover dam one, the other one. Blast!
iamtheky Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) id*** - with two dots for the double dose Edited July 8, 2010 by Tripredacus
Tripredacus Posted July 8, 2010 Posted July 8, 2010 Sorry, not going to approve any sort of discussion on how to bypass the "swear" filter.
cluberti Posted July 8, 2010 Posted July 8, 2010 This thread's getting tired, time to put it to bed. If someone's complaint is that a relatively demeaning word happens to not pass the "swear word" muster by IPB standards (for whatever reason, honestly), then I'm happy. Yes, we could probably tweak it and save the cpu cycle, but it's more trouble than it's worth, considering it'll be broken again during the next upgrade. The server's CPU cycles are cheaper than my or xper's personal time, so cheap wins again .
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