Filter or No Filter

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Swear filter bad. No f***. but if we can say a** but not B A S T A R D. WTF.

i say get rid of the damn filter...god kids will hear worse in a day at school then they will ever read on these forums...plus if they are on the forums they prob play paintball in which case they will hear cussing on the field...who hear can say they have never swore when they were hit? prob no one and if you say you havnt then you are a lying sack o s.hit

i swear just about every time i get hit... and thats why i never swear.. haha jk

same here when i got hit id yell something..but then again i grew up in a lumber yard which is same as growing up on a ship so i swear like a sailor

yeah, my dad cant go 3 sentences without swearing. I try to control myself because i dont want to be a grump like him haha

I don't want to get rid of the swear filter. When Cheif gets drunk he'll swear at people and the won't want to come back.

then something needs to be done about cheif the rest of the members dont need to get punished because he gets wasted and swears at people

i wouldnt worry too much about Cheif. He seems like a good guy who just likes to have fun. If i were you i could keep the swear filter and edit it if you feel like you need to.

HAZARD wrote:then something needs to be done about cheif the rest of the members dont need to get punished because he gets wasted and swears at people

we're not getting punished, its just a swear filter. People can swear all they want it just wont show up. I think it keeps people feeling that freedom but at the same time keeps the forum clean

I was giving an example. Anything could happen, a new member could join and create a very inappropriate name. If you need examples, pm me.

I agree with Devon.

nah i dont need examples i was more of getting at if people are going to be like that then just ban them feeling free to post your feelings is nice some people abuse it over and over and those people should be dealt with by way of the ban hammer...yes halo/bungie reference. i mean we arnt a church quire here and paintball isnt the cleanest of sports. i do agree some things need to be filtered like names and all but is there a way to selectively put the filter on? like only put it on people under 18 or something?

I wish there was. I want there to be a way for users to turn the swear filter on or off, but forumotion doesn't give me that feature...

i wouldnt worry about it if i were you. just keep the filter. People understand what your saying if its filtered but it keep the forum clean.

Keep the filter. I can't speak for all kids, but I'm trying to break the habit because soap taste nasty. Some words should be allowed though, as there a expression of feelings. But swear words that can be considered a insult should be censored. Shit is a expression of feelings. a** can be considered a insult. That also can explain cheifs earlier question.

true, but an insult is still an insult if its got stars and stuff. Like, go to h*** still means go to hell. Its just got the stars. I think we should just watch what we say and do.

Good point. I think Devon just won this round. Devon: +1 Otter: Epic Failure. I'll be quiet now... :lol:

It's not about winning and losing, it's about informing people of your opinion in hopes that they will change theirs.

ummm that kinda sounded like marxism...

Admin: Ya, but Devon's opinion just changed mine. Lol. And I was more so trying (and apparently failing) to be funny in that previous post.

Sniper: Marxism???

Marxism is an economic political theory by which law is considered an instrument of oppression and control, and which the ruling class uses against the working class. ...

I just felt like sounding very hippie-ish. Marxism is confusing, I googled it and I didn't quite get the wikipedia page... I don't understand it's relevance to my post either...

You should keep the filter, it is a public forum. I wasn't saying that because you can type certain words then other words should be allowed. I was just surprised at the words that do show up. What words are worse is everyones opinion, so just keep it as-is. Although why allow shit? Just filter them all.

"it's about informing people of your opinion in hopes that they will change theirs"....

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