Profanity Filter

[RinceWinde]

If you by accident write a word that's blocked by the profanity filter (Which there are too many of them, but that's a different story) you do not get a warning that the word is blocked. Please add something so the sender of the message can see if the word is blocked or not.

Thank you

[Monkey_Boi]

If you by accident write a word that's blocked by the profanity filter (Which there are too many of them, but that's a different story) you do not get a warning that the word is blocked. Please add something so the sender of the message can see if the word is blocked or not.

Thank you

Getting a warning/ban for using a word that filtered is ludicrous anyway. The filter is there to as the word suggests filter profanity. If the filter has done it's job why the need to be warned/banned for it? I could understand if it was a word spelt with two letters swapped around or a star in place of a letter to bypass the filter

[Dopey]

For the same reason why there is a law against attempted murder.

Just because you were not successful doesn't mean you didn't do something wrong and shouldn't be punished for it.

[Dorotheus]

It's my experience that you do get a warning, somebody usually a mod will point out that you have used a naughty word. The only problem I have with the filter is with words which have profane and non profane uses, but until they perfect a filter which makes the judgement based on content i'm willing to live with it.

[Promethos]

The filter can be wrong, and in such cases it can take a while you're talking with ***. I've had it twice.

The first time I said St. (ooh no!), although a few weeks later BB announced St. Patrick on the homepage, but in chat St. was still banned. It really took a while to get why people thought I was saying something strange.

And 2nd time: I went to a wedding of 2 women. But apparently I couldn't say it was a gay marriage (ooh no, cant say that, Putin wouldn't approve!). Although both looked great and all in love and happy, and there were people who brought their kids too. Couldn't see anything wrong with it, but apparently I wasn't allowed to say where I had been.

So the filter is wrong sometimes. St. got unbanned btw, so BB too knows the filter isn't perfect. Sometimes people really dont realize they say something the filter doesn't approve. Would be good to let the writer know something got starred. Oh and to adjust the filter, that too would be good.

[Nogbad]

Yes, ST, Stoke, and the letter k on its own were particularly bizarre.
But generally, most filtered words are fairly obvious, although now and again even I get a surprise.
The other night, I was watching an odd Italian film (in Italian and Mandarin), and somebody asked me the name of it.
I answered "The Arrival of Wang", and was soon told that stars had appeared. Took a moment to realise, rather archaic term I haven't seen used in years.