Swear Censors... Really necessary?

Dean wrote: seventhsojourn wrote: [  toroddfuglesteg wrote: I don't want us to get an X and Adult rating.   So I can expect to visit the site without seeing a dirty great effyouseekay on the homepage? The advert content is outside of our control. I suggest you use AdBlock.

You might want to be careful with suggestions like that. If the ad companies find out that staff of the site are recommending ad-block, it could cause problems.

Deathrabbit wrote: You're first point is untrue. It could be done quite easily using javascript. I'll buy you're second point, however.

I don't know, that's just what he said, but 1) that forum is much larger than PA, so small additional strains would cost more and 2) he may also have just not wanted to do it but not say that out loud.

Henry Plainview wrote: Deathrabbit wrote: I think that it should be a setting. It defaults to on, but you can turn it off in the member control panel. That would be ideal. This came up on another forum I used to visit: it's not practical because then the server has to serve two different versions of the same page, which drastically increases the load. And it's also impractical because Max is never going to change PA's software again... As with all things in life, you can get away with more when you're paying. ;-)

You're first point is untrue. It could be done quite easily using javascript. I'll buy you're second point, however.

The Doctor wrote: Evolver wrote: What the Fripp are you guys talking about? You're full of Shatner. I (dramatic pause) don't (dramatic pause) appreciate that (yet another dramatic pause), Evolver.

What the Fripp are you guys talking about?

Deathrabbit wrote: I think that it should be a setting. It defaults to on, but you can turn it off in the member control panel. That would be ideal.

This came up on another forum I used to visit: it's not practical because then the server has to serve two different versions of the same page, which drastically increases the load. And it's also impractical because Max is never going to change PA's software again...

toroddfuglesteg wrote: The swear censors is there to not trigger various filters. These are the filters which makes it possible to read and reply to posts in our offices and from computers in large organisations.

Yeah, this came up before, but I see lots of people posting at work on forums that allow swearing. I don't know if your company is particularly draconian or what.

seventhsojourn wrote: So I can expect to visit the site without seeing a dirty great effyouseekay on the homepage?

As with all things in life, you can get away with more when you're paying. ;-)

Bloody well Right

Edited by aginor - October 20 2011 at 11:05

No, I mean, not a setting that allows you to swear.Rather one that allows you to see the uncensored content, if you so choose.

I could not be bother to read through this social stuff, so I will answer with a very dry, dull piece of fact:

The swear censors is there to not trigger various filters. These are the filters which makes it possible to read and reply to posts in our offices and from computers in large organisations. This also means the website is not triggering the inane parental filters set up by in Windows Vista too. Basically, we have filters to be able to view this website from anywhere. Those forums with no swearwords filters, and there are some of them, are getting banned. That goes for everything from butterflies forums (literary speaking; butterfly collectors forums) to angling and up to music and fallen madonnas with big suspensions forums. I for my part is happy that we can read our forum and take part here from computers in libraries and in offices. It brightens my working days and it means I can submit interviews and reviews paid for by my employer through their wage bill.

I don't want us to get an X and Adult rating.

 

Edited by toroddfuglesteg - October 20 2011 at 10:49

I think that it should be a setting. It defaults to on, but you can turn it off in the member control panel. That would be ideal.