Posted by Saddletank on 01.15.2008, 12:11 AM: Bad language and unpleasant topics Today I came across two particularly unpleasant threads in the general discussion area. I’d like to suggest that the Tavern formally bans the use of certain profane words and negative topics.
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Posted by arren18 on 01.15.2008, 12:18 AM: I never saw the racism or anti-gay stuff, but I agree. And in the case of bad language, I don't think it should auto-censor, because then you can't tell whether the person censored it themselves or not unless you edit the post.
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Posted by Roarkiller on 01.15.2008, 02:32 AM: It's SUPPOSED to be censored. I don't know why it's not.
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Posted by Saddletank on 01.15.2008, 03:11 AM: Sure, I trust your moderation, and as I said I'm sure we're capable of mature discussion of any subject, even the nitty gritty details. What I particularly dislike is having some random post pop up in a thread saying "I take drugs and it's great!" when clearly the worlds drug problem is overwhelming proof that drug abuse isn't "great", thus I'd like such posts to be made to vanish very fast (thanks Roar) and those posting them told not to and if they continue then they're not welcome here.
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Posted by Theowne on 01.15.2008, 06:01 AM:
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Posted by Saddletank on 01.15.2008, 06:07 AM: Yup, this is privately owned property. What the owner says goes. Play by his rules or play elsewhere. |
Posted by Atradius on 01.15.2008, 07:33 AM: Yeah we had this problem on our old forums a while ago and I was one of the moderators involved.
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Posted by harmony-of-mar on 01.15.2008, 12:04 PM: alot of the convos about drugs and the swearing was my fault, i really must apologise, im so sorry.
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Posted by foreignfilmfreak on 01.15.2008, 12:05 PM: Yeah, I'm not too big a fan of those two words. I said one a lot, and I dunno what the other one means and don't wanna. ._. I never learnt swear words until last year. And I do tend to say some very bad ones if I'm ticked or mad at something, but it sort of can't be helped, although no ones said for me to stop. ^^' Then again, how many people read my posts? ._. lol
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Posted by Saddletank on 01.15.2008, 12:11 PM:
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Posted by harmony-of-mar on 01.15.2008, 12:26 PM: sorry i didnt do that!
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Posted by Roarkiller on 01.17.2008, 04:04 AM: @Atradius: Yea I know most of the tricks to get around them filters. But it still doesn't solve the problem (or if you know how, then by all means, tell).
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Posted by Mush on 01.31.2008, 06:01 PM: I would really like to push for zero tolerance for homophobic slurs, including the use of the word "gay" to mean irritating/ stupid/etc. I don't see any grey area for tolerating homophobia but not racism. It's as offensive.
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Posted by Seiji on 01.31.2008, 06:15 PM:
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Posted by natsuba on 02.01.2008, 12:08 PM: sorry, ignore |
Posted by fenkashi on 02.01.2008, 08:57 PM: Personally, I think we should have zero tolerance for any derogatory terms. It's rude, uncalled for and just plain offensive. Honestly, I think we have enough words in the English language to get our point across without resorting to hurtful words, regardless of the context.
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Posted by Saddletank on 02.01.2008, 10:49 PM: I agree with Fen and Mushka and Seiji. Over the last 24 hours while I've been struggling to work out why I couldn't get forum access I was trying a few things and thought I'd create a second account. On the registration page are some rules which I had completely forgotten.
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Posted by T.C. on 02.02.2008, 01:55 AM: wow, i missed out on alot while i was on holiday..
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Posted by Saddletank on 02.02.2008, 02:49 AM:
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