Should the F-Word be converted to ****?
Since the wording on the other poll was a little more vague than what the issue was, I am creating a new poll with the actual question. Majority rules, the poll will be open for 7 days.
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I'm a pain aren't I?
Mark
EDIT: HEY!!! NO FAIR!!
Yes you are!
Keep the votes coming!
RESPECT FOR EVERYONE!
Dec 05...I'm not sure if ScottyZ was still around back then. If not then it would've just me and Devin.
putting in a filter accomplishes nothing as kristy has ably pointed out. there are way too many ways around it. besides, i'm curious if being called a 'stupid ****' make you feel any better?
i think excessive swearing should be curtailed. snowflake (or cupcake as i affectionately call him) makes a very sensible point. i'm not offended by an occasional swear word but if it is every other word or even 4 or 5 times in a post, it definitely says something about the poster. and yes, i do swear a lot myself but i try to avoid it in a room full of strangers and i will try to avoid it here in the future.
however, the odd **** once in a while sometimes really sums things up. i think 'excessive use' is the problem. i would leave the definition of excessive up to the discretion of the mods. or just outright ban the use of swearing AND enforce it. i have no issue if a mod wants to edit a post, delete it, issue a warning or ban or if the filter cleans this up.
however, personal attacks, provoked or not, damage the forum. it doesn't matter to me whether these contain swear words or not. yes, i have been guilty of this in the past but i am trying to control myself...
Some people say they don't visit 2+2 or p5 because of all the childish blah, but those are still the 2 most populated forums. If people want info about poker in canada, canadians playing poker, they will come here (or should).
I have a ton of respect for your efforts to make this a better place. With that being said, please grow a sack and stop being a pussy. When you get all wishy washy after you have made a decision it makes you look weak and you will become a target. Issues like this only grow legs when you give them opportunity.
It is your house here and no one worth their salt is going leave this forum forever because they can't post the F word. People will debate the issue and they definately have beat this one to death but, no one really cares that deeply about it other than Kristy (and we all know that this is not the real issue in her case anyway).
You can't please all of the people all of the time. Do your best, make good decsions, close the book and move on.
Sincerely,
Caddy
P.S. here is my mental image of you right now:
in an intelligent discussion, no way. that's what i think we are trying to do here? imagine if kennedy said to khrushchev "you get those ****ing missiles out of mother****ing cuba NOW you god****ed ****sucker". something may be lost in the translation.
so i don't buy your argument. and look, i could refute it without attacking you!
Hey Caddy,
I agree with what your saying... the problem here was what started off as an issue here with someone attacking someone else, has somehow escalated into a completely new issue. This whole censoring thing really does not matter to me one way or another, like many other members in this thread I could go either way. Since I really don't care about this issue and there seem to be some members that think is an extremely important issue, I figured I would let it go to a vote and let you guys decide. I am not voting, because I DONT CARE.
The only things I do care about is when certain members constantly troll threads looking to provoke a fight. If thats the only reason someone is coming to this forum, I will have no other choice but to take action.
Frankly I think banning someone is the dumbest thing in the world, but some people seem to get pleasure out of ruining things for other people. Trying to reason with an unreasonable person is extremely difficult and in this case was impossible. The whole filter only went in to cool things off for a while, and it seemed like originally most members were for it. And like I said earlier, since I didn't care I went with the majority.
So in closing... the things I do care for and will not stand is trolling threads to provoke and start fights with other members... the rest of the rules (if any) are up to you guys.. oh yea, and spammers.... I will hunt you down!
This will be the last of these threads for a long time... let's get back to poker, and cheer Watts on!
Of course if it's in the context of 'Oh ****, I've just been outdrawn again' then the post should be allowed to stay.
Of course I'm British and we are sensitive to this sort of use of the English Language, but I have already seen one UK Poker forum shut down due to this sort of language, the last thing I'm sure any of you want to happen here.
One other point, would you use curse at you Mum, your Boss or complete stangers? Of course you wouldn't, so why do Grown men and women fell the need to do it in a forum?
Just my 2 cents worth
Why would I curse at a flower. They need love and kindness to grow.
Mark
Just my $0.02
Al
It appears the filter technology available here is insufficient. There's a game I've been playing (not poker) with a Mature Language filter that can be toggled at the user's discretion. I believe it's on by default and can be changed in the equivalent of a User CP. Those who enjoy viewing random symbols (all asterisks are kind of boring) can have their fill. Those who wish to use the English language to it's fullest are welcome to it. Those deemed to be blatantly attempting to circumvent said Mature Language filter should be moderated?
lit
p.s. whoever wants to take All_asterisks as their new handle is welcome to it.
Wow... you may be on to something here... will look into it... that way each person can select their own filtering and everyone wins!
+1. Doesn't really matter to me as I'm currently funemployed (cannot remember who posted that but I love it) but it's definitely something others have to worry about... wait, screw that! If you're looking at a poker forum while you're supposed to be at work being useful, you earn anything you get from seeing dildo cakes!
So that means Fed, aka Kristy, aka Dr Tyore should not be here?