None of the above reasons are compelling reasons as to why disabling the filter would
benefit the board. At all. Literally the same reasons I listed above:
- Kids are exposed to swearing all the time anyway
- Somehow a few **** in the middle of a sentence makes it unreadable. If you're having trouble reading that sentence then I can PM you a translation.
- We filter X but not Y, so lets just disable it all and swear up a happy storm
- It's the internet, swearing happens anyway
This is versus
- Will enable people to swear without repercussions
- Will [potentially] encourage people to swear more. You'll argue that point like you pretend human nature doesn't exist at all
- More swearing means more "****" for those that keep the filter, making the board look worse by default anyway
- Does NOT affect your ability to post a coherent sentence at all anyway. If your paragraph is unreadable because there's too many ****'s in it then chances are it probably isn't worth reading and goes against the boards swearing rules anyway.
And you're all 20somethings on a board meant for 12+ saying "let the kids swear! (so that I can swear too, because I'm a responsible adult, even though the target demographic of this board isn't me)"
And from the previous discussion we had on this topic already, here's some quotes from people who shared my opinion at the time.
Mit wrote:
i agree that it could potentially increase swearing on the boards. if the censorship in the first place is what's preventing people from saying it all the time now then making it a toggle would definitely make it worse. that makes sense and i entirely understand that point.
Super Mario WTL wrote:
Gotta say I agree with Kritter completely. The mandatory swear filter does reduce swearing and I feel like swearing is out of place on MFGG. I disagree with the silly filters like GORILLA, but the asterisks are fine.
Syaxamaphone wrote:
imo swear filter is fine the way it is. I'm sure there are bigger board priorities here.
None of the above reasons are compelling reasons as to why disabling the filter would [b]benefit [/b]the board. At all. Literally the same reasons I listed above:
- Kids are exposed to swearing all the time anyway
- Somehow a few **** in the middle of a sentence makes it unreadable. If you're having trouble reading that sentence then I can PM you a translation.
- We filter X but not Y, so lets just disable it all and swear up a happy storm
- It's the internet, swearing happens anyway
This is versus
- Will enable people to swear without repercussions
- Will [potentially] encourage people to swear more. You'll argue that point like you pretend human nature doesn't exist at all
- More swearing means more "****" for those that keep the filter, making the board look worse by default anyway
- Does NOT affect your ability to post a coherent sentence at all anyway. If your paragraph is unreadable because there's too many ****'s in it then chances are it probably isn't worth reading and goes against the boards swearing rules anyway.
And you're all 20somethings on a board meant for 12+ saying "let the kids swear! (so that I can swear too, because I'm a responsible adult, even though the target demographic of this board isn't me)"
And from the previous discussion we had on this topic already, here's some quotes from people who shared my opinion at the time.
[quote="Mit"]i agree that it could potentially increase swearing on the boards. if the censorship in the first place is what's preventing people from saying it all the time now then making it a toggle would definitely make it worse. that makes sense and i entirely understand that point.[/quote]
[quote="Super Mario WTL"]Gotta say I agree with Kritter completely. The mandatory swear filter does reduce swearing and I feel like swearing is out of place on MFGG. I disagree with the silly filters like GORILLA, but the asterisks are fine.[/quote]
[quote="Syaxamaphone"]imo swear filter is fine the way it is. I'm sure there are bigger board priorities here.[/quote]