when I saw how annoying the .ml profanity filter is
The word filter is a blunt instrument applied to a gnarly problem. I still see trolls try to slide malformed vocabulary and coded phrasing to harass .ml users and vex the mods. But how long do you really expect mods/admins to work on the problem of “the perfect phrasing filter” when the root problem is inevitably the assholes who come to spam the chat with hate?
Just use fire extinguisher or fire suppressant. It’s not like the filter throws the entire post in the trash.
I think the word filter is silly. If people want to say bad words let them. Other people will tell them to fuck off if it’s inappropriate, or report them and get them banned if it’s bad enough.
But what do I know, I say the word removed because the euphemism treadmill for words that mean distinctly less intelligent than average is totally out of hand.
I think its dated. There was definitely a point, ten or fifteen years ago, when people were very casual with certain slurs and blurring them out was a good way to tap down the inevitable internal board drama over phrasing. But now they’re less common, so you see more people tripping over the triggers than invoking them intentionally.
At the same time, I think we’re headed back in the direction of chuds going on a message board (or out into a crowd) and spamming the n-word as some kind of in-group Owning the Left right-of-passage.
So I won’t begrudge its existence.
I say the word removed because the euphemism treadmill for words that mean distinctly less intelligent than average is totally out of hand.
I remember clinging to the word “gay” back in college, for what I thought was similar reasons. And it just kept feeling more and more off-key to use, until eventually I stopped of my own accord.
The word filter is a blunt instrument applied to a gnarly problem. I still see trolls try to slide malformed vocabulary and coded phrasing to harass .ml users and vex the mods. But how long do you really expect mods/admins to work on the problem of “the perfect phrasing filter” when the root problem is inevitably the assholes who come to spam the chat with hate?
Just use fire extinguisher or fire suppressant. It’s not like the filter throws the entire post in the trash.
I think the word filter is silly. If people want to say bad words let them. Other people will tell them to fuck off if it’s inappropriate, or report them and get them banned if it’s bad enough.
But what do I know, I say the word removed because the euphemism treadmill for words that mean distinctly less intelligent than average is totally out of hand.
I think its dated. There was definitely a point, ten or fifteen years ago, when people were very casual with certain slurs and blurring them out was a good way to tap down the inevitable internal board drama over phrasing. But now they’re less common, so you see more people tripping over the triggers than invoking them intentionally.
At the same time, I think we’re headed back in the direction of chuds going on a message board (or out into a crowd) and spamming the n-word as some kind of in-group Owning the Left right-of-passage.
So I won’t begrudge its existence.
I remember clinging to the word “gay” back in college, for what I thought was similar reasons. And it just kept feeling more and more off-key to use, until eventually I stopped of my own accord.