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Change to the swearing rule
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Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 03:51 (7 Years ago)
People get warned if they post a link with one swear, or sometimes they event put a swear warning before the link.
For example, I once shared a funny tumblr link, yet I got warned because there was a swear that someone could only find by purposely scrolling further down the page.
Now, this is not directed to any mod, but cmon.
Atleast if there is a swear warning, or there is a swear that someone will have to purposely search for, we should't get warned.
Plus, kids are potty mouths these days. This super-enforced rule isn't actually "defending" much people.
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 04:04 (7 Years ago)
It isnt possible that someone in PH doesnt know what a swear is.
And a lot of people swear and doesnt happen nothing but the people with more warnungs or low popularity are commonly locked more oftenly by swears
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 04:35 (7 Years ago)
Once I got warned for swearing even though I purposely spelled the word wrong by leaving out a few letters. And I thought it was ridiculous that I was warned for swearing even though I didn't.
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 04:55 (7 Years ago)
once i got a warning for saying a word i didn't know was a swear.
because where i live, it isn't.
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 04:57 (7 Years ago)
I think it's ridiculous that people are getting in trouble for posting links to like..
Let me use an example.
Let's say someone posts a link to a YouTube video. The video itself had no nsfw content whatsoever (so like, no swearing and such), but some comments on it a ways down contained a curse word, and the poster of the link got in trouble.
I find this completely asinine. It is by no means the poster's fault that these comments contained swear words, nor should it be their job to scroll through tons of comments to see if there is any swearing.
These are things the poster cannot control and should not be expected to watch out for, especially since things like comments on videos can be made anytime with anything in them.
I believe on Tumblr as well this can happen, such as when people like/share a post their usernames are shown below the post until they are bumped down, but some people's names contain swear words and since that list of names changes more or less rather frequently, it's impossible to control.
One of my friends got in trouble for that.
Hence forth I don't think it is very fair to warn people for things such as these. As long as the main content posted is clean, I believe no punishment should be given.
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 04:59 (7 Years ago)
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 06:33 (7 Years ago)
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 00:11 (7 Years ago)
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 02:48 (7 Years ago)
Unfortunately one word might not be a swear word where one user comes from but could be one in another country. You can't excuse one word because then other users will come and start pointing out other words that should be "excused", it's either none or all. It makes it easier for mods to monitor words like that instead of having to look through a list to see if it's a banned word or not. And blanking a word out or changing the letters is still swearing, it doesn't take much to figure it out. Just don't use the word and you won't have to worry about being banned.
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 03:02 (7 Years ago)
Now, if there is a swear on the video, then the person should put a swear warning so people can be aware of it. Like the metaphor I used before, putting a sign next to the lava pit with a phrase like ''Warning its lava you will burn'' will raise someones awareness, and they wont even watch the video-jump on the pit if they read the warning.
TLDR - You will have to intentionally look for a swear on the comments. Unless there is a swear on the video. But if there is, there should be a swear warning and user shouldt get banned.
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 04:42 (7 Years ago)
Your warning is not a guarantee that people won't click on the link. Kids are curious, especially when it comes to things that they aren't allowed to have or see at home. The best way to avoid that is to have no tolerance for swearing. If you want to share a video with swearing in it go off site where you are free to do as you please, and not where we have young kids playing.
Personally I don't support this. If you need to swear that badly then you really shouldn't be posting it.
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 04:47 (7 Years ago)
Most of the time, it isnt US swearing (I actually agree with you on the switching letters part), but we get warned because there is a swear on a video or on a comment.
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 04:49 (7 Years ago)
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 04:56 (7 Years ago)
I get your point, obviously if the swear word is hundreds of comments in, that's not something you should be warned about.
Yes they may be very protected compared to how we were raised but again, it is not our call to expose them to these kinds of words. This isn't your kid to do as you please. Let their parents decide when they would like for them to learn these sorts of words, and then let them deal with the consequences.
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 05:02 (7 Years ago)
Posted: Tue, 27/12/2016 05:08 (7 Years ago)
It's definitely a touchy subject, as the site is labeled as a browser game for all ages, and that means we have to dial back on some stuff that is normal for us. I know how hard it is not to slip in a minor swear word that I sometimes use on a daily basis and really don't consider a swear word. But that's life and life isn't fair. The rules are there to protect younger ears and if that means I have to proof read everything twice then so be it.
Posted: Sat, 31/12/2016 19:08 (7 Years ago)
An alternate soulution would be reporting the user if the video obvious swears, comments that are innappropriate, or derogatory terms. They shouldn't get locked for something someone else said. And tell the user if it does, they might not know. After that I'd wait for the user to take it down. And if they don't then report them. (This is just my opinion and what I think would be the best course of action.)
Posted: Wed, 11/01/2017 18:30 (7 Years ago)
Posted: Wed, 11/01/2017 18:37 (7 Years ago)
If that was the case, wouldn't I have linked the song directly?
Posted: Wed, 11/01/2017 18:38 (7 Years ago)
Alright then...