Testing the ENworld censorship filter.

[Cwheeler]

I just put up a post in another forum that used a word meaning 'to chortle maliciously, and part of it got censored.

The word was (Minus the . ) sni.gger

which came out s.

It looks like it detected 'derogatory word for people who naturally have lots of melanin', and screened it out.

how interesting. I wonder how many other words don't make it through. has anyone tested it?

 

[Umbran]

how interesting. I wonder how many other words don't make it through. has anyone tested it?

As a moderator, I respectfully request that you not try. The filter there to keep this place family friendly. Intentionally testing it would be like walking onto a TV show set, and spewing out a bunch of nasty language to see what will and won't get beeped. Honestly, we expect our posters to be a bit more mature than to need to do that.

 

[Piratecat]

I'll change this particular instance, though; that's not intentional.

EDIT: snigger. Right.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I resemble that remark.

 

[jaerdaph]

I resemble that remark.

Gonna be awhile?

(FYI: Linked YouTube video may not be work friendly - it's a MAD TV sketch...)

Mod edit: dude, if it is NSFW, don't post it here.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I resemble that remark.

Hmm. How do you resemble it? Are you made of letters?

Or is my dictionary just incomplete?

 

[fba827]

Hmm. How do you resemble it? Are you made of letters?

Or is my dictionary just incomplete?

Didn't you know? "Dannyalcatraz" is also a word derived from "snicker" and when you replace "alcatraz" with "tanner" you have a very scarey and bad word!

 

[Odhanan]

Honestly, we expect our posters to be a bit more mature than to need to do that.

Hardly surprising.

If a filter is needed, this means a sizeable percentage of the readership is deemed irresponsible, and thus immature, by the moderation, since the responsibility of choosing their words on their own is taken away from them.

A worthier educational expectation would be for people to be mature enough as to not need any language filter whatsoever. A missed opportunity, if you ask me.

 

[Umbran]

If a filter is needed, this means a sizeable percentage of the readership is deemed irresponsible, and thus immature, by the moderation, since the responsibility of choosing their words on their own is taken away from them.

That's not the only reason to have a filter, and "a sizeable percentage" is a bit misleading.

EN World has a major goal of being family friendly. That means we have a very low tolerance for the appearance of some language on the boards. The percentage of posters who would be willing to use the language does not have to be "sizable" to exceed that tolerance.

 

[Morrus]

If a filter is needed, this means a sizeable percentage of the readership is deemed irresponsible, and thus immature, by the moderation, since the responsibility of choosing their words on their own is taken away from them.

As Umbran points out, it has nothing to do with a sizeable percentage. it's about a few bad apples, coupled with the fact that we can't moderate 24/7 so a little automation helps. Same with the automated spam filter.