Swear Filter

torbrex · 18 February 2015 at 11:51AM

We have to endure a swear filter on the forum and it is mostly a good thing as it makes people think about what they are posting rather than the words they would use in normal conversation.

However this filter does not prevent the foul language that comes through to the forum on MSE Martins twitter feed.

Is the shocking revelation of CMA report really "vulnerable people tend not to switch and overpay £200+ a year"? No !!!! Sherlock!

The word !!!!!! is censored when I cut and paste the quote on to the forum but it is in plain view on the twitter feed.
I am no prude, in fact I swear quite a lot and even have a few words of my own invention that could be considered quite offensive to some but surely what is good for the goose......etc

Either censor the twitter feed or my preference, get rid of it, it has no place on the forum in the first instance.

Former_MSE_Megan · 18 February 2015 at 3:00PM

Hi,

While you make a valid point, the swear filter was set up to stop forum users abusing each other, rather than for censorship purposes. It also really helps us to cut down on spammers.

The Twitter feed is not part of our forum structure, and as such we can't apply the swear filter to it. Obviously, it's up to Martin what he tweets so we don't have any sway over that. We won't be removing the feed itself as it's a great way for you to see what he's up to from inside the forum.

Thanks for your feedback though!

fermi · 18 February 2015 at 3:16PM

torbrex wrote: »

Either censor the twitter feed or my preference, get rid of it, it has no place on the forum in the first instance.

I think torbrex was actually meaning the forum word filter there, not the feed?

torbrex · 18 February 2015 at 3:42PM

fermi wrote: »

I think torbrex was actually meaning the forum word filter there, not the feed?

sorry fermi, it's the twits I want rid of, they have nothing to do with the forum and it would seem that niether does martin these day (sadly)

Norman_Castle · 25 February 2015 at 11:15PM

There was a similar complaint about a thread a few years ago involving MSE Martin posting a photograph of a Barclays bike altered to read F!!! Barclays. Martin was very excited about this and insisted it should stay. When criticized for his double standards he replied effectively that it was his site and he was beyond questioning by forum users.

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