> except they had another word for the "F" I believe you're allowed to say "Fuck" and it's various declensions on HN now! I'm always particularly intrigued by

> except they had another word for the "F" I believe you're allowed to say "Fuck" and it's various declensions on HN now! I'm always particularly intrigued by people who write things like "Sh#t" or "F#ck" because it's unclear who they are censoring for, and indeed why. If it was simple prudishness, I assume they would either use some twee alternative or mis-spelling, but simply eliding one letter suggests they themselves have no problem with expletives. It certainly doesn't protect viewers from seeing the taboo word, as a string of punctuation like "#&$!" might, so that isn't the purpose. Wildly off-topic, so apologies...