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Reminds me of AoE chat filters, which aren't satisfied with censoring specific words, but literally just any words that resemble it. Which one looks more offens
by anshorei 5y ago
Reminds me of AoE chat filters, which aren't satisfied with censoring specific words, but literally just any words that resemble it. Which one looks more offensive to you?
"Hold on, my dock is nearly up"
"Hold on, my ** is nearly up"
Censorship can actually make things MORE offensive.
(other censored words include "but" and "come")
- jaclaz 5y agoOn some (techhical) bullettin boards you couldn't talk about Matsushita CD/DVD drives, but luckily enough Panasonic was fine. Still, all in all, automatically replacing a (supposed) swear/offensive word with some asterisks makes less overall damage than banning someone's account (temporarily or for longer periods or forever). It is simply intimidating when you have to think twice or thrice before saying something for fear of being automatically banned (without possibility of explanation/recourse).