I agree with your sentiment, as curse words should be used sparingly. However, a better solution is "bottom-up" moderation, not a top-down site-wide ban on some

I agree with your sentiment, as curse words should be used sparingly. However, a better solution is "bottom-up" moderation, not a top-down site-wide ban on something. This is essentially important in social media websites where subcommunities exist. Different subcommunities should be able to have different rules about these things. (This doesn't apply to YCombinator, though).