Rule Change-

[Feidam]

My personal thoughts on this is people who can't handle the sight of words they find so offensive should either get a thicker skin or separate yourself from society.

Someone calls u a offensive name or uses language you don't approve of, how bout u just block that person, unless thier tracking u down following u yelling stuff at you then grow up and get over it, you're an adult now or at least old enough to know better.

Within in reason I agree with you. However, it is also on the person exhibiting bad behavior. I’m sorry that person can control themselves too. This deal with it i’ll Do what I want grow a thicker skin attitude that some people like to have on the internet does not really fly. Try that on the job and see what happens.

[Nyvara]

So..This is really no different than actual laws. Can you swear in public? sure. But there comes a point where it becomes a Breach of peace or Disturbing the peace and it becomes a crime. Basically it depends on just how obnoxious you are about it.

[Ogulbuk]

I am part of a moderation team somewhere else, and the internals may not be the same but the deal ends up being: sure, players chose to turn off profanity filters, but that does not mean they want to see public profanity.

A lot of people do so for many reasons (silly words that get caught by profanity filters, or maybe they like tossing the occasional profane word in private conversations.)

Basically: you want to use foul language, try to hang out with folk that think the same way and keep that to party/fc chat. Most moderation teams will be VERY strict about language in public/default communication channels.

[Hazmick]

It's really not that hard to avoid using profanity. Just think before you type - where you are, what channel you're in etc. like in any real life conversation.


Also, 'I swore when I was a teenager' is not an excuse.

[Krotoan]

Also, 'I swore when I was a teenager' is not an excuse.

"I pooped in my pants as a baby"


Yeah.. that logic don't float.

[Sated]

The filter is a safety net to catch the worst of it and can't serve as complete censorship in the way it would need to for it to actually replace that rule. People will still find ways to bypass it, even by accident with a typo, and it doesn't make the language any more appropriate for a public channel.

My language in linkshells among friends is not appropriate for public chat and I think it's more than fair for there to be rules enforcing that, since public channels should be comfortable for everyone and language like that can come off as pretty hostile to players who don't use it so lightly, especially through text.