juscal Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 What exactly is the purpose of the swear filter on a forum that is part of a fan site for a game series that contains large amounts of swearing and much, much more, where the swearing is much more dominate in the game than on the forum? I'm not trying to argue the point of it, I'm just querying the purpose of it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Sale of the games is age-restricted. Access to the forums is not. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059664190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
juscal Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Sale of the games is age-restricted. Access to the forums is not. Thats a fair call, actually. Although I wouldn't mind if there was a capital and non-capital version of the filtered swear words. I don't like it when I shout F**K and it comes up as f*ck. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059664192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Vice Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 What exactly is the purpose of the swear filter on a forum that is part of a fan site for a game series that contains large amounts of swearing and much, much more, where the swearing is much more dominate in the game than on the forum? I'm not trying to argue the point of it, I'm just querying the purpose of it. If the swear filter wasn't activated, Google AdSense or w/e wouldn't care about this site. Swearing violates their TOS. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059664494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 There really is no valid reason to be swearing on the forums anyway, as there are better word choices you can use. Why people have to see fit to use swear words on a public forum is beyond me.? Also, as fred said, the games are rated as 17+ and can only be purchased by those people, but anyone with internet access can access these forums. Also, if there were not censored words, then Google ads,etc. would not pay for advertising on this site and thus GTAForums might not exist. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059664911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deji Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Because it gets your f*ckin point through easier... Adds some depth to each sentence. Not using swear words in some sentences is like describing something with less adjectives. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059696763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Theft Auto Dude Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 It would be nice if everything wasn't changed to lower case, though. IT KIND OF RUINS THE f*ckING AWESOMENESS OF ALL-CAPS. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059696833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 It would be nice if everything wasn't changed to lower case, though. IT KIND OF RUINS THE f*ckING AWESOMENESS OF ALL-CAPS. Just type the star in. LIKE F*CKING SO. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059697307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 ALL-CAPS SUCK. Seriously theres no need to type everything in caps. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059697314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCstuntman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 ALL-CAPS SUCK. Seriously theres no need to type everything in caps. This. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059700416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainland Marauder Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I think everything's been covered here. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434295-purpose-of-the-swear-filter/#findComment-1059700447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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