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Filtering on forums

May 5, 2005 11:54PM PDT

Sometimes after replying, I see on previews the word(s), [****] out. These are common words no way reflecting some bad taste. Though I understand the reason why, I find non-swear words hardly a threat. My latest example is the word, lark, replace letter L with a D. . Yes, dark, it was [****] out, as you can see. jeeezzzz Any comments?

puzzled -----Willy Happy

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(NT) (NT) yes filtering totally ridiculous
May 16, 2005 4:52AM PDT
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ummmmmmmmm
May 16, 2005 4:59AM PDT

dark
*****
dark=not light (also part of darky, derogoratory for negro) and after preview, i see no longer filtered!
c hink=in armour (also slang for a person of chinese descent)

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Yep.
May 17, 2005 6:29AM PDT

The filter blocked the word ''shuttered'' (but with an ''a'' where the ''u'' is) in one of my posts. It blocked the word in this post, too, so I had to resort to the above circumlocution. I reported it as an offensive post. The reply I got said the software might have thought it was a variant of ''hatred,'' but I don't see a reason to block that word either. I thought it might have reacted to the sh*t pattern, but that would still be overkill, unless there was an exact match.

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(NT) (NT) Past tense of sh*t.
May 20, 2005 8:19AM PDT
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(NT) (NT) Also sha_tter <sigh>
Jun 10, 2005 3:31AM PDT
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(NT) (NT) Noted Dave. Thanks
Jun 10, 2005 3:46AM PDT
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Jun 12, 2005 12:48PM PDT

Lee, One question. Why can't CNET filter out really old posts that have been posted before? Get rid of them?
A case in point: Mac hardware forum posted:

?I wish 2-button mouses existed in the world of apple?
Posted by: beatnik (see profile) - 12/03/2003 8:52 PM.
New post last week also, same question.

This Beatnik before led us all to a web site that was blank. His idea of humor. Apple has nothing to say.

Lee, Any way to stop old posts from being repeated over and over?

Thanks,
Kevin