Moderator, the dirty word filter you are using is worthless

BrianKuszmar · May 1, 2007 2:35AM

I cannot post a link because the linked word Market watch all run together is considered a bad word.. Crappy filter, worthless if it wont allow links.
How can I post similar links?

Here is message I received.

You have a forbidden word in your message post. Please click the back button in your browser and remove this word from your post. The words that are forbidden are highlighted for you.
[Link to article that mentions the Euro/Asian holiday.]http://www.marke****ch.com/news/story/gold-futures-fall-three-session-low/story.aspx?guid={6DEF21A3-2941-466F-B75C-E9FFF1E47463}[/L]

What do I do? The hyperlink does not work either..
Also, who in the hell (is hell allowed?,we will see) but exclusive children's sites use these kind of filters? Get real..

Sorry, that miffed me.

Regards

commoncents05 · May 1, 2007 2:40AM

use a tinyurl, that should work.

-Paul

BrianKuszmar · May 1, 2007 2:44AM

Besides what does a stupid fargin twit filter really accomplish? It doesnt reall stop this chit.. same duckhead idea..rite?

Heh

Regards

Zoins · May 1, 2007 2:45AM

<< use a tinyurl, that should work. >>

The problem with tinyURLs is that some people use them to mask bad urls so some people avoid tinyurls all together.

kranky · May 1, 2007 2:49AM

I'm OK with the filter. I'll put up with the occasional inconvenience to avoid a constant stream of vulgarity-filled posts.

Russ · May 1, 2007 2:54AM

I agree with Kranky.

Russ, NCNE

tradedollarnut · May 1, 2007 2:58AM

IMO, it's really silly to have something that filters out words such as Atwater on a numismatic chatroom.

ps - from experience ... if you get the error message, you'd best highlight and save your post or you'll have to start all over!

Russ · May 1, 2007 3:00AM

I agree with TDN.

Russ, NCNE

flaminio · May 1, 2007 3:01AM

I agree with Kranky, TDN, and Russ.

Aegis3 · May 1, 2007 3:03AM

<< I'm OK with the filter. I'll put up with the occasional inconvenience to avoid a constant stream of vulgarity-filled posts. >>

There's nothing inherently wrong with the filter. They should just (and hopefully this is possible) add some exceptions for the known numismatic words which get filtered because of them. (And I do wonder how user sonofagunk was ever able to get his username...)

BrianKuszmar · May 1, 2007 3:08AM

I agree with TDN also. My point being that even filtering out the words the meaning and context can still be easily conveyed slightly different with the same effect.
Also, anyone including a kid has access to horrible stuff on and off the computer (watch the news?) even the best filters cannot keep them away from.

Besides, a good moderator should knock down vulgar nasty stuff quickly, filters seldom work and are more of a pain in the arse.
And..
If you can filter out a bad word, what else can you filter?
And other than maybe Disney sites and parents at home, who filters words?

Nice try by the Cu but not needed and worthless if the site is well run with a good moderator.
Just Mho

Regards to all

PS.FYI I only started this thread because I could not post a really good article that other members would have enjoyed and I am no fan of any type of censorship.

pbfloyd · May 1, 2007 3:14AM

Besides, a good moderator should knock down vulgar nasty stuff quickly

There is a keyword in that sentence

Russ · May 1, 2007 3:24AM

<< Besides, a good moderator should knock down vulgar nasty stuff quickly

There is a keyword in that sentence >>

What keyword would that be?

Russ, NCNE

Longacre · May 1, 2007 3:28AM

<< IMO, it's really silly to have something that filters out words such as Atwater on a numismatic chatroom.

ps - from experience ... if you get the error message, you'd best highlight and save your post or you'll have to start all over! >>

How did you slip that word through on your post?

tahoe98 · May 1, 2007 3:34AM

<< 

<< IMO, it's really silly to have something that filters out words such as Atwater on a numismatic chatroom.

ps - from experience ... if you get the error message, you'd best highlight and save your post or you'll have to start all over! >>

How did you slip that word through on your post?

>>

just contain it in plastic.

mgoodm3 · May 1, 2007 3:36AM

What's wrong with Atwater? Works fine for me.

pbfloyd · May 1, 2007 3:43AM

What keyword would that be?

No baiting Russ.

StrikeOutXXX · May 1, 2007 3:44AM

<< What keyword would that be?

No baiting Russ. >>

No baiting? PB, you left the door wide open for that, you couldn't have implied it any larger.

Russ, I'd like to vote he get assigned MBT's old graphic for now on

ArgentumRex · May 1, 2007 3:49AM

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gold-futures-fall-three-session-low/story.aspx?guid={6DEF21A3-2941-466F-B75C-E9FFF1E47463}

BobaFett72 · May 1, 2007 3:56AM

you cant post the "bad" words unless you hit a certain POST count right?
I seem to recall that coming up in the past.

marketw@tch

pbfloyd · May 1, 2007 4:01AM

you cant post the "bad" words unless you hit a certain POST count right?

True........PCGS foolishly reasoned that high posts would equal good citizenship on these forums.

Cladiator · May 1, 2007 4:02AM

All you have to do to put "banned" words into your thread is place self canceling html brackets in the word. The programing recognizes the html and does not recognize the banned word. Since the html is self canceling what actually appears in the text is just the word.

Example #1: Atwater = At [ b ] [ / b ] water (minus the spaces)
Example #2: Shitake Teriyaki = Shi [ b ] [ / b ] take Teriyaki (minus the spaces)

Comes in handy when you have a legitimate reason to type a legitmate non-banned word that the filter catches.

sonofagunk · May 1, 2007 4:05AM

Funny thing is that they allow "bad" words in you USERNAME. They never even checked (my pop's nickname was gunk)

no one can type sonoFAGunk

ArgentumRex · May 1, 2007 4:12AM

sonofagunk?

ricko · May 1, 2007 4:18AM

My oh my...... no here is something to distract us from AT/NT.....

Cheers, RickO

RYK · May 1, 2007 4:21AM

<< I agree with Kranky, TDN, and Russ. >>

I agree with kranky, TDN, Russ, and Flamino.

Cladiator, thanks for the tip.

BrianKuszmar · May 1, 2007 4:29AM

<< you cant post the "bad" words unless you hit a certain POST count right?

True........PCGS foolishly reasoned that high posts would equal good citizenship on these forums. >>

Does that mean I have not reached good citizenship status yet?

Who are my friends and what have I done for them lately..hhhmmm
heh

Ok- I will work for good citzenship and post only sweet goodness..

Thanks for answers folks!

Regards

mgoodm3 · May 1, 2007 4:31AM

<< 

<< you cant post the "bad" words unless you hit a certain POST count right?

True........PCGS foolishly reasoned that high posts would equal good citizenship on these forums. >>

Does that mean I have not reached good citizenship status yet?

Who are my friends and what have I done for them lately..hhhmmm
heh

Ok- I will work for good citzenship and post only sweet goodness..

Thanks for answers folks!

Regards >>

It's really a Circle of Trust™ thing.

AskRaq · May 1, 2007 5:18AM

<< IMO, it's really silly to have something that filters out words such as Atwater on a numismatic chatroom. >>

Nice job in filter avoidance!! My first experience with the filter had me amazed as I couldn't figure out why it was being filtered... until I realized it pick parts of words out, as in: PEAC.OCK

sinin1 · May 1, 2007 8:28AM

I agree with the previous posts and suggest

for the Peac.ock dollars, we should just change their name

to something pleasing like ' Utah paints'

no disrespect to all the present owners as I have never seen one, let alone own one

I like Fusetalk 3.0

Rollerman · May 1, 2007 8:39AM

Filter? I just assumed everyone on here were ladies and gentleman!?

Pete

VicDaewoo · May 1, 2007 8:43AM

WillieBoyd2 · May 1, 2007 8:55AM

Like just now!

WillieBoyd2 · May 1, 2007 8:57AM

Sometimes the filter doesn't like the word "Hancock".

It worked!

between 'c' and 'o'

fastrudy · May 1, 2007 9:06AM

Anybody for cocktails? Damn! It does work!!

mozin · May 1, 2007 9:28AM

Next we will see Cladiator booted off CU for providing us all with information how to include bad words in our posts.

fc · May 1, 2007 9:32AM

you could always change the character to unicode.

like a space, " ", is %20 in the browser. you just search for
an ascii to unicode chart and make a few switches.

did i win a prize?

BlindedByEgo · May 1, 2007 9:45AM

<< What's wrong with Atwater? Works fine for me. >>

Atwater? Yeah, me too.

roadrunner · May 1, 2007 10:33AM

Atwater did not work for me last time I tried to use it to reference that famous auction. Had to misspell it to get it through. Did not work this time either....until I tried the work around.....thanks

roadrunner

Thenewguy · May 1, 2007 12:56PM

<< 

<< IMO, it's really silly to have something that filters out words such as Atwater on a numismatic chatroom. >>

Nice job in filter avoidance!! My first experience with the filter had me amazed as I couldn't figure out why it was being filtered... until I realized it pick parts of words out, as in: PEAC.OCK >>

Trying to include "Peacock" in a message, and yes it was about the bird, was my first encounter with the filter too.

Coxe · May 1, 2007 12:58PM

<< IMO, it's really silly to have something that filters out words such as Atwater on a numismatic chatroom.

ps - from experience ... if you get the error message, you'd best highlight and save your post or you'll have to start all over! >>

That is the only one that drives me nuts. How can you discuss the 1804 dollars without mentioning that provenance?

TwoSides2aCoin · May 1, 2007 1:10PM

I remember when I was in grade school. We had lavatory monitors to make sure boys didn't vandalize the toilets.
I assumed Moderators sort of had the same kind of job here

I still remember the monitor yellin' : " 'at water better flush when you leave there"

Myqqy · May 1, 2007 3:29PM

I'll put up with the occasional inconvenience to avoid a constant stream of vulgarity-filled posts.

Personally, I would love to read more vulgarity-filled posts!

flaminio · May 2, 2007 3:31AM

With regular words, like peacock, yeah there are ways around the filter if you really need to, but the point that the OP was making was that he was unable to post a URL -- and there's no way to game that, short of using a service like tinyurl or snipurl.

But I don't think it's that big of a deal, either...

fc · May 2, 2007 3:40AM

test

just switch the first "t" to a %54 and away you go. it was not
unicode i was thinking of, but hexidecimal.

http://www.asciitable.com/

flaminio · May 2, 2007 4:49AM

<< test

just switch the first "t" to a %54 and away you go. it was not
unicode i was thinking of, but hexidecimal.

http://www.asciitable.com/ >>

Cool trick! I'll remember that one.

Bear · May 2, 2007 6:09AM

@# +&&^#% !%%$#@*& ?><*&&%@$

See, I can get bad words past the filter.

Moderator, the dirty word filter you are using is worthless

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