Board Thread:Administrator's Noticeboard/@comment-7697305-20140527012127/@comment-22434585-20140527235945

Oscuritaforze wrote:


 * As has been mentioned: if someone's purpose is to disrupt chat, they will find a way to disrupt chat, filter or not. This filter may deter them temporarily, but it certainly won't actually prevent trolling outright. In light of this (which I feel is self-evident if you look at pretty much any other part of the internet), it seems that most of the impact of this filter would fall on well-intentioned users in chat.
 * I imagine that this filter would also come with its own unique problems. For instance, I expect that microcosms of this very argument will take place whenever someone who doesn't take kindly to censorship of any kind joins the chat and finds out about the filter. Heck, [ there is precedent] for this happening even with just a &quot;soft&quot; ban on profanity. With this combined with the previous point in mind, I believe that this filter could potentially cause more problems than it would solve.
 * Finally, part of my opposition to this proposal is that I believe the chat is already pretty well-moderated. Lately, any given time has seen two or more people in there with the " " right, which I feel is definitely enough to handle any problems that arise as a result of ill-intentioned users. At times when there aren't any chatmods on, I think that the solution is to appoint new ones from trusted users who tend to be active at the times in question rather than creating an automated filter like this.


 * You're right. However, a filter will help with younger audiences in that they don't actually have to learn certain phrases at an early age. Moderators can still tell that the users are saying something censored (unless it's a stream of curse words; that could also be a blank message) and react appropriately.
 * Some people definitely would react to this. However, if those are trolls who just wanted to curse, that's a good thing. If it's users expressing their anger at Twins + Blood Moon + Destroyer at the same time, then they can make do with an uncensored phrase. We shouldn't need to have more than the "D-word" to express anger of that sort anyway.
 * It is well-moderated - the four chat mods/admins who go on regularly help with that. However, keep note that oftentimes Swaggins and Squazz will be AFK, and I will sometimes go AFK playing some good ol' 'rarria or spriting. The filter could be used especially in those times when we're not active on chat. If there was a way to toggle it on and off... a command for a chatbot could be used for that, but I'm not going into that topic now.