topic Dear Mods... in Community Spirit

Dear Mods...

*pepe — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:12:46 GMT

What is the theory behind the word r a p e being reduced to **bleep** like its a smutty unacceptable word that must not be spoken here on Community Spirit?

R a p e is a serious and all too common occurence in our society and already is kept hidden by too many victims who feel the stigma of shame that society in general has attached to it.

It should be, NEEDS to be, freely discussed without any connotations of it being a dirty word.

By bleeping it out you are contributing to the stigma.

If you have a social conscience at all you will fix this immediately.

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freakiness — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:24:08 GMT

I second what Pepe said

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i-need-a-martini — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:24:26 GMT

I'd be interested in getting an answer to this question too.

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love*today — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:24:49 GMT

agree 100%

i want to know why this word is on a filter?

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i-need-a-martini — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:25:30 GMT

And why move it to another board.

It seems totally inappropriate to move it over here where people are asking questions about ebay trading.

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poddster — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:29:43 GMT

The solution is very very very simple.

All that has to be done is a minor adjustment to the profanity filter file.

Even thought the solution is simple and would take all of 10 seconds to apply, I am guessing that it will be a committee decision with endless discussion and it will be deferred indefinitely, put in the "too hard" basket and forgotten

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purple_haize — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:29:48 GMT

agree 100% with the other posters......

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poddster — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:31:59 GMT

Out of virtual sight out of mind. this way it wont even get to the committee stage 😞

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lurker17260 — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:32:36 GMT

Hear Hear!

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*pepe — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:36:48 GMT

mods this does not belong on an obscure board used to ask questions about trading, it belongs where i posted it - on the community spirit board.

it is a relevant discussion

please move it back.

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sandypas — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:56:30 GMT

Maybe eBay needs to be approached about the moderation team they have appointed. You have to be 18 to be a member here (or supposed to be) yet they are treating us like minors.

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freakiness — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:04:16 GMT

@*pepe wrote:
mods this does not belong on an obscure board used to ask questions about trading, it belongs where i posted it - on the community spirit board.

it is a relevant discussion

please move it back.

That's what made me mad. The rest of the comment must be telepathically read 😄

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chuk_77 — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:07:44 GMT

+1 what pepe said.

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azureline** — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:09:00 GMT

but you can say raped? I think

Testing

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azureline** — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:09:18 GMT

yes, you can!

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chuk_77 — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:11:21 GMT

it was bleeped out for another poster back on CS where this thread also belongs

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azureline** — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:13:38 GMT

**bleep**

raped

rapes

testing

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azureline** — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:14:41 GMT

so, only the noun? is bleeped......makes sense...NOT

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lurker17260 — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:15:29 GMT

What about raper? Are they allowed here?

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*pepe — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:37:22 GMT

@poddster wrote:
The solution is very very very simple.

All that has to be done is a minor adjustment to the profanity filter file.

Even thought the solution is simple and would take all of 10 seconds to apply, I am guessing that it will be a committee decision with endless discussion and it will be deferred indefinitely, put in the "too hard" basket and forgotten

it should never have been added to the filter in the first place.
what kind of person considers r ape a naughty word like c rap for instance?