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Are paying members allowed to use profanity?

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Why are some people allowed to use profanity on here while others cannot use the same word in a reply? I was not even using the word as an insult, just asked why he used the word. That post was censored while his stayed up. WHY?

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@metal-brain said
Why are some people allowed to use profanity on here while others cannot use the same word in a reply? I was not even using the word as an insult, just asked why he used the word. That post was censored while his stayed up. WHY?
Most removals are by auto mid and I’ve had shed loads removed and the fact that all of your dangerous anti vac threads and posts survived tells you it has nothing to do with subscription status.

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The post that was quoted here has been removed
Also, If you use a semi-banned word and make an edit to your post, the auto-mod will count each edit as an additional use of the word, resulting in a deletion.

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You can use profanity using the Sonhouse technique. He does it multiple times a day and never gets banned.

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I tried using the sonhouse technique and my posts were blocked. I guess paying does allow profanity.

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I would say that shav, kev and viv have no clue about this matter, but knee jerk take opposition to metal.

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@metal-brain said
Why are some people allowed to use profanity on here while others cannot use the same word in a reply? I was not even using the word as an insult, just asked why he used the word. That post was censored while his stayed up. WHY?
The automod also has AI. So if your post is nonsense [which it usually is], you will get no profanity rights. Intelligent posts get some leeway, 😀 See above what happened to Eladar?

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@rajk999 said
The automod also has AI. So if your post is nonsense [which it usually is], you will get no profanity rights. Intelligent posts get some leeway, 😀 See above what happened to Eladar?
Try misspelling the F word by adding a couple of extra k's at the end and see if your post gets through the filter.

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@Eladar
So type FUK and see if it gets removed.
You might have a point about paid V unpaid.
Never thought about that before.
Maybe that would be an incentive to start a sub?

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FUK

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Ok, I may need a better primer on what words get through. But I did use spellings you used earlier and they got blocked.

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@Eladar
Maybe there are dudes who watch sometimes and tolerant other times in some arbitrary way.
I would think a total auto ban would remove 'bad' words every time if it was deemed to have negative consequences or some such.
I would think human interference would be more spotty than an algorithm that plucks out nasty words.

Other folks add odd characters to a swear word, like A$$ as opposed to ASS.
I think ASS used to activate an auto response but not now, I think unsubs can type ass and not get dinged.
I use those words because of my anger at people who don't seem to give a rats ass about the side effects of covid like you constantly downplaying how bad covid is in reality.
You conflate death rates as nothing to be feared because the actual numbers are low relative to the whole population buy you REFUSE to even acknowledge the idea that covid is something NOBODY in their right minds would EVER downplay.
It just harks back to the fact Trump was the originator of this downplay and you and the rest of the ultrarightwing crowd BECAUSE Trump said so therefore in your mind it is just FINE to downplay thus interfering with the idea of everyone getting the shots so that represents weaponizing covid for political purposes.
You might think about that when you type your screeds.
But maybe you knew that all along and that is your goal.
THAT is why I use profanity.

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