And once users realize that they are being filtered, some of them will find it a challange to get past the filter and so the filter may actually result in an increase in offensive chatting.

I recall a case where the source of the filter was identified and chat like "Bob, that is a big, stinky pile of Azhrarn and you know it" started showing up.

So one should probably make the filter very specific and rather simple so that it isn't much of an interesting challenge to get past and just catches the casual first use of a forbidden word as a reminder that such is not appreciated. This will catch the occasional "slip" by a well-meaning user while being less likely to inflame much of a response to the filter itself.

Though even that has a good chance of being more of a problem than it is worth.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to (tye)Re: Robust Anti-Swear script by tye
in thread Robust Anti-Swear script by Azhrarn

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