Censorship of swearing is ♥♥♥♥

[Thurny]

It is, by signing into steam you have to be atleast 13 years old and I doubt that a teen in this age could not handle swearing. So what is it for?

[Squishy]

Publicado originalmente por Thurny:

It is, by signing into steam you have to be atleast 13 years old and I doubt that a teen in this age could not handle swearing. So what is it for?

I think you can turn it off, idk how tho.
Or maybe it is just a game that i play.

[riggz666]

i think maybe you don't understand what the definition of censorship is. filtering out 'bad' words is not censoring.

[Falro the Great]

The filter also blocks known malware, cheating, and scam sites. It is there for a reason.

[ KARR™]

It's a public forum - you don't need to be signed into Steam to see it. Therefore it is family friendly.

[Tito Shivan]

English is a wonderful language with a lot of words you can use without resorting to insults and swear words.

[BobKlobb]

Publicado originalmente por ⎛⎝ KARR ⎠⎞:

It's a public forum - you don't need to be signed into Steam to see it. Therefore it is family friendly.

While 95% of the people on it are not ''family friendly''. So again, what is the point?

[Thurny]

Publicado originalmente por Tito Shivan:

English is a wonderful language with a lot of words you can use without resorting to insults and swear words.

Insults on the other hand can be better to get straight to the point. I am not talking about insults here. The thing is that a lot (if not the majority) of all games here on steam do have insults and swearing in it, therefore I do not get why we should not be allowed to use swear words.

[Thurny]

Publicado originalmente por Falro the Great:

The filter also blocks known malware, cheating, and scam sites. It is there for a reason.

I see that, but why exactly is it needed for swearings in particular?

[riggz666]

maybe because Valve prefers users to behave in an adult manner towards each other without the ability to flame or swear. they decide which words and websites to include in the filter and you agreed to abide by the tos and guildelines that include not bypassing filters.
there is no good reason to remove the filter.

[dirrtymartini]

Publicado originalmente por riggz666:

maybe because Valve prefers users to behave in an adult manner towards each other without the ability to flame or swear. they decide which words and websites to include in the filter and you agreed to abide by the tos and guildelines that include not bypassing filters.
there is no good reason to remove the filter.

+1 Reasonable adults can speak without resorting to vulgarities -- unlike most of the Internet. I applaud Valve's decision and hope this profanity filter remains. Their house, their rules.

[Thurny]

Publicado originalmente por riggz666:

maybe because Valve prefers users to behave in an adult manner towards each other without the ability to flame or swear. they decide which words and websites to include in the filter and you agreed to abide by the tos and guildelines that include not bypassing filters.
there is no good reason to remove the filter.

Actually, that's a reasonable point. Thank you, dude :D

[ KARR™]

Publicado originalmente por Bob-Klobb:

Publicado originalmente por ⎛⎝ KARR ⎠⎞:

It's a public forum - you don't need to be signed into Steam to see it. Therefore it is family friendly.

While 95% of the people on it are not ''family friendly''. So again, what is the point?

Because they SHOULD be.......

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por dirrtygsharp:

+1 Reasonable adults can speak without resorting to vulgarities

Indeed.

Publicado originalmente por Thurny:

Insults on the other hand can be better to get straight to the point.

It also gives the message a different tone. And on a media where tone and intention are hard to detect it's a sure way to make things angry fast.

While conveying the same point. "You're absolutely wrong" and "You're bloody ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wrong" convey two very different kinds of responses. You're setting the dialogue at two very different levels depending on which of those sentences you use.

And you can be sharp and straight to the point without resoting to swear words either.

[Narcoleptic Marshmallow]

If you need to use swear words to get your point across, your point is not worth hearing anyway.

Publicado originalmente por Thurny:

Actually, that's a reasonable point. Thank you, dude :D

And good on you for listening to, understanding, and accepting a contrary opinion and not throwing a hissy fit. Don't see that very often around here.

[dirrtymartini]

Publicado originalmente por Elly:

If you need to use swear words to get your point across, your point is not worth hearing anyway.

Publicado originalmente por Thurny:

Actually, that's a reasonable point. Thank you, dude :D

And good on you for listening to, understanding, and accepting a contrary opinion and not throwing a hissy fit. Don't see that very often around here.

Agreed. Thumbs up for keeping an open mind. It's a rarity, sadly, around here.