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Posted by: dmbfan09
Moderator Response: The rules state that you should not bypass the profanity filter. Placing special characters in words so -blam!- doesn't come up is considered bypassing the profanity filter (the same can be said by putting @ in "-blam!-" so it doesn't get censored... and yes, I know that will end up being censored and therefore a pointless example). bobcast did what was within his rights as a moderator of Bungie.net.
I completely disagree. I was under the impression that "Placing special characters in words so that -blam!- doesn't show up" meant that the intention of adding said characters was to make the curse word appear. This was different as it was designed to make the curse word not appear. I understand that bobcast did not abuse his powers, but I believe there is a serious misunderstanding regarding the rules here that needs to be clarified.
Is it against the rules to censor oneself? Specifically, is it against the rules to censor oneself in that manner (using *'s to block out all but the first letter)?
From what I've seen so far, that is against the rules, however I really do not like this. I understand that my dislike for the rule is not very conducive for it to be changed, but I think that the community should have some say in this matter. For example, I think that the intentions of the OP in censoring his title was honorable, and I don't think that should have been punished.
This whole situation seems to have stemmed from the incident where Recon banned himself because The Flood -blam!-ed at him for bypassing the filter (in a similar manner as the thread in the OP of this thread). I do not believe that Recon should have punished himself in that case. However, if this whole situation did stem from that post, then his ban is unjust because Recon used special characters to make the curse word appear, and then banned himself. The OP in the thread in the subject of this thread used special characters to censor the curse word, and was then banned for it.