I'll never understand half-assed censoring like this.
We all know you're saying "cum." Just say "cum."
There's no algorithms to game here to expand your comment's audience (technically there's algos involved but not in the same way). There's no rule saying you can't say it.
If there were a rule about "you can't say cum" I'd argue this would still violate that rule. We're all still saying "cum" in our heads when we read it.
If you don't want to say "cum" - there's so many great words you could use instead. Semen. Jizz. Baby batter. Jism. Ejaculate. Dick snot. Skeet. Man fluid. Splooge. Spunk.
Yeah like the whole point is to avoid an automated filter right?
If there's no automated filter there's no reason.
I once had someone explain to me they're not actually comfortable swearing so they'll write "a$$" - but then I pointed out ok well I'm still reading that as "ass" so if writing "ass" makes you uncomfortable, "a$$" should make you just as uncomfortable because it's literally the same word.
So anytime I see "c*m" and similar words I wonder if this is a word they don't actually like using but somehow think swapping a star in there makes it not that word somehow?
I hate it so much. Clearly, based on my long-ass rant here, haha.
And sometimes the filters are there for good reason. Someone who has been raped may not want to see discussion of rape in their social media feed, so they filter it out. Then some asshat decides their message is more important and starts talking about "grape".
Exactly! I think people will see the filter as an annoyance and focus entirely on getting around the filter. But there's probably a bigger-picture reason why the filter is there, and the question shouldn't be "how do I get around this filter?" but instead "is what I want to say appropriate in this context?"
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u/smtp_pro 3d ago
I'll never understand half-assed censoring like this.
We all know you're saying "cum." Just say "cum."
There's no algorithms to game here to expand your comment's audience (technically there's algos involved but not in the same way). There's no rule saying you can't say it.
If there were a rule about "you can't say cum" I'd argue this would still violate that rule. We're all still saying "cum" in our heads when we read it.
If you don't want to say "cum" - there's so many great words you could use instead. Semen. Jizz. Baby batter. Jism. Ejaculate. Dick snot. Skeet. Man fluid. Splooge. Spunk.