MyLot won’t let you post bad words.

@Madshadi (8849)

Brussels, Belgium

December 17, 2017 3:18am CST

The other day I tried to post a comment that included a bad word (well it wasn’t that bad) and it didn’t let me post it. There was a message in red below the comment asking me to fix the bad word before posting my comment. That’s pretty neat and helps keep mylot clean. I haven’t seen anything like that on other forum-based sites where the use of bad words and insults is much more common than here. They do have a report option but that requires a lot of work by admins. Have you ever been blocked from posting because your comment had a bad word?

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@Melanie_Marie (1778)

• New Baltimore, Michigan

17 Dec 17

That's because myLot is a classy site.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Indeed it is.

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@cahaya1983 (11121)

• Malaysia

17 Dec 17

No but that's just because I never made such an attempt.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Some words you wouldn't think are that bad to be banned.

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@cahaya1983 (11121)

• Malaysia

17 Dec 17

@Madshadi Yeah I guess they're just trying to keep the site super clean.

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@mysdianait (66009)

• Italy

17 Dec 17

What are 'bad' words anyway? Words like ice-cream and cakes are bad if you are on a diet but they pass on here

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Vulgar language

@rina110383 (24495)

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17 Dec 17

No, I don't type bad words.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Neither do I. This one wasn't really bad and I said it to describe a war criminal.

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@josie_ (9763)

• Philippines

17 Dec 17

If you find it necessary to use a cuss word just replace some of the letters with an asterisk like A**hole.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

I thought about doing that but the whole purpose is to ban what those words mean no matter how you write them.

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@mysdianait (66009)

• Italy

17 Dec 17

Not really a good idea to suggest that methinks

@@josie_ The Guidelines tell us Using misspellings to circumvent the profanity filter - This is not the place to show-off any colorful language

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@stapllotik (1933)

• India

17 Dec 17

Haha josefina like that

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@mohit459 (12568)

• Haldwani, India

17 Dec 17

Ya many times!.. And my favourite one is F bomb!..

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

That one is certainly not allowed

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@mohit459 (12568)

• Haldwani, India

17 Dec 17

@Madshadi yep...

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@shaggin (71666)

• United States

17 Dec 17

Facebook is blocking some posts now as well the ones I heard of it happening to were political posts. I made a typo the other day and it autocorrected to another word and when I went to submit the post said I made a bad word. I got a chuckle after seeing what it was.

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@shaggin (71666)

• United States

17 Dec 17

@Madshadi I was surprised really as I didn’t think they filtered anything on Facebook at all.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

18 Dec 17

@shaggin they should as Facebook has a rather large community.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Really? I have been seeing lots of bad words on Facebook recently. On political posts mostly. People insult each other in worse manners you can imagine. Maybe their filtering system doesn't work well yet

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@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

17 Dec 17

it is a nice feature

they check all the words before letting us post it, saving the trouble for other users to report you

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Yes what a time saver for admins as well

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@carebear29 (31961)

• Wausau, Wisconsin

17 Dec 17

nope. i think it has a built in filter lol

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

That really surprised me

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@DianneN (246838)

• United States

17 Dec 17

I was blocked once when I mentioned the title of a TV show skit!!! lol

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

How would you say that title otherwise

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

@DianneN oh pitty. I hope it didn't take you lots of effort to type that discussion

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@DianneN (246838)

• United States

17 Dec 17

@Madshadi There was no other way.

. I deleted the entire discussion and it was hilarious!!!

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@Shiva49 (26202)

• Singapore

17 Dec 17

I recall one time there was this issue though the word was not really bad, maybe not acceptable to the site - siva

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Mine wasn't too bad either. Didn't know they were that strict

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

17 Dec 17

The site gets a little overboard because it will not allow some words I consider innocent.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Their filtering system needs some work I suppose

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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17 Dec 17

It happened once, but I was ignorant of the fact that the word I used would be considered a bad word - I never use bad words.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Same here, I didn't know that the word I used would be flagged as bad

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@sw8sincere (5204)

• Philippines

17 Dec 17

Haha i have experienced this one too. Glad I was not the only who who have experienced this. It is when I try to use the other term for cat as p**sy it does not allow me to!

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

It’s a completely innocent word but their filter system doesn’t recognise in which context it is used

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@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

17 Dec 17

Yes they have such filter and I have been asked to change the word on few occasion.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

There are other sites where I wish to see this filter

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@amnabas (13742)

• Karachi, Pakistan

17 Dec 17

Ohh yes it is.. That is why the site is clean and ethical.....

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

I am glad for that

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

17 Dec 17

You can't be blocked because your post wouldn't be accepted at all. The obscenity filter is a silly thing! It can't think! Until I understood its dirty mind I reposted and reposted a text until I nearly became crazy. I had used a word which in itself is harmless but it contains some letters which can be read as an insult. The definition is this: to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way The verb begins with the letter 's'. The following letters can be read as an insult to black people. Get it?

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

It took me a while but i got it. I understand how frustrated it must've been for you. I didn't know about the word filtering until the other day when it didn't let me post.

@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

17 Dec 17

MyLot is a wholesome community for wholesome users. ;)

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec 17

Yes it is

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@rubyriaz007 (4188)

• India

5 Jul 18

I have never posted a bad word till now in My Lot,so I had not faced such problem. I am knowing about it now.

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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

17 Dec 17

No, but since so many people are offended by bad words, then I think it's a good rule to have. Plus, I'm glad everyone must be polite here. Facebook drives me crazy with the cowardice of people saying whatever hateful thing they want.

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