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Is (F a v) a banned word?




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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:08 am Reply with quote
The forum keeps changing the name of the evil mascot character from Magical Girl Raising Project to the word 'favorite'. Does that mean that the name (F a v) is a banned word or moderated? I see other posters having to jump through hoops to use the name by adding additional characters or characters.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:24 am Reply with quote
Yeah, for some incredibly stupid reason, that word is filtered. It's a real pain in the ass and worse I can't see any reason for it. Somebody's idea of being cute, I guess.
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Cam0



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:54 am Reply with quote
This was a thing before that show aired. I'm guessing it's for the sake of convenience or something so that you don't have to write the whole word. But why doesn't ad then turn to advertisement or advert?
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Touma



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:47 am Reply with quote
I had been unaware of this because I had never tried to use those three letters as a word.
I wonder if this is part of an attempt to prevent "text" or "chat speak" in the forums?

Now I would really like to see a list of filtered words, but I doubt that I ever will.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:31 pm Reply with quote
fav is no longer censored.
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