Word filter...

I dislike having to work around 'word filtering' in a public forum. At best they are inconsistently consistent. The three letter word that got us on the earth 'sex' often gets blocked.
If your name is Richard, chances are people will call you d*ck. Blocked, even if it's spelled with a capital D. That would mean the word filter is programmed to block the street name for p*nis. Oh yeah... that gets blocked too!
Do you read the bible? The rooster is mentioned as a c*ck. However, that's also a street name for p*nis.
Checking back... it appears the spelling of ALL those words get blocked.

On one Irish music board 'WTF' is blocked and replaced by 'Oh my goodness' Are you kidding me? Oh my goodness ?? WTF.

Another site I frequent dislikes numbers. Thinking someone is giving out contact information they usually delete any sequence of 2 or more digits. I have to resort to spelling a number. For example if it's 88 degrees, I'll type eighty-eight degrees so the filter doesn't block me.

PIMA... Yes, pain in my a** where a** gets blocked. Should I say pain in my donkey?
It's safe to say a** also gets used in the bible. Or, as the Europeans do, it's spelled arse and passes through the filter. Maybe I should use buttocks instead. It's a pain in my buttocks has a ring to it.

Certainly Instagram and Facebook users say all kinds of offensive things and get away with it. We're all adults (although some here act like children) so it's my opinion the word filtering shouldn't be so tight.

I know they were too hard on the late British singer Joe Cocker. I think it's okay to use his family name without being blocked. Sheesh...

Having received a c*m laude graduate degree of a State University. Yep... it gets blocked too. The Latin version: cume laude gets through.

C'mon CS, light up on the word filtering.