MyLot won’t let you post bad words.

@Madshadi (8840)
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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25 responses
Melanie Marie
@Melanie_Marie (1871)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
17 Dec 17
That's because myLot is a classy site.
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
Indeed it is.
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Cahaya
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 17
No but that's just because I never made such an attempt.
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
Some words you wouldn't think are that bad to be banned.
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Cahaya
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 17
@Madshadi Yeah I guess they're just trying to keep the site super clean.
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MysD
@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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
Vulgar language
LegTech
@rina110383 (24492)
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17 Dec 17
No, I don't type bad words.
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• 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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josefina
@josie_ (10034)
• 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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• 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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MysD
@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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staplotick
@stapllotik (1933)
• India
17 Dec 17
Haha josefina like that
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Mohit Arora
@mohit459 (12565)
• Haldwani, India
17 Dec 17
Ya many times!.. And my favourite one is F bomb!..
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
That one is certainly not allowed
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Mohit Arora
@mohit459 (12565)
• Haldwani, India
17 Dec 17
@Madshadi yep...
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72131)
• 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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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72131)
• 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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
18 Dec 17
@shaggin they should as Facebook has a rather large community.
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• 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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lady Di
@lady1993 (27224)
• 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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
Yes what a time saver for admins as well
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Babygirlrae
@carebear29 (31963)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
17 Dec 17
nope. i think it has a built in filter lol
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
That really surprised me
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
17 Dec 17
I was blocked once when I mentioned the title of a TV show skit!!! lol
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• 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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
How would you say that title otherwise
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
17 Dec 17
@Madshadi There was no other way. . I deleted the entire discussion and it was hilarious!!!
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26681)
• 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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
Mine wasn't too bad either. Didn't know they were that strict
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• 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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
Their filtering system needs some work I suppose
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (55010)
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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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• 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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Honey143
@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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• 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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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• 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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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
There are other sites where I wish to see this filter
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amnabas
@amnabas (14112)
• Karachi, Pakistan
17 Dec 17
Ohh yes it is.. That is why the site is clean and ethical.....
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
I am glad for that
solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
17 Dec 17
MyLot is a wholesome community for wholesome users. ;)
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Dec 17
Yes it is
Rubeena Bashir Kunju
@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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Abir Ahsan
@ziutso (130)
•
17 Dec 17
nice FAQs
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Rhonda S.
@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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