Well, I came over here to the children's section of the library, to see how their filter works. It doesn't filter out any of the thread titles John has posted.

Yes, I asked John not to change anything until Jeff and I have had a chance to come up with a solution. Asterisks tend to gum up search engines and to arouse the wrath of anti-censorship people, so they're not an adequate solution. It seems to me that until we come up with something that works, we shouldn't stop John from doing an honest job of what he's doing. So, I told him to keep on doing what he's doing until we come up with a solution, that he shouldn't get too skittish about all the heat we've gotten about his thread titles. We do have a temporary solution - there is a filter in the FAQ and in the Help Forum that will allow you to view the Forum Menu without any of the PG13 thread titles. We will have a permanent solution when we have one that most everybody agrees with. In the meantime, use the filter.

So, instead of creating a stink, what do you think of the solution I proposed above? The "default" access would filter out all bawdy songs, but those of us who don't mind would be able to set our cookie to allow full access. In addition, there would be a PermaThread with a full listing of bawdy songs, so people could access them if they desired. I haven't run the idea past Jeff yet, but I think it should fly, since it's similar to the way his "BS" filter works.

In the meantime, what I'm looking for is ideas and opinions, not complaints. The idea is to work toward a solution that is acceptable to everyone.

And I'm sorry, although I don't use vulgarities in common speech, I firmly believe that asterisks and euphemisms are NOT a solution.

-Joe Offer, uncensored in the children's section of the library-
(what a treat it is to use this fast connection)


You know, maybe it's natural that I wouldn't get overly shaken by certain words in thread titles. Click here to see some of the titles of songs my kid wrote.