Typing it in oversized text does not make it any more true.
Private organizations and publications have 100% say what is and what is not published. This is true for chess.com as well as The New York Times.
I didn't quote the rest of your message because it was even more silly and said without actually knowing what you are talking about.
Freedom of speech is a myth.
Who in their right mind would want the freedom to talk garbage.
*Except how to play chess.
Oh yeah?
How many fingers am I holding up and which one is it?
One finger (as evidence by the fact that you referred to "it"). left index.
In all seriousness, I use to have an aquaintence who lived in Bangkok. I knew it had ridiculious full name, and knew the first part. The rest I looked up on the sage oracle, Wikipedia.
Typing it in oversized text does not make it any more true.
Private organizations and publications have 100% say what is and what is not published. This is true for chess.com as well as The New York Times.
I didn't quote the rest of your message because it was even more silly and said without actually knowing what you are talking about.
This is exactly what I mean by people not getting it because they don't want to.
"I didn't quote the rest..." Means, "I can't refute your argument."
And resorting to ad hominem attacks always means, "I've lost the argument."
Peace, out!
Lou
Peace Out?
What the hell's THAT sapose to mean?
Is that some kind of new ISIS code? heh?
Peace Out? What the hell's THAT sapose to mean? Is that some kind of new ISIS code? heh?
Does anyone actually say 'Peace Out' any more? When I hear it, I think of some old white guy trying to be 'in'.
I think the last time "peace out" was in was 1991.
guys stop telling him what to say sometimes you gotta set em free go be free
First of all, thank you Matthew-Gross for the valuable feedback.
We want Chess.com to be an inclusive community where anyone can feel welcome. To achieve that, we have a conduct policy that essentially asks users to behave appropriately. Some users will always feel that our policy is too strict, while others will feel that it's too lax. It's impossible to please everyone.
One of the ways that we can try to ensure that the experience is a positive one for everyone is to try and weed out abusive or profane language as best we can. As some have pointed out in this thread, there are holes in our system currently. We're always working to improve that, and the points made in this thread are helpful in that regard.
Another thing to note is that in games between friends on the site, there is no profanity filter. The way you communicate with your friends on the site is up to you!
<friend request>
you @&#* @(*&# $) !@#$ %^#& ^#$* piece of ^#*$ @(!& %&#*
Regex (ascii puke)!! Yuck!
Thanks to everyone who offered a common sense and constructive post to my topic. To those of you who ranted and raved, it is amazing how may of you do not understand the ideology and implementtion of free speech rights.
Words that offend merely just words... it is pathalogical to think that words can offend. They are just words. It is the human mind that is so screwed up - bullets and bombs offend - not words.
This reminds me of those disclaimers people like to post on facebook status pages saying that, due to some legal sounding gobbledy gook, they do not permit facebook to use their images for anything. The irony being that, once you agree to the terms and conditions required to join facebook, you no longer have said rights no matter how many memes you repost. Expecting a right to free speech on a private website is a little bit pointless. Their site, their content, their rules.