Does the swear filter serve any real use?

yes.... it protects younger students that view these forums....

Speaking of which.....

**** off kid

yes.... it protects younger students that view these forums....

1) As if they don't know what is being censored
2) Youngest students using this, I'd assume, are like 15.. Do they really need to be "protected"?

Your wrong.... there can be and are younger people on here.

No younger than 14.

...... Please stop being ignorant.

I've got first hand experience with a 11 year old on here who was looking at a thread for a maths exam he sat.

Edited my post before you replied, but:

Anyone younger than that (14) would be a very small minority of users

my first point still stands

LOL, 11 year olds say **** and other swear words all the time. Some people are in denial I guess.

Agreed


still? What don't you understand. As long as there is this minority that still has access to the forums then there needs to be a swear filter. Until there is something preventing them from viewing the forums such as consent from parent/guardian or an actual age restriction then this small minority still needs to be accounted for and can't simply be ignored.

Agreed


still? What don't you understand. As long as there is this minority that still has access to the forums then there needs to be a swear filter. Until there is something preventing them from viewing the forums such as consent from parent/guardian or an actual age restriction then this small minority still needs to be accounted for and can't simply be ignored.


Yeah not all 11 year olds swear.

So we should ban under 18s from having pictures or PM facilities because pedos have access to the forum? Even if there was an age restriction, what's to stop them lying about their age? I know I did when I was 11/12..