Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28928032-20170309070120/@comment-27862439-20170314111842

What happened to this discussion? People, chill. I'm going to try to respond to everything in this thread that I can reasonably address. Just keep the discussion civil.

Personally, I think the "no swearing" rule is redundant. It's the rule that users break most often, usually unintentionally, and is the least likely to result in severe punishment. When a user's language is actually a concern, they're virtually always breaking other rules at the same time (directly insulting others, spamming, being racist/homophobic/etc.).

Jack has stated that he intends to phase this rule out in the future, although I'm not sure about the exact timeline. Some previously disallowed words have already been reinstated (e.g. "crap", which I never knew was considered a "swear word" before this wiki). I recommend you take any other questions on this subject to him.

I don't know how the topic ended up where it is, but here's my take on it. I think the fact that people are arguing about and getting offended over the LGBT+ initialism just goes to show how it's problematic. It's fine if your personal identity doesn't fit into 4 letters, but no matter how many letters you add to be inclusive, someone is still going to feel left out and upset. And honestly, anything over about 5 characters just looks dumb. My university's version (there's no consistency from one party to another at this point) is a whopping 13 characters long. Seriously. Who is going to remember that? How do you expect someone to use that in casual conversation? It completely defeats the purpose of having an initialism. I've heard GSM or GSRM (Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minorites) proposed as an alternative before, and I wonder why more people don't just use that. It's easy to remember, and it doesn't alienate anyone. Certainly beats the perpetually growing and shifting monster we have now.

That last paragraph is just my personal opinion. Sorry for the lengthy post.