it may be possible but its also cuz somebody was offended by in and reported

I don't know if there is a word filter, but it seems that there is a growing group of users who have designated themselves the title of 'moral policemen'. Lots of things are being marked as offensive and are removed that are perfectly acceptable statements to most people.

maybe we have some new wankers from Yahoo who are trying to turn AB into their own happy hunting ground

I have had other users think a CL was watching them they were getting flagged so fast, there may be one now. I think they need to get a grip on the flagging and what they accept as offensive.

Only talk about the nice things in life then.

I do not believe there is a filter for words alone but how the words are used. If you tell someone in an answer to go rape someone I am sure a lot of people would be offended - knowing that many people read answers and know this advice can be harmful. I do not know how you used the words so I do not know if this was the reason they were removed. I have read many of your answers in the past and you can be pretty graphic. Not that it is a bad thing to those of us who have witnessed your twisted humor, but to others, they may not see the humor behind your words.

Not a word filter to my knowledge. I think it's a matter of context -how those words are employed-. I personally don't flag everything with a vulgar or cuss word in it, I make an effort in looking at some context and that they're not directed at someone with the direct purpose to offend and insult. Like Wanbli said, it is well known you have a different sense of humor and profanity is used often in your posts, but not everything is matter for flagging. You have to admit though, that you like to push the envelope, almost like trying to see what you can get away with, that's my opinion.

No there is no filter the only way they could be removed really quickly is if a CL or Staff member found them offensive . If anyone else flagged them they would be around much longer as the flag would have to wait to be approved. Neither word standing alone could be termed offensive . The only way anyone could be offended is in the context they were used. Personally I ignore offensive material what is offensive to me is very often not offensive to others.It is all a matter of a persons tolerance level.

you have one about baby rapists thats not deleted

It normally depends on the context, but based on your comments, you only used the words as answers. Did they answer the questions about which you're talking? If not, the words mean nothing, and so does the answer, so the answer is nonsense. You can find your answers in your profile (My Q&A tab, Answers), and tell by that what they were flagged. (Only you can see that.) There aren't enough CLs to be "stalking" anyone. Out of six for the whole site, two haven't been here since late last year/early this year. IF it was a CL, they simply ran across those answers. Remember, too, that ANYONE can flag a question or answer. All it takes is a staff mod running through a batch of the hundreds of flags they receive every day to 1) agree the answer doesn't make sense, and accept the flag, 2) be on "auto pilot" after a long day, and accidentally accept some flags that shouldn't have been. Of course, too, a CL could have run across the answers and believed them to be nonsense, too. Personally, I JUST became a CL, and have flagged 2 questions to a different category, and PBed one spammer. I am trying to leave all general mod flags to users, since I don't get points for them. This is pretty much as I believe all CLs should work the flags. No... AB doesn't have a "word" filter, and I hope they NEVER get one. Questions and answers should be based on "community standards" and "child protection", rather than one's individual bias. Thus, people can flag things, but they are (supposed to be) checked and approved/rejected.

I like Sweetielowe's answer, here: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/7558466 "Only talk about the nice things in life then." ~ I wondered, could it be possible to find enough Nice Things in life to talk about, and avoid Bad Words? You be the judge: ● Peaches & cream ● the Baby Jesus ● Whole milk ● walks on the beach ● Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder ● a playful kitten ● good, clean fun ● stopping by woods on a snowy evening ● milk & cookies ● lying on the grass, seeing images in the clouds ● fresh baked bread ● two teenagers smooching but not having sex ● a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow ● the smell of fresh-mown hay ● the prom ● First Communion ● baby's first step ● baby's first word ● the blushing bride ● dinner by candlelight ● her Sweet Sixteen party ● a golden sunset ● silver bells ● dreaming of sugar plums ● the Night Before Christmas ● a peanut butter & jelly sandwich ● the Easter Bunny ● a sleigh full of toys and 8 tiny reindeer ● the old ball game ● Billy Graham ● I Love Lucy ● first infatuation ● Bambi ● the American Flag ● Roy Rogers and Trigger ● Hershey Chocolate Bar ● a firm handshake ● Be My Valentine ● Over the River and Through the Woods ● Meat and potatoes ● First day of school ● that Old Time Religion ● Grandpa's well-worn Bible ● her first corsage ● silver strands among the gold ● when you wish upon a star ● dreaming of a White Christmas ● a warm puppy ● a rose and a Baby Ruth

be bold, ask again.

1) A word filter could be an interesting idea to find potentially offensive submissions. However, the present system is much effective, I think. Thousand of users look at questions and answers and flag those that they find offensive. Only few moderators and CLs look at those flags and accept or reject them. A word filter would only make sense if it provoked an automatic flagging, not a rejection. There are very few words that could never be acceptable in an answer, I think. Moreover, the developers of the Answerbag software have enough other problems to solve at the moment. 2) Anyway, an answer will not be rejected just because it contains the word "rape" or the word "AIDS". Those are not offensive words. There is a "HIV and AIDS" category, a "rape" category and an "advice about rape situations" category. 3) As for the question why your answers were rejected very quickly, there could be two explanations: - either you have some enemies among the Answerbag users, who noticed that you are often posting questions that they consider offensive, and they are monitoring your postings and flag them immediately if they consider it necessary. They could also just do it for the points, without having personal feelings against you. - or you get monitored directly by a moderator or a CL, because you have already an history in the penalty box. 4) As you can see, this very question has already staying here for more than two months. I doubt that it will get rejected.

I think there may be a filter for certain combinations of otherwise inocuous words. Let's try it. Bladder testicles crucifixion.