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Originally Posted by eh777
Reposting this from a comment section, cuz it was deleted:
I don't see why that's even a rule, the T&Cs say:
If a word is blanked out how can it be any of those things? The word Sh** is just the letters 'sh' the way you interprete the ** doesn't mean it's any of the things quoted.
I'm genuinely curious if there's a rule on particular placement of the asterix and if it matters how much of the word you blank out, because I see stuff like that ALL the time on this forum.
I'm not sure exactly what your question is, but we have a profanity filter for a reason, so there's no need for someone to post part of a word and asterisk some of it out. Usually people do that for one of two reasons - they aren't aware there is a filter and are self-censoring, or they don't like the way it's filtered so they do it themselves in a way that makes it more obvious what the word was, or to outright circumvent it. It's the latter that will get you into trouble sometimes, although I'm sure some forums here are stricter about it than others, and people don't always report such posts, so mods don't always see them.
Just type the word you want to say, and if it's not allowed, the filter will look after it; if it is allowed, it will go through. That also prevents posters from looking silly when they type things like a$$, seeing as ass isn't even censored.