No, the police aren't going to trawl NSC on the off chance. But let's suppose- entirely hypothetically of course- that somebody who has an issue with the site, perhaps someone who believes they've been slighted by it in the past, or is a pissed off opposition supporter, or who just hates the...
But in the context of this thread, people have only used certain words in a pejorative context. Nobody has been criticised on this thread for a reference to a meat -based dish popular with northerners. Similarly, you can refer to the Queen all you like, it's not going to upset anyone. If you...
Nobody changed it, it's the NSC swear filter that blocks out words like ******, ****, *******, **** and ******.
No different to a lot of websites. We have to keep GoogleAds sweet so these things are auto filtered out. And attempts to circumvent them will also be blocked where noted.
What are you talking about? Nothing has been altered. You can still go to Tesco and buy that particular dish if you so desire.
You're complaining about something that hasn't actually happened.
Exactly. It's to do with the context something is used in (and few of these words are ever used in anything other than a pejorative sense) that creates potential legal issues.
I'm not going to start splitting hairs or analysing every single post in depth. I'd prefer to just not have to worry...
It's not "unbelievable" at all, and as HKFC has already explained, has been done for perfectly legitimate reason.
By all means use that particular term on your own Facebook (or whatever) profile as you see fit, but we have no intention of letting NSC come to grief over it.