Is it just my age showing or does anyone else feel that a professional company like Linode should delete at least those posts with curse words used in the subject?

If I'd seen such a post when first browsing the forums I would not have even bothered with opening an account figuring that it meant there are no professionals running the place.

If "professional" means excessively censoring and managing what their customers can say, screw^WI'll pass.

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Matt Nordhoff (aka Peng on IRC)

You mean this post? viewtopic.php?t=6424

It's probably your age showing These days on the Internet, evidence of censorship may reflect even more badly upon a company's reputation than the appearance of an occasional expletive in the forums. I for one wouldn't want to do business with a company that censored the customer forums except in the case of significant abuse. Heavy-handed monitoring can all too easily slip into censoring negative reviews & legitimate criticism.

So would knowledgeable curse words in the subject be ok?

F*ck, yes.

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/ Peter

While composing the previous post, I noticed that the system automatically censors certain words: e.g. fuck and shit. The c word gets through, though, as do a selection of other expletives.

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/ Peter

Uhh, sir, they're still visible in the RSS feed.

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/* TODO: need to add signature to posts */

Ummm, sorry.

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/ Peter

(*****) you ^&$%^£^ jeffing. I'll give you !!%$£^ sorry!!!!

Swearing only shows your own inability to express yourself using grown up words.

Complete and utter bollocks.

Swear words are part of the English language; both excessive dependency on them _and_ failing to use them demonstrate a lack of maturity.

Why is saying "fudgesticks" better than saying "shit"? It's not. Indeed the first could be considered worse to a modern audience because it is unexpected and out of context and drags the listener away from the content and forces them to focus on the word itself.

The days of the 'shock comic' who made headlines by uttering four-letter-tirades is past; the shock factor just isn't there any more.

Grow up and move on.

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Stephen
(Linux user since kernel version 0.11)

This isn't a children's ballroom. A little cussing in any server room is more than the norm. I'd say you need to just buck up.

I think cursing makes one sound highly intelligent. The trend toward more open cursing is an obvious sign of cultural advancement.

The largest domain registrar in France has their motto no bullshit plastered on the top of every page on their website. Does this mean they're unprofessional?

Actually, that one has always bothered me a bit...

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Matt Nordhoff (aka Peng on IRC)

Alternatively....swearing in public merely demonstrates one's ignorance because any half-wit can swear....