'*****' Censored

[dclamp]

Why is the word ***** censored?

EDIT:
tu-fat without -

[MartinLiss]

jpnyc would be the best person to answer this but I'll take a guess that it was a measure taken against spam. There are websites with that as part of the name and we may have been spammed by them.

[dclamp]

so it is not that site specifically? other sites that have that word in them.

[si_the_geek]

I'm not aware of it being a bad word, so spam is the most likely cause of it being filtered.

If that is the case, it is due to a site which has that word separately as a prominent part of it's address (so it might be: *****.com , or: *****.tk, or: xyz.com/***** , etc). As to exactly which site, only JPnyc (or perhaps Brad) might know - but only if a log of that kind of thing has been kept.

[Hack]

How did you discovered that it was censored?

Were you trying to use it for some reason?

[JPnyc]

Whenever a word like that, which is not profane, is censored, it means they spammed us.

[dclamp]

How did you discovered that it was censored?

Were you trying to use it for some reason?
actually i read it in another post and decided to ask. i will find the post for you.

[k1ll3rdr4g0n]

I believe he is referencing this thread: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=518489

[dclamp]

yes that is it, i couldn't find it so i stopped looking. :)