- The word d*mn means to curse someone to Hell which is very inappropriate and disrespectful no matter which way you say it. This is a children's site.

- The word lm*o has a very inappropriate word in its abbreviation, I don't know why it's allowed.

- The word fri*k is used and made as a workaround to saying the f bomb. This is very very very inappropriate especially on a kid's site where people of all ages are here.

I hope theres change

* and lmao are fine, rejected suggestions
there are some words that do need to be blocked and they should be brought up via contact us

Banana

You might want to send this directly to the scratch team via Contact Us

banana439monkey wrote:

* and lmao are fine, rejected suggestions
there are some words that do need to be blocked and they should be brought up via contact us

Uhm, these are very inappropriate words for a children's website. Would you feel comfortable saying da*n and fri*k in front of your kids? If you can't say this stuff at home or school, then you shouldn't be able to say it here. These words are just not good.

All of these words are rejected to be removed as per §6.5 of The Official List of Rejected Suggestions:

TOLORS wrote:

6.5 Censor the words {damn, crap, frick, lmao}
The Scratch Team has decided that these words are not offensive enough to be censored completely. As always, use the Report button if someone is using these words (or any others) disrespectfully. In addition, if you come across a word that is not censored, but you think it should be, please let the Scratch Team know about it through Contact Us, rather than using the comments or forums to report it.

Another reason why “lmao” in particular is not censored is stated in this post. There is also an existing suggestion that would allow you to personally censor these words, and others, so that only you cannot see them; you can discuss it on this topic.

-KittyStudios- wrote:

banana439monkey wrote:

* and lmao are fine, rejected suggestions
there are some words that do need to be blocked and they should be brought up via contact us

Uhm, these are very inappropriate words for a children's website. Would you feel comfortable saying da*n and fri*k in front of your kids?

dam n isn't even that bad, i don't use frick a lot
in front of my children i'd be ok with saying a fair bit, just not more profane language

Banana

-KittyStudios- wrote:

Uhm, these are very inappropriate words for a children's website. Would you feel comfortable saying da*n and fri*k in front of your kids? If you can't say this stuff at home or school, then you shouldn't be able to say it here. These words are just not good.

You might want to send this directly to the scratch team via Contact Us

How is this rejected?? Da*n means to curse someone to Hell. That is not appropriate for a kids site at all! If my mom would have seen that I would have gotten in trouble! Lm*o has the a bomb which is very inappropriate and offensive. I don't get how these words are allowed.

-KittyStudios- wrote:

How is this rejected?? Da*n means to curse someone to Hell. That is not appropriate for a kids site at all! If my mom would have seen that I would have gotten in trouble! Lm*o has the a bomb which is very inappropriate and offensive. I don't get how these words are allowed.

no??? that's not what it means at all lol i've even seen it used on family friendly cartoons like the simpsons

Banana

This has gone too far. Who would teach their kids to say this stuff? It's so offensive and rude. Cursing someone to Hell is So Unbearably rude.

-KittyStudios- wrote:

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How is this rejected?? Da*n means to curse someone to Hell. That is not appropriate for a kids site at all. If my mom would have seen that I would have gotten in trouble. Lm*o has the a bomb which is very inappropriate and offensive.

I didn't even know that's what damn meant, and I don't think a lot of others do either. Also, you're not spelling lmao out here, so that's not as bad.
No matter the reason, this is still rejected and so should be closed.

-KittyStudios- wrote:

This has gone too far. Who would teach their kids to say this stuff? It's so offensive and rude. Cursing someone to **** is So Unbearably rude.

I think using that word in that context isn't allowed and whoever says that will probably get muted. To inquire with the Scratch Team about this, go to Contact Us

-KittyStudios- wrote:

(#8)
How is this rejected?? Da*n means to curse someone to Hell. That is not appropriate for a kids site at all. If my mom would have seen that I would have gotten in trouble. Lm*o has the a bomb which is very inappropriate and offensive.

I didn't even know that's what damn meant, and I don't think a lot of others do either. Also, you're not spelling lmao out here, so that's not as bad.
No matter the reason, this is still rejected and so should be closed.

Wow, just wow.

I thought Scratch was for all ages…

-KittyStudios- wrote:

(#14)
Wow, just wow.

I thought Scratch was for all ages…

It is!

-KittyStudios- wrote:

This has gone too far. Who would teach their kids to say this stuff? It's so offensive and rude. Cursing someone to Hell is So Unbearably rude.

if you say “* you” i'd understand but that's never the case on scratch, i'm sure it's added as a flag word rather than not to the filter at all

mybearworld wrote:

I didn't even know that's what damn meant, and I don't think a lot of others do either. Also, you're not spelling lmao out here, so that's not as bad.
No matter the reason, this is still rejected and so should be closed.

according to ceebee (although this was in person) even expanding its meaning is ok, she said that “saying * is okay as long as it's not inappropriate and it's not targeted at anybody, for example saying \”you are an *\“ is not okay”

Banana

banana439monkey wrote:

according to ceebee (although this was in person) even expanding its meaning is ok, she said that “saying * is okay as long as it's not inappropriate and it's not targeted at anybody, for example saying \”you are an *\“ is not okay”

Banana

I (mostly) agree in an in real life context, however Scratch's bot can't detect context like that.

mybearworld wrote:

banana439monkey wrote:

according to ceebee (although this was in person) even expanding its meaning is ok, she said that “saying * is okay as long as it's not inappropriate and it's not targeted at anybody, for example saying \”you are an *\“ is not okay”

Banana

I (mostly) agree in an in real life context, however Scratch's bot can't detect context like that.

this was about scratch, albeit the discussion was in person
it can't detect context but it can flag the comment and send it to the report queue, that's what happens for words like “password” (which is why many experienced wikians get falsely alerted)

Banana

I agree

The filter system is designed to do a soft report on these words (let's a moderator know they were used) but doesn't take action due to lack of ability to read context. If you see it being used inappropriately, please follow-up with the report button.