YouTube (finally) put some profanity censoring in their text comment system after years of angry complaints from many, many users of the system.
The moment this went into effect there were people right on top of this:
Note the second comment above. Let it not be said that all YouTube "community members" are dumb. If you still want to see the profanity, you can.
Just uncheck the box for "Hide profanity in comments" by clicking "Options" next to Text Comments and it’s a done deal.
Why you would want to see the profanity crap I have no idea. But rest assured, YouTube is not outright denying you from seeing it, because that would be true censorship.
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Rob
09. Jul, 2009
It’s about time. If people want this, so be it, but I’d prefer the ability to filter out this. Long overdue.
John Loon
09. Jul, 2009
to each his own, thanks for the choice!
Mike
09. Jul, 2009
When they first turned this on yesterday, it was “hiding profanity” by default, and also hid all comments rated below zero. I have no problem with the option of hiding profanity, but I have a huge problem with it being turned on automatically for every video I watch.
They seemed to have fixed this since then.
Also, the profanity filter blocks such words as “sucks”, “bastard” and “damn”. That’s like, half my vocabulary right there.