So, I've had a few comments from people on how strict the word filter is here on the site, and you know what? I agree.

Some of the words I have to filter out are absolutely absurd - 't e n t a c l e' for example!

Now here's why:

Any site that processes payments from card vendors such as VISA and MASTERCARD have to adhere to strict rules. They do not want to process payments for any sites that would be handling illegal content - and quite right.

The system that is used is automated, and will first scan a site for specific words, if it finds any, a human then goes through and looks at the site more closely.

Now, I've had the comment "Well on other sites I can post what I like and it's not an issue, why can't I here?". It's simple - those other sites don't process payments - they don't have a credit system like I do, and because of that I need to follow the rules outlined by the payment processors.

I've attached a list to the bottom of this blog showing examples of words that need to be filtered, you'll be shocked, I'm sure, at the words they don't allow!

So yeah, understand it's not me being a prude!

I will be adjusting the filter so instead of filtering the word completely it would reword it to something like 'r4PE', but I won't have time to do that for a while.

Here's the word list for those interested.

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