# I don't think threads should be censored **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [August 2, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081 "2020-08-02T13:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/21 "2020-08-03T02:53:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s as well-known as SNAFU. It’s as well-known as SNAFU . . . to who? 'Cause my money is on more people not knowing it’s an acronym than do know. CMC ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/22 "2020-08-03T03:00:07Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > e) when it’s something we need to look at in order to discuss it. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If there is another definition for Charlie Foxtrot, I am not aware of it. It’s as well-known as SNAFU. I think you are wrong. It’s surely not a euphemism I’ve ever seen before. And honestly, it didn’t occur to me it WAS a euphemism, I assumed you were referring to a thread about some guy whose name I didn’t recognize. In contrast, I’ve seen “snafu” scores, probably hundreds, of times. I admit I don’t usually think of the words it’s an acronym for when I see it, though, so it wouldn’t be an ideal reference if the thread name was “XYZ is fucked up” or something. I’m going to pile on with the others and say that if you want to refer to a thread it’s helpful if you do so very explicitly. And I, too, get annoyed by references that seem to assume I have read every thread on the forum. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/23 "2020-08-03T03:00:22Z")
Whatever. The point was that I don’t think some robot should be censoring our threads. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/24 "2020-08-03T03:06:08Z")
No robot _is_ censoring our threads. CMC ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/25 "2020-08-03T03:13:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If there is another definition for Charlie Foxtrot, I am not aware of it. It’s as well-known as SNAFU. I understood Charlie Foxtrot well enough, but I’m sure that there are some who don’t. Perhaps in the future, you might refer to the thread in question as the “Clusterflop” thread? It’s close enough that everybody should understand the thread you’re referring to. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/26 "2020-08-03T03:25:27Z")
How about Custardfork? Is there really some compelling need to bowdlerize the word fuck on an adult messageboard? If someone really prefers not to use the word, it’s easy enough to call it the “Trump thread” or something and just link to it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/27 "2020-08-03T03:28:23Z")
I like CustardFudge. Or ClusterFudge. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/28 "2020-08-03T03:30:25Z")
Or be explicit: “The trump administration, a clusterf\*\*\* in the making” is pretty explicit, despite the whitewashing. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/29 "2020-08-03T04:03:13Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > No robot _is_ censoring our threads. > CMC No, just closing them. And it is stupid. It’s one of the things showing that the designer of Discourse fundamentally did not understand forums and their communities. It’s obvious this would happen. Just like it’s obvious a poster who people didn’t like would wind up getting their posts hidden. But at least that had a way out, while auto closing is ridiculous. Since Discourse is a fait accompli, and it appears these “features” can’t be shut off, what the mods need is a Reddit style automod which is just a bot-run account that can just go through and fix these. Surely there’s some list somewhere of all closed threads, and any not explicitly closed by a mod could be automatically reopened. And all hidden posts could be unhidden. Alternatively, if that can’t be done practically , maybe give Level 3 users the ability to also unhide posts and reopen threads, but tell them only to use it there’s no mod notice saying they locked it? (You could always defrock anyone who abuses it.) That way there’s someone around to undo the stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/30 "2020-08-03T10:11:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If there is another definition for Charlie Foxtrot, I am not aware of it. It’s as well-known as SNAFU. I am not aware of _any_ definition for “Charlie Foxtrot”. You could be talking about corn flakes for all I know. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Whatever. > > The point was that I don’t think some robot should be censoring our threads. So it’s hypocritical of you to complain about a bot censoring threads when you’re too sensitive to use the word “fuck.” Come on, we’re all adults here. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/31 "2020-08-03T20:04:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Come on, we’re all adults here. Apparently not _all_ of us. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/32 "2020-08-04T01:01:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If there is another definition for Charlie Foxtrot, I am not aware of it. It’s as well-known as SNAFU. It’s not. This is the first I heard of it as a euphemism for “clusterfuck”. > [@Spoons](#): > > Perhaps in the future, you might refer to the thread in question as the “Clusterflop” thread? It’s close enough that everybody should understand the thread you’re referring to. Or just write “clusterfuck”. What’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/33 "2020-08-04T01:10:15Z")
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081/34 "2020-08-04T01:13:35Z")
It would probably would be ironic if this got closed due to flags, but I closed it manually. This has just developed into a clusterfuck of pointless bickering and insults. Flags are capable of getting a thread closed on Discourse, but only temporarily. If I see such a thread, I will generally open it, unless it’s a clusterfuck like this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-threads-should-be-censored/917081.md?page=1)