Option to bypass word censor on DM's

[ActorMike]

We censor all major email addresses on the forums i.e. @gmail.com. We don't want people posting that info publically on the forums, however, it would be nice for the word censor to not apply to DM's because we don't have a problem with people sending their phone numbers & email via DM/PM/Conversation.


Probably not much interest in this, but I thought I would throw it out there.

Mike

 

[Kirby]

What are DM's? Never heard of this in XenForo context.

 

[dknife]

I'm assuming "Direct Message"? A private conversation?

 

[ActorMike]

What are DM's? Never heard of this in XenForo context.

This type of stuff is exactly why facebook/Redit/Twitter, etc face a huge challenge. Obviously, everyone with a decent IQ that is reading understands what I am referring to, but time-wasting replies are posted. I call it Internet diarrhea. The internet's biggest threat is it's users.

 

[beerForo]

I think it's a fair suggestion. Many people censor expletives but I can see that being lifted in private.

 

[Mendalla]

I had the same thought recently.

 

[AndyB]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/censoring.5852/

 

[beerForo]

Where is the Conversation setting?

 

[ActorMike]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/censoring.5852/

Closely related, but that will lift the censor on the forums, which I don't want. Perhaps you could easily make an option on this extension that chooses to apply
1- Forums Only
2-Conversations Only
3- Entire Site
4- Logged in Users only or All Users.

Lots of potential for expansion there.

 

[Kirby]

I'm assuming "Direct Message"? A private conversation?

Thanks for the explanation
I think the suggestion does make sense - +1.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I'm assuming "Direct Message"? A private conversation?

I know that PM on xenForo is conversation but not heard of DM outside the context of footwear.

 

[beerForo]

It's used on social. You never heard the term He slid into my DMs?

Twitter has DMs, but all social "say it."

 

[ActorMike]

I know that PM on xenForo is conversation but not heard of DM outside the context of footwear.

DM-Direct Message
PM-Private Messgage
IM- Instant Message
IRC- Internet Relay Chat.

 

[RobinHood]

Yeah, DM's is the adopted 'mainstream' terminology these days for PMs thanks to the likes of twitter and instagram

 

[Mr Lucky]

Yeah, DM's is the adopted 'mainstream' terminology these days for PMs thanks to the likes of twitter and instagram

Fair enough, but as this is a suggestion thread for xenForo, it might be best that xenfor terminolgy is used. So as a xenforo user I may or may not support the suggestion, but I may have missed the whole thing on account of not knowing what DM is (apart from a type of boot)

Plus what is the apostrophe for? DM's appears to mean something belonging to Doc Martin. Conversations would better (without an apostrophe) because surely anyone who uses xenforo knows what conversations means in the context of xenforo.

 

[beerForo]

You guys are letting the minutiae detract from this suggestion. XF terminology is not always expected, or we'd all be calling our forums BOARDS.

 

[RobinHood]

Plus what is the apostrophe for? DM's appears to mean something belonging to Doc Martin.

I not do alway's best punctuation and grammar

 

[Paul B]

A second disrespectful post has been deleted.

Let that be an end to it.

 

[ActorMike]

It's called Direct Message on our XF site.

 

[dougdirac]

The "Conversation" terminology still causes confusion on my board. New users click that thinking it will start a thread. Old users often ask how to send a PM.