Subeta -

May 30, 2008 10:25 am

Rule Change! In the past four years, Subeta has disallowed chatspeak, and had a list of allowed words. While this was (very) nice while we had a small user base, we've grown, and so has 'chatspeak'. People use it jokingly (I do! :P), etc.
So - we have removed the rule. If you've been given a warning in the past for it, your warning count will not go down, but that warning no longer counts (UAs can see what you've been warned for)
For those of you crying right now, because you're afraid of how the forums are going to start looking - don't worry. We've put in place a super cool chatspeak filter, that will slowly get better and better, and make annoying people less annoying ;)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Um. I have to say, I really hate the chatspeak filter. It's making things way too complicated.

I can't even type the number 2 now? Even when I'm talking about something with digits?

Also, there are some usernames that contain 'chatspeak', and it's hard to link to the user if there's a filter problem. Personally, I thought Subeta was running fine before this chatspeak do/dont. People can control themselves, can't they? (:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Lovely :/ What exactly is the purpose of allowing chatspeak in order to filter it?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

hehe. crazy i didnt even know there was such a rule

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ok, "pearoosters" and "Roosterroaches" went a bit too far. That was a total neopets move right there :/ If I want to talk about pretty birds or nasty house pests, I should be able to without looking like a total moron. DON'T FILTER THOSE WORDS. Dewdz please.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ah Hoaxdog... your post entertains me (in a good way). I was going to post something similar to your post but I felt mine was a bit too strong and scrapped the "telling them off" idea all together. I do believe subeta has gathered a ton of elitist jerks. I guess thus is the result of having a decent (or in my opinion a Great) petsite. And it's not just for this either. Whenever a pet revamp is suggested everyone flames it to all heck and criticizes every little aspect of it until the artist probably has very little self-esteem left.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

For those of you threatening to leave over the permitting of chatspeak: Please do so. We really DO need to thin the herd of fat-headed elitists. Here's a quick hint: It is COMPLETELY possible to be a knowledgable, mature individual without throwing a hissy fit at the sight of every non-spellchecked scrap of text. I'm not particularily fond of using chatspeak myself (with the exception of simple terms like lol, omg, srs, and all that good stuff), but I don't buckle my knees and sob when I see it posted on a public site. There's two very reasonable options: skip over it and shut up, you pompous little cretin- OR you can totally FIGHT THE MAN and leave the site. Go ahead- do it. I'm behind you all the way! But overall, thanks guys, for the hour's worth of sheer amusement over having read all these comments. Something told me I'd strike a goldmine- and I was right. I applaud you, Subeta's Elitists. I applaud you, your ego, your thesaurus, AND your spellcheck. Thumbs up!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

What ifwe want to use it jokingly? I can't anymore?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm glad for the change. I've always used things like BRB, LOL, OMFG. etc etc. I really don't see what's wrong with it. And to all of you complaining...just realize that subeta is an online community, not a college writing class. Some people enjoy talking like that because it allows them to be relaxed and lazy. Also I think people are confusing chatspeak (abbreviations like: LOL, BRB, OMFG, ROFL, etcetc) with 1337Speak (ie: 7yp1||g l1k3 d15). I doubt people will start typing/talking like that all over the site. And even if they do then you can just ignore it. It should be someones choice as to whether or not they type/talk literately. And IMO, saying LOL has more individuality and uniqueness in it than typing out Laugh out Loud. Oh and a lot of abbreviations are abbreviated for the sake of showing action. Just fyi.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hmmm. Lets home this filter works.

Omg, indb. I dk....my bff jill? Whut iz going on gf? I are havin sum fun, n00b.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hmmmm i noticed this the other day. i said "adopt are us" in the shoutbox and instead of r, it posted Are

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh, simply....wonderful (and I do use that term ironically.) I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed the fact that Subeta did not allow chatspeak, and was one place you could participate in forum discussion without being reminded of the depths of semi-literacy.

Well, forums can be avoided if the filters don't pan out, and hopefully, they will. And, if not shrugs, never underestimate the power of stupidity in great measure.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

awesome! a filter!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

ima testthatyou are kwelz nub

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I, like most people here use Chat Speak once in a while in a jokily way, most of the time I try to spell things right and whatnot because I know not everyone on the net has English as a first language. If I'm typing to my mom and I accidently switch letters she won't know what I am saying. xD Gaurd vs Guard for instance and my mom uses more chatspeak than I do, she fails. X3;;

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

u like 1337sp33k please lol?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Haha, this is going to be weird. I use to chatspeak but I no longer do. x_X

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Let's see how this goes.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I think this is amazing, but I no longer will use chatspeak. ;']

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Yick. We need to use HTML here to break the lines?<br><br>

Oh well. The filter seems to work nicely 8) You guys can disregard my last post since it's hard to read without the line breaks.<br><br>

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I always did appreciate the rules against the chat speaker...However, I was constantly finding myself having to fix myself seeing how I use it often when I paraphrase things n_n (I guess to show how stupid something is...)

Like... Dad: HAY BRITTANY! WHUT are you DOING ON A KIDDIE SITE? :V me: Doing what I do everywhere else, dad. Enjoying the internet. Dad: NO you 19 now. you NOT ALLOWWWWWWWWWWED me: That's nice, Dad. However, I enjoy spending my time here so I will refuse that commandment. After all, there are plenty of adults that go here too. It's not just a child's site. Dad: you MAKE ME SAD ]: RUNS OFF AND EMOZ

Which, I guess is always jokingly 8] I never seriously type like that. It's always joking, or paraphrasing something stupid that occurred.

So let's see how this goes n_n

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm okay with it, as I been to many other places that let chat speak live. I can understand people who use it most of the time, so no biggy.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

i'm so 1337

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

so, like, IMO this is pretty kewl

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

SCORE.

Because the terms and conditions say -nothing- about chat speak, one way or another.

Once again, clarity is key.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I have no personal irks against this rule, coz as someone said before, it will eventually die down, but I do kind of wish we had implimented a private invite system beforehand... I don't really want a whole load of neo-players heading over here and 'spamming' up our forums.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

sighs ...I hate chatspeak... I really hope this filler works out or I'm gonna have a heart attack.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I swear I almost got a heart attack when I saw the first part. And then saw the rest. Phew. Just for testing the filter: u are happy

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you! I'm so glad that the rules have changed. I really dislike chatspeak but I think I got warned for saying "ZOMG" or something. I mean, it just comes out naturally o_o'

Thanks for changing the rules.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm glad the rule's been changed, and it's a good idea that you guys put up a filter.

Hang in there, guys. The filter will grow and get better, just give it some time. :]

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

oh really?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I don't know whether to be scared batty, run and scream, or nod and accept it....

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ok so OR LY gets changed to oh really..hm.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hmm maybe now I won't get warned for oh really? So I'mma gonna test some of my common ones...(Hopefully I don't get warned for this) Ilu, Brb, Omg, Lol, Luls, oh really

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Please. No.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

i'm happy i'm sick of getting in trouble for using you instead of you. I hated the rule because of the would you. besides that I don't use chatspeak.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I don't like this... But I guess I'll just have to wait and see how it all works out. n_n;

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Quote By Bijou_qt:

; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">I am really dissapointed. I thought the rule was one of the high points of subeta. I can understand joking around, but I don't want a bunch of people 7yp1||g like3 d15

From what I understand, "7yp1||g like3 d15" doesn't count as chatspeak. Or at least, it shouldn't. Chatspeak is more of shortcuts, like you or are or brb (let's see if the filter gets those

), used when people are too lazy to type out whole words. I agree that "7yp1||g like3 d15" should still be against the rules though.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ahah! The filter works!! xD What I meant to say was pl z. XDD Niiice~ -hugs the staff- Anyway, we would say something like, Im hungryplease, etc. The filter though. It is LOVE.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I really hope the filters are good, otherwise I doubt I'll be going on the forums any more =

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Well, as long as this filter that makes chatspeak less.. terrible... then Im fine with it. Otherwise. I use the word please a lot because its an inside joke. Once I said it on accident on the Shoutbox and got a warning.

My friends and I will add please to the end of our sentences when we want to make a point, or when were bored, so I got pretty upset over getting a warning for something silly like that. As long as you keep it all tidy and not terrible like neopets, Im fine. ;3

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Please. No.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

That's cool for those who likes chatspeak, it promotes liberty, which I really agree with. I don't see why those who like chatspeak should not be allowed to use it.

Not cool for me too much, I am not english and don't understand chatspeak. But hopefully if I politely ask people who comment on my profile to NOT use chatspeak they will respect that

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I am really dissapointed. I thought the rule was one of the high points of subeta. I can understand joking around, but I don't want a bunch of people 7yp1||g like3 d15

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I've got to say, this is pretty tragic. The forums have very slowly but noticeably been going downhill even with the rule, and I'm afraid that they may soon become unbearable without it. I can't imagine how the filter is really going to be effective. I do not approve.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

...I dunno about this. I like Subeta, partly for the reason that people acually care to use proper spelling and don't use chatspeak, it makes thigs so much easier to read...We'll see how this works out...:|

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

omg duthatwurk here?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

No! That rule was one of the best I've ever seen! It made Subeta my paradise escape from the idiots on Neo. The idea of the filters is slightly comforting, but still.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm afraid something within me just died. This chatspeak thing might be understandable with texting on cellphones, but online..? =/ It doesn't really show intelligence if you ask me, especially since people can't even spell most words correctly anymore.

Even with filters, I'm pretty sure people will be able to get around them somehow. I'm actually worried on how this'll go in the end. Then again, I'm hardly ever on the forums, so maybe it's best that it remains that way (aside from a gift brag, or something).

Well, that's my two cents anyway.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I hope that your filters are real good, otherwise I might need a chatspeak dictionary... I didn't grow up using it like you young whippersnappers

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

omg tis is so k00l i is going to show to my freinds. Very nice. I like this idea. Going to be veeeeeeery interesting nudge nudge

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