Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-17970636-20160123014228/@comment-25197246-20160123060221

I know the chat isn't a "happy-go-lucky," rated E for everyone type of place; since it is public and the members are diverse, it's too difficult to determine what words would be unacceptable.

I personally don't walk into the chat anymore, and although it'd be ideal to spark up a nice convo there, sometimes I find that there's a fight or very heated argument going on--- of course, it could all be a joke, but for any new member to walk in there and see strong language being thrown around lightly (I hope it's not frequent, at least), they may be discouraged from returning. That's my fear with the issue of profanity and offensive slurs and whatnot, but that's the Internet. Ideally, the community is open and accepting for all RWBY fans and the like-- as long as the "controversial" or potentially insulting language is not too frequent...maybe that's a step forward. The language choices of the few certainly do not reflect the language of everyone-- as long as mods are around to watch for and stop purposely abusive and hateful messages/attacks, that's probably the best that can be done.

(As a former chat mod for a different group, I'm used to enforcing the vague "no offensive language" rule. Of course, in that case, profanity/slurs are still used but scarcely and strictly for comical reasons. It's actually quite amusing when people wanted to use certain words but had to work around it. But that's off topic, this community is so large that there will be people highly offended by certain words and others that would be offended if they couldn't use those words.)