Official Post from Creators re Cassiewatching

[Alissa Brooke]

No, your IP will not be banned if you mention it.

What I said was, if you make a post concerning CIW's videos, figuring out her 'clues', discussing her videos, your post will be removed ((and I will issue a warning by PM))

if you continue not to heed the warning, making posts about the above, THEN you will be IP banned.

It's bassicaly a two strike thing. After being warned once, anyone who decided to continue is *asking* for a ban, in my mind.

[cbowen4]

admin said:

What I said was, if you make a post concerning CIW's videos, figuring out her 'clues', discussing her videos, your post will be removed ((and I will issue a warning by PM))

I'm sorry to disagree, but what you said exactly was "Anything to do with CassieIsWatching/MyspaceCassie/EbayCassie will be subject to IMMEDIATE deletion." This does not differentiate the mere mention from the above examples. Clearly, by this rule the discussions in this thread are subject to deletion. Were a new spinoff to arrive "Barney meets Bree", could we discuss that? Suppose a post included the comment on Barney meets Bree: "This is not at all the same thing as the disgusting CassieIsWatching videos", would that be subject to deletion. After all, it is "Anything to do with...". How about "This is not at all comparable to the fascinating CassieIsWatching IMS". Would the tone, supportive or not supportive matter?

I guess I'm worried about the line the sand.

BTW, I read several comments about how this would influence younger readers. I suggest you do a quick search for certain four letter words starting with F, S, and C and be sure to note the percentage of these posts by moderators.

[flwright]

Hi cbowen4,

You are a Devil’s Advocate after my own heart! My wife and children constantly remind me that there is also a fine line between making a point and beating a dead horse. Your point is well taken and you didn’t even have to use s***, f***, or c***. That’s why I like this forum. I also did the same search you did (I think I may have used a different c***). Last 60 days, moderators only. These totals pale in comparison with what you’s get outside of Anchor Cove, in Flinderland or Youtubia. My results:

c***=No hits.

s***=20+ hits. By far the most popular among the moderators. Frequently combined with bull. I’ve always thought this the mildest of cusswords. Many of the hits are referring to other posts with the same word.

f***=15 hits. Frequently combined with “ing”. Many of these posts occurred during the “she-who-must-not-be-named” episode. My least favorite cussword, it can be so explosive and angry.

If you are a concerned parent, there is no quicker way to ruin the potty mouth mystique than to ask your kids what the word actually means when they use it. Much better than soap. The history of the s*** and f*** is fascinating. So when your kids cuss, send them to the links below, ask for a report, and they will (almost) never cuss again.

Shoot

Fudge

Finally, I think the moderators made the right call. I know you disagree, but I hope you stick around,

FLWright

[noasinger]

cbowen4 said:

BTW, I read several comments about how this would influence younger readers. I suggest you do a quick search for certain four letter words starting with F, S, and C and be sure to note the percentage of these posts by moderators.

This is a point well-made and well-taken. I think swearing can be a useful, strongly disapproving intensifier when used sparingly; after all, other alternative words do not pack the emotional weight. These words do tend to run roughshod all over lazy speech, however, and I am nothing if not a very lazy person at times. I doubt that the staff wishes to make a formal policy about "foul" language, but I will personally try harder to restrict mine.