Profanity in usernames

[Shawn Gossman]

How do you feel about profanity being used in usernames?

For example, if someone joined your forum with curse words as part of their name such as "Post ****" or something like that. The name isn't exactly meant to be profane but could be seen profane by others. They could use one that is profane against the current president of something like that. Offensive to one side, not the other.

Would you allow this sort of thing? Or would you reject that username from being on the community?

 

[Cpvr]

I don't allow it, I'll ban the user out right. You don't come into someone's home cussing with a user name.

 

[Heatman]

As far as I'm concerned, such kind of usernames should never be allowed to use in forums because even on bigger social media platforms, they're not allowed.

Does anyone know about Fantasy Premier League? I play it and it's not allowed to use any username that's off in any way. Other users will report it and it's taken down immediately if the system didn't fish it out on their own.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I don't allow it, I'll ban the user out right. You don't come into someone's home cussing with a user name.

I agree. I don't find it to be humorous, and I feel like it's only going to result in drama if I allow it to remain.

 

[Heatman]

I agree. I don't find it to be humorous, and I feel like it's only going to result in drama if I allow it to remain.

It's mostly kids and immature persons that's going to find any kind of humour in profanity. It doesn't speak well of any community where its usage is allowed.

 

[Mike30]

I would definitely not allow that.
If they want to express themselves, there are many other ways to do it.

 

[Heatman]

I would definitely not allow that.
If they want to express themselves, there are many other ways to do it.

Exactly! They can decide to share their personal contacts, create a group on WhatsApp or any other platforms and continue with their little stunts with profanity.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I would definitely not allow that.
If they want to express themselves, there are many other ways to do it.

I also agree with that stance,

There are plenty of places where they can go if they really need to be able to use that sort of language.

 

[Heatman]

I also agree with that stance,

There are plenty of places where they can go if they really need to be able to use that sort of language.

Twitter/X is more than enough for them to use any kind of curse words without anyone saying anything. In fact, they will even get more people who are willing to partake in their behaviour.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Twitter/X is more than enough for them to use any kind of curse words without anyone saying anything. In fact, they will even get more people who are willing to partake in their behaviour.

Plenty of other forums that allow it as well.

They used to have a lot of troll forums that allowed usernames like that.

 

[Heatman]

Plenty of other forums that allow it as well.

They used to have a lot of troll forums that allowed usernames like that.

It's a good thing that not every forum now allows such behaviour in their community. I'd probably say that it's a culture that's fading now unlike how it used to be with forums years ago.

 

[King Belieal]

Even borderline profanity should not be allowed as part of username for a member of a forum. What we don't know as forum admins is that if we allow profanity part of username of a member, profanity would become a brand identity of the forum. I would tell that member to change their username immediately and it they refuse, I would delete their accounts.

 

[Nomad]

I don't allow profanity in username or profile picture. I once had a user who changed his profile picture to NSFW, I asked him to remove immediately. I changed, if he hadn't I would have banned him.