I surveyed some Diggers real quick.

If someone keeps it up instead of using a more mature tone, then that would force me to leave. I believe that if someone can convey a point as forcefully as someone who doesn’t swear, they have better communication skills.

So, next time you feel the need to swear, try holding it back and improving your conversational skills.

Thankfully, I’ve never read anything offensive on here. The worst I’ve come across are the odd opinions that rub against me but that’s another story.

But the study (I believe) was in the context of sites being accessed by people at work. As Brett Tabke said on WMW, “I think there is a big lesson here for those that want to target corporate readers. That is if you use profanity in your postings, you will be tripping corp proxy filters.”

Although many argue swearing is a substitute for bad vocabulary, I still think it’s wrong for people to impose censorship based on the use of the F word. If the internet police do start patrolling, I’d rather see hate filled rants targeted instead of a simple search for the F word. A few miles away from me, a teen just got arrested for posting a “hit list” on her MySpace page. That seems appropriate and fair, while saying the F word once or twice… should be tolerated.

But – If the site is half swear words, then yeah, ban it. I guess i think the extremes that should be looked at closer.

I certainly try to avoid any bad language on MP, but will tolerate isolated incidents in comments.