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Apparently the “What is going on with this site? thread has been removed from the Hats section.
,Does this forum now have a crawling AI censor looking for patterns of letters & words like YouTube & other parts of the internet do? I have noticed on a couple of posts of another OP that some letters had been removed from words & replaced with stars or something. I really didn’t give it much attention thinking the OP was being funny. Now it has happened to some of my posts. I used the word “****er” as in peanut ****er, ****erscotch, candy, etc. In my posts the first four letters of the word ****er have been removed & replaced with stars. Now my word appears like this ****er. Did a bartender do that? And by my post count I have about six posts that have been deleted. I have only figured out what two of the posts were, neither of which broke any rules that I know about. Seriously? What is this forum coming to?
PS: one question has been answered as this post was censored as it posted.
,Does this forum now have a crawling AI censor looking for patterns of letters & words like YouTube & other parts of the internet do? I have noticed on a couple of posts of another OP that some letters had been removed from words & replaced with stars or something. I really didn’t give it much attention thinking the OP was being funny. Now it has happened to some of my posts. I used the word “****er” as in peanut ****er, ****erscotch, candy, etc. In my posts the first four letters of the word ****er have been removed & replaced with stars. Now my word appears like this ****er. Did a bartender do that? And by my post count I have about six posts that have been deleted. I have only figured out what two of the posts were, neither of which broke any rules that I know about. Seriously? What is this forum coming to?
PS: one question has been answered as this post was censored as it posted.
jeffgarf
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I've noticed this in other posts as well. I also thought it weird. I guess this is one explanation.
TimmyV
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Butterscotch... testing...testing...1...2...3...
Butterbean
TimmyV
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Well I'll be dipped !
jeffgarf
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Try talking about the Titanic like we did in a previous conversation.
The Hatted Professor
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Wow, what a load of butterscotch.
This is how stupid it’s become. @AbbaDatDeHat can confirm this as it’s part of a dm between us talking about my mother, Nell on my birth date and the account of what she had to go through.
“In Anniston, Nell went to ****y's house”
The “*’s” replaced P e g g. I’m sure most of us recognize P e g g y as a name. It’s my sisters as well.
“In Anniston, Nell went to ****y's house”
The “*’s” replaced P e g g. I’m sure most of us recognize P e g g y as a name. It’s my sisters as well.
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It seems like old late 90s 2000’s BBS code where they enter a list of banned words and you end up with unintended results like above. Far from AI… more like basic basic.
Oddly though I am seeing it pop up on some and not for others. Here for example I see Timmy’s post just fine. But when Jeff quoted it, it showed as censored. HJ’s posts came through as censored For me… but Brad’s did not.
Oddly though I am seeing it pop up on some and not for others. Here for example I see Timmy’s post just fine. But when Jeff quoted it, it showed as censored. HJ’s posts came through as censored For me… but Brad’s did not.
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Arnold Layne
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I used to live in the same town as the poet William Wordsworth did in ***bria.
It's called Cockermouth, would I be censored or banned?
What are words worth?
It's called Cockermouth, would I be censored or banned?
What are words worth?
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All the above had been censored in the beginning. Some had been quoted before the OP censorship was corrected by bartender Nathan. The quoted doesnt change. Not sure why my OP didn’t change. I’m sure we will never get an answer.
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Can we stil write ****?
What about ***********?
What about ***********?
AbbaDatDeHat
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F’n starbot sob
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I guess my question here is, Am I missing something?
Dan718
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Question: as some have seen I’m currently wearing a borsalino fedora, a really nice hat overall, but I can’t help feeling a little overdressed and was thinking perhaps a Stetson Whippet might be a good alternative.
For reference I’m thinking daily wear generally, I tend to dress fairly casually, perhaps a cotton shirt and sweater/jacket and plain chino type trousers. I also play folk music and a little bluegrass but really want to avoid the cowboy look, that’s just not me.
For reference I’m thinking daily wear generally, I tend to dress fairly casually, perhaps a cotton shirt and sweater/jacket and plain chino type trousers. I also play folk music and a little bluegrass but really want to avoid the cowboy look, that’s just not me.
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jlee562
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IMHO, a Whippet is on the more formal side. Something about the wide ribbon and binding. To me, a more casual hat would be an OR or Stratoliner.
RickP
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Modern furfelt Stratoliners are readily available and decent. I always found the shaping and short crowns of the modern Whippets somewhat lacking.
the older Whippets with a taller crowns and more squared blocking are some of my favorites
But seriously of youre into the folk music/ bluegrass scene, just get a couple good Bowlers
Dan718
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Yes, the stratoliner is a pretty decent looking hat. I’d also be tempted to try the open road with an open crown and bash it myself, the cattlemen crease on the factory ones isn’t my thing.
On the other hand, the temple seems a good classic hat and slightly more subdued than the whippets