>> The row of stars tells us the swear filter was breached more than once in Dog's post.
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>Nope, it indicates that it picked up something more than a mild swearword.
Actually, if I recall correctly, its neither. It was a cock up. It simply reacts badly to the firetruck word yet not the Scunthorpe word.
The idea that it was somehow a graduated filter was one I made up one afternoon when we'd already had half a dozen functionality complaints that day and I needed a fast explanation/excuse.
'Course, it might have changed since those halogen days.