Profanity in the Forums
This post is to clarify when profanity (swearing, cursing) is allowed in the forums.
Profanity is not allowed in thread titles, in any form. Users must be respectful of one another, so it cannot be used against other users. Some communities may choose to not allow it at all, please check the individual community guidelines by looking under About on that community page.
Profanity may be used to express yourself when seeking support in forum posts. Be considerate when posting to a thread started by someone else, not everyone is comfortable having profanity in a thread. You may get around the censor in the forums so the entire word doesn’t appear as *** but please add a trigger warning if you do this. Do not use profanity excessively. (Note using profanity and avoiding the censor is prohibited in the group chatrooms).
To summarize, you may use profanity if you are doing all of the below:
Using a member account
Being respectful of other 7 Cups users
Posting to a community that doesn’t prohibit profanity
It is not in a thread title
If you get around the censor you add a trigger warning [TW] in the Title
Not using it excessively
You can read the 7 Cups Guidelines Here, profanity in the forums is covered under Excessive Inappropriate and Graphic Language of the forum guidelines.
For listeners:
Cursing is not considered professional behavior for a listener and would not be acting in the listener role. Rules in other areas of the site specify that listeners should always behave in a professional manner, and that graphic language should be avoided, particularly in public spaces (e.g., username, bio, or picture).
With the censor, when *** appears in a post of yours it may be assumed profanity was used even if it was not. Please reach out, you can flag your post and make an edit request in the additional details or you can reach out to a forum team member, community mentor, or community mentor leader to have it edited.