Less offensive curse words in your Hubs

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   Jordan Hemmannposted 14 years ago

   How do you guys feel about using words such as "ass" and "damn" within your Hubs? Do you think that flagging would be necessary?

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      Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Not at all, nothing wrong with using those words.

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      Pandoras Boxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ass, damn and hell should be fine I'd think, unless it's like flagrant overuse. I'd avoid the harsher terms myself.
      
      There is a term I'd really like to use for a blog, it would be a very catchy title term that would perfectly set a theme for a niche I'd like to cover.
      
      But I figure Google would dump me if I tried it.
      
      The less harsh words used judiciously shouldn't be a problem.

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      Baileybearposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      #@!*%

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   AshleyRBposted 14 years ago

   I wouldn't flag it, but at the same time I would shy away from using the words on hubs myself. In general I don't really cuss unless I'm mad, though.

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   Mark Ewbieposted 14 years ago

   I think within limits low level everyday natural cursing is fine.  In a written piece it should actually be lower than everyday life, depending on your normal manner of speaking of course.  But as a stress word or language flow I think it is perfectly reasonable.
   
   More than a couple of times though and it begins to be tiresome.  Plus, I would like anyone, any age to be able to read one of my hubs and not be offended by over the top swearing.

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      Pandoras Boxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yep, what he said.

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   Jordan Hemmannposted 14 years ago

   Thanks! I appreciate all of your thoughts.

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   You have to remember that this is a Google Adsense site - and it's not what we find offensive that matters. Some verbiage is best put on sites that aren't adsense related. Honestly, I wouldn't use any of them. There are topics that I would love to write about on hubs, but I don't. I stay well within the bounds of adsense propriety.
   
   If you lose your adsense account, it is usually for life.

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   Hestia DeVotoposted 14 years ago

   To me, if you "need" to use swear words in a Hub, you are getting off into the realm of personal and subjective content and not writing something objective and useful to a reader.

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   Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

   I agree with Ewbie. If it goes with the hub, I think it's fine.  If it's some kind of stylistic pretense, forget it.

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