Home's zero tolerance chat censorship policy criticized

xjoshbx - 357 days 17 hours ago

One thing that i did notice that didn't make since to me is... "Christ" is filtered. WTF? Try saying merry christmas to someone. When i get home i'll try and name off a few gods/idols and see which are allowed.

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lokiroo420 - 357 days 16 hours ago

Are these people really defending the right to be able to protest and push their gay rights onto ,for all they know, 10 and 12 year olds? I think it is outrageous that gays feel the need to ask young gamers about their sexual orientation, and if im not mistaken, isnt it illegal to do so? Sony has done the right thing in censoring home as much as they have, political, sexual, or any other cause outside of the gaming community has no place in sony's home, these cry babies need to grow up and take their little pride parades to where it will make a difference.

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ChampIDC - 357 days 16 hours ago

I hope that's not the case DragonWarrior. That would make for many an unhappy Sony fan.

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yesah - 357 days 6 hours ago

the hello one is kind of rediculous. especially since its one of the auto words sony put. Since you can read whatever you say, you dont know what censored or not. so you see people going around in home saying ****o and noone knows why. Also you cant say "something", since it contains "meth" i think sony is taking the censorshp a little out of hand. maybe on there own words should be censored but not if its a part of another word.

Hell i need some meth.

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JBaby343 - 357 days 15 hours ago

Christ is not blasphemy when speaking of Jesus. Only when taken out of context or using the title in vain.

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JBaby343 - 357 days 9 hours ago

You shouldn't be offended. Jesus was a real person not just found in the Bible but actually documented in Roman records as well including being crucified. If you don't want to believe the Bible it's your choice but it's not debatable that Jesus existed.

I believe in free speech but I also wouldn't want kids on Home exposed to vulgarity, racist comments, and the like. The problem of course becomes apparent with words such as christ which can be used in more than one manner or included in other words such as Christmas.

The best way would be for people to just use good sense and not say things that shouldn't be said in the first place. But that's just wishful thinking.

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FTLightspeed - 357 days 6 hours ago

I recomend to watch the movie called Zeitgeist, enter their website its free and uploaded on the internet. A huge amount of historians from that period that never even mention Jesus, also Josephus is not a cofiable source make some research. Also tacitus and the other two historians that are mentioned as proofs never wrote the word jesus, thay anly referd to the christ and do not spend to much time speaking about him, so not much relevance. Not even the famous Plutarch writes about Jesus.
If you want to be factual do not confuse religion, base on faith, to science, base on logics and proofs. Religion is not wrong but it is just not based on this things, in can be a useful element to build principles and all that stuff.
Personally i think there is a moment in our maduration that we must reach by our own means what is the right or wrong, by reasoning, expereience, deduction, common sense or whatever. This way you have the absolute confidence and believe in yourself, also you act by the principles forged by living your life.

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HDgamer - 357 days 16 hours ago

Imagine 4 chan on every gaming session.

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ChampIDC - 357 days 16 hours ago

Yeah, I always wonder if PSN would end up like Live if everyone had a mic. No way to really tell.

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dericb11 - 357 days 15 hours ago

We do have a older audience but do not forget the younger people too.
Think about a little kid hearing Fa**ot, Ni**er and all the racist and homo crap. Sony is watching out for future gamers too.

On a side not the first day of public release I go to the Mall and some guy dropped like 10 N words near the chess tables and they was full. Not only did I here it but the people who played chess had to deal with it and it not like the chess tables could be moved.

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The_EE_God - 357 days 15 hours ago

This

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lokiroo420 - 357 days 15 hours ago

IM not sure about the rest of the world, but in the United States the catholic faith and children need to stay far away from each other.

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JBaby343 - 357 days 15 hours ago

Unfortunately many of the non-biblical aspects of Catholicism push people away from Christ instead of bringing them to Him.

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Armyless - 357 days 6 hours ago

Keep 'em coming.

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Menech - 357 days 15 hours ago

Its not a free service its payed for with the purchase of your Playstation 3. Nothing is fee in this world don't be naive + they plan to pay for its support with the purchase of in-game items and in its current state I have to say more so for the European version Sony has some cheek. How can something Sony put millions and millions into be free? its all payed for by the money from yours and my pocket.

Imagine if they made Home multi platform. And had the same server for both the PS3 and 360 gamers hell would really break lose then. A 14 year old kid would actually type something and the hole Sony crowd would all sudden start fitting on the sofa's. In disbelief someone spoke on there beloved home.

The FBI would be there in a matter of moments. "Agent" What's the matter doctor? "Doctor" It serious sir there in a state of shock they could never recover "Agent" But what could possibly of happened "Doctor" it appears someone spoke on home "Agent" Jesus mother of god what sort of sick bastard would do that.

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romemac7 - 357 days 11 hours ago

HOME free as far as i know, i don't need to pay anything to get in and enjoy HOME, unless your the only person paying $600 every time you log on HOME? but you are right you first need to buy a ps3 to get HOME for free, key word Free. unlike Microsoft where you pay $250 for a 360 and then need to pay $50 more a year to fully enjoy and be able to get on live to play online.

Romemac7...

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Menech - 357 days 14 hours ago

If you have played all the "Free to Play" MMORPG's out there you would understand how utterly insane your way of thinking is but I guess you haven't experienced that. So I cant blame you for being so wrong I used to think that way myself.

Just try remember the million's invested in home didn't come from thin air. They came from the income from the Playstation brand. Where does some of the income from the Playstation Brand come from you ask? Your pocket You payed for Home I payed for Home I have every right to expect it to be worth its money.

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ArmrdChaos - 357 days 13 hours ago

Sony reps were quoted as saying...WE HOPE TO KEEP HOME FREE. I challenge anyone to dig up one respectable source where a Sony rep flat out promises to keep Home free forever. Home's fate will be decided on 2 things...how much money Sony has to put into it and how much revenue they get back from Advertising/Microtransactions. How much effort do you think it takes one 3D artist to build an object for home? Sony charges say a $1 for it...a fraction of it goes to the creation cost and the rest goes to pay for Home...whalah...you just paid for home and didn't even know it. Granted you don't have to buy any of it, but Sony will rely on the "keeping up with the Joneses" effect to drive it. So after you have bought all those 'cool' things for your make believe pad...how much did you actually spend for Home?

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Heldrasil - 357 days 14 hours ago

Nah, us Xbox fans will just sit back and listen to you guys talk smack. It's mildly entertaining.

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lokiroo420 - 357 days 15 hours ago

They can ban your mac address.

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JBaby343 - 357 days 15 hours ago

But the person would lose their trophies wouldn't they? I know they don't translate for one name to another even if you try to install the save game from a flash drive. They would at least lose trophies but you're right a new account is free.

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