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Stuart · 31-07-2017, 15:45

I think that while they clearly put them down for comedy value, The Register actually mentioned two of the most logical reasons.
1) It's to stop people naming and shaming the executives.
2) It's some admin having a little bit of fun.

Personally, I suspect the latter. While there would be some point to adding all VM staff names to the swear filter (to prevent naming and shaming), adding that many words to the swear filter would probably slow the site down too much, and it may not be possible (the software may not cope with have several thousand extra words to check for every time someone sends a message). It's pointless just offering it to the execs as, at board level at least, their names are freely available.

31-07-2017, 15:45	#5
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,536	Re: Virgin Media's CEO's Name is a swear word.. I think that while they clearly put them down for comedy value, The Register actually mentioned two of the most logical reasons. 1) It's to stop people naming and shaming the executives. 2) It's some admin having a little bit of fun. Personally, I suspect the latter. While there would be some point to adding all VM staff names to the swear filter (to prevent naming and shaming), adding that many words to the swear filter would probably slow the site down too much, and it may not be possible (the software may not cope with have several thousand extra words to check for every time someone sends a message). It's pointless just offering it to the execs as, at board level at least, their names are freely available.