Echoing the request to do away with auto-abbreviations (or making them optional)

I understand the purpose of a swear filter that censors certain offensive words.

I do not understand why it's necessary to have the board software rewrite my posts to do away with acronyms. When I write "G-1", I mean it. I think it looks awkward to have a post use the long form every single instance it's reused. That makes board conversation look a lot more stilted.

I can see the reason to counter the popular interwebs trend to abbreviate everything ("lol, 'k, i dunno wot u mean?"), but really - if someone wants to write that way, it's their fault. They could be told to write in a more intelligible manner. Having those posts automatically converted into non-shortened speech only helps support their laziness.

Worse yet, sometimes shortened forms are specifically used for stylistic reasons. Also, they could be part of a quote (like the "G-1 Series" sub-titles on the Universe packaging). And I don't want the board software to rephrase something I'm quoting.

Simply put, I don't want this board to rewrite my posts because the staff has decided for some reason that acronyms don't look that great. I can accept a swear filter, but I don't understand the point behind this.

Can anyone please explain me why this was installed in the first place? An attempt to achieve higher Google search result rankings? I find it odd that this feature thus far only affects common acronyms for Transformers trademarks.

It helps the search function. Not just Google, but our own. It helps titles as well as content be more easily searched.

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