Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3225604-20140324101537/@comment-1038387-20140324112932

Freedom of speech doesn't really matter in this. That's more "you can't censor one viewpoint and allow another". And goverments can place limitation on things like location and time.

Swearing is mentioned in the Terms of Use: "[you agree not to] Post or transmit any content that is obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party, or content that contains homophobia, ethnic slurs, religious intolerance, or encourages criminal conduct;"

You could differentiate between swearing at noone/yourself (like "[###], I totally forgot that, thank you") and swearing at others. Or you can be zero tolerance. Give them one warning telling them to stop, then ban them for a week and remind them that afterwards, they're on parole. If they break parole, a longer ban. That's what I generally would do, but never have had to do.