Perhaps they did filter messages on the server as well. The client side word-lis...

		mrmaddog on April 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Asswipe," replied Yahoo's server. That's when I k... Perhaps they did filter messages on the server as well. The client side word-list could be used for display purposes only, so if the user typed a censored word, the client could update the display with that word redacted and without waiting for a round-trip to the server.