Word filters don't work in user profile fields?

[Ocean West]

I setup a few word filters to require approval if a certain word or phrase was added to someone's About me profile field.

It doesn't seem to actually work in this location. 

[Nathan Explosion]

Did you test it using an account that isn't allowed to bypass filters? The reason I say this is that Admin accounts, by default, have this allowed as the Administrators group is configured to do so:

My advice would be to make 100% sure that your testing is done under an account that doesn't have that enabled in the account's group (both primary and secondary)

 

 

[Ocean West]

So all users who join are auto added to a "Curious" group they have hardly any permissions, but yet spammers will register and fill out their profile including phrases like "escorts" and the like. I have that phrase in my word filters to require approval before making visible.