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Tranq
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Sometimes it takes some back story as to why the words offensive. I recollect one time reporting a name and nothing happened to it. Was talking with a jmod and asked what constituted offensive. They gave a list of criteria and the name was on it. Their response was was it depends on if it's offensive in England, cause that's where they're located so they could miss some if they don't understand why it is offensive.
Like take the word "poof" it's not offensive here in America. It can be used to describe a disappearance. However in England it is a derogatory term.
That's a reasonable basis for a starting point, though maybe expanding the list to include English-speaking countries, rather than England exclusively.
Context does matter. To use "poof" as an example, a teleport enthusiast might have the account name "Poof Im Gone", while someone else might want the name "I HATE POOFS". I think it would be fine to allow the first example, but not the second. Could a machine grasp the difference and act accordingly? Probably not without extensive examples of what is and isn't fine. Hopefully, human minds tasked with making such decisions would act with reason.
I remember when RuneScape's in-game chat filter was so insanely overprotective, my name would be censored as "As***" as the asinine computer program would assume the third letter in my name would be another "s".
Yeah, the chat filter had a pretty dirty imagination.
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Sometimes it takes some back story as to why the words offensive. I recollect one time reporting a name and nothing happened to it. Was talking with a jmod and asked what constituted offensive. They gave a list of criteria and the name was on it. Their response was was it depends on if it's offensive in England, cause that's where they're located so they could miss some if they don't understand why it is offensive.
Like take the word "poof" it's not offensive here in America. It can be used to describe a disappearance. However in England it is a derogatory term.
That's a reasonable basis for a starting point, though maybe expanding the list to include English-speaking countries, rather than England exclusively.
Context does matter. To use "poof" as an example, a teleport enthusiast might have the account name "Poof Im Gone", while someone else might want the name "I HATE POOFS". I think it would be fine to allow the first example, but not the second. Could a machine grasp the difference and act accordingly? Probably not without extensive examples of what is and isn't fine. Hopefully, human minds tasked with making such decisions would act with reason.
I remember when RuneScape's in-game chat filter was so insanely overprotective, my name would be censored as "As***" as the asinine computer program would assume the third letter in my name would be another "s".
Yeah, the chat filter had a pretty dirty imagination.
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
02-Sep-2023 02:56:09
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