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Non Life Sciences => Geek Speak => Topic started by: syhprum on 10/12/2018 17:24:58

Title: What software censors you?
Post by: syhprum on 10/12/2018 17:24:58

Jimbobghost  claims that his software wont let him use *****, pussyfoot etc because of its sexual connection's; is this an American thing, or a failure of auto fill? I too cannot use the affectionate name for my young kitten! What a strange lot they are at Redland!

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: Bored chemist on 10/12/2018 19:36:18

Am I allowed to post about puddy tats?

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: syhprum on 10/12/2018 19:43:51

I think *****-cats is OK

aparantly not!, can we write about Agather Christies amusing story "ten little nigger boys" ?
I saw a picture on face book with a sign post in the grounds of an indonesian hospital directing you to the gynological department "cunts" some tabu words seem to get thru
 

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: chris on 11/12/2018 19:16:14

I'm quite surprised you got the C word through; I thought that was in the filter. Maybe it's because you put it in Quotes.

Let's try: "***** cat"

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: chris on 11/12/2018 19:16:27

Guess that's a no then...

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: syhprum on 12/12/2018 09:39:22

I am surprised the "n" word got thru I thought that was super taboo,  can misspellings of taboo words get thru such as ***** or puss or pussie ?
I have heard the c word used by American women talking to each other also the n word is used by n word,s when talking among themselves so perhaps these words arnt seen as so taboo by the American guardians of our language

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: RD on 12/12/2018 10:20:48

Quote from: syhprum on 10/12/2018 17:24:58

...  I too cannot use the affectionate name for my young kitten! What a strange lot they are at Redland!

It's not Microsoft : the censorship is built-in to the "Simple Machines (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?action=credits)" forum-software ...

Quote from: syhprum on 10/12/2018 19:43:51

I saw a picture on face book ... some tabu words seem to get thru

Facebook's AI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) only recently learned to read text in photos ...
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-can-now-understand-text-in-images-advancing-image-recognition-cap/532095/ (https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-can-now-understand-text-in-images-advancing-image-recognition-cap/532095/)

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: Opamper on 17/12/2018 03:41:51

Quote from: Bored chemist on 10/12/2018 19:36:18

Am I allowed to post about puddy tats?

Sure.

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: chris on 17/12/2018 08:57:47

Quote from: RD on 12/12/2018 10:20:48

It's not Microsoft : the censorship is built-in to the "Simple Machines (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?action=credits)" forum-software ...

I can confirm this - there is a system in SMF to blacklist certain words; it also attempts to stop spammy posts, but there are limits...

Title: Re: What software censors you?
Post by: nicephotog on 14/02/2019 02:37:30

 These apparently