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#1 2010-09-01 16:29:19

joeisawesome
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Problems posting comments?

I want to give a request to someone, but i'm being given these messages:

It censors my comment because apparently "woodpecker" is a bad word.

After trying for several times, I get a message saying, "Sorry, you posted a similar comment recently." Even though i worded it differently.

I dunno, but this is really * me off.


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#2 2010-09-01 17:08:17

joeisawesome
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Re: Problems posting comments?

???


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#3 2010-09-01 17:33:56

Harakou
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Re: Problems posting comments?

If you post a comment with similar words a couple times, it blocks to stop spammers. (Even if it was worded a bit differently)

And yes, the censor is a little off. If you post a word that has a censored word in it (like woodpecker), it gets censored. I'll let you figure out the censored word there.


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#4 2010-09-01 17:46:38

joeisawesome
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Re: Problems posting comments?

Well, that kinda sucks.


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#5 2010-09-01 19:52:27

hmnwilson
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Re: Problems posting comments?

That's weird, though. There's nothing in "woodpecker" that should've gotten censored...

Edit: What you get when you remove the "wood" part is what sets it off.
(edited to make it more SFW)

Last edited by hmnwilson (2010-09-01 20:03:28)


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#6 2010-09-01 19:59:14

Harakou
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Re: Problems posting comments?

Uh, yeah, that's a rather inappropriate word... that's all you need to know.

Last edited by Harakou (2010-09-01 20:53:06)


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#7 2010-09-01 21:44:28

hdarken
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Re: Problems posting comments?

After you try posting it it will have a notification.


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#8 2010-09-01 22:03:52

joeisawesome
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Re: Problems posting comments?

Ya, but young scratchers will recognize "woodpecker" as a bird, and not as the "other" meaning.


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#9 2010-09-01 22:27:28

Harakou
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Re: Problems posting comments?

joeisawesome wrote:

Ya, but young scratchers will recognize "woodpecker" as a bird, and not as the "other" meaning.

It's just the way the censor is designed.


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#10 2010-09-01 22:31:51

DistantVisit
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Re: Problems posting comments?

joeisawesome wrote:

Ya, but young scratchers will recognize "woodpecker" as a bird, and not as the "other" meaning.

That's true. Maybe we can suggest to the scratch team that they manually input a list of censored words instead of just auto-censoring anything that has any part of any cuss -- if that makes sense.  hmm

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#11 2010-09-01 22:40:32

hdarken
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Re: Problems posting comments?

W.o.o.d p.e.c.k.e.r does not get sensored.


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#12 2010-09-02 09:23:46

joeisawesome
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Re: Problems posting comments?

Mhmm. That's what's setting the trigger off.


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#13 2010-09-02 09:47:25

andresmh
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Re: Problems posting comments?

Sorry, filters will never be perfect. :-/


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#14 2010-09-02 14:25:30

joeisawesome
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Re: Problems posting comments?

And thus, Andres has spoken. Close topics please.


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