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Just another indicator that it's bad form to have a one-size-fits-all approach to filtering/sorting categories of content broadly. Another blatant example? Go

Just another indicator that it's bad form to have a one-size-fits-all approach to filtering/sorting categories of content broadly. Another blatant example? Go search for 'japanese' on DuckDuckGo or Bing with Safe Search turned off and observe the NSFW stuff you get as top results versus what's on Google.

_-david-_ 6y ago
I just tried searching for 'japanese' on DuckDuckGo with safe search turned off and only the last result on first page was NSFW. I tried the same search on Bing and did not get any NSFW on the first page.
- sithadmin 6y ago
  For image search? I've verified myself that this regularly returns nearly exclusively NSFW thumbnails via a variety of methods that anonymize my identity, and have also had acquaintances verify that they see the same thing. It's a big enough sample size to suggest there's a problem that needs to be solved.
  - _-david-_ 6y ago
    I did not try image search. I just tried it and you are correct.
    - topkai22 6y ago
      I suspect that “image search with safe search turned off” is taken as a signal of intent...
      - _-david-_ 6y ago
        The person I was responding to did not say image search and the tweet did not either.
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throwawaybutwhy 6y ago
> one-size-fits-all Sorry, Apple has blocked this expression. To unblock it, please ask your legal guardian to file an application in triplicate.
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bscphil 6y ago
Interesting. For a bunch of different regions ("swedish", "russian", "korean", "brazilian") the results on the image page are partially undressed women, but nothing NSFW. For "asian" there's a bunch of nudity but nothing pornographic. It's only for "japanese" that I start getting porn results, and nothing but porn results, in fact. Interestingly "norwegian" gets me a bunch of pictures of people in traditional garb from far-right websites. "indian" is clean but weirdly marriage focused. If you change your region on DuckDuckGo to Japan, you actually get some clean results at the top before you get to the porn. I've yet to find anything racy for English speaking or western European countries (other than Sweden).
- yellowapple 6y ago
  > partially undressed women, but nothing NSFW. You must have one hell of a relaxed workplace if partially undressed women are considered "safe for work".
  - bobthepanda 6y ago
    It also depends on what people mean by partially undressed. Growing up in NYC in the 2000s school dress codes would often treat anything spaghetti strap or with bare shoulder as partially undressed, and the administrators definitely used that language to describe offending outfits.
    - yellowapple 6y ago
      > It also depends on what people mean by partially undressed. In the case of these search results, a whole lot of swimsuits and lingerie.

_-david-_ 6y ago

I just tried searching for 'japanese' on DuckDuckGo with safe search turned off and only the last result on first page was NSFW. I tried the same search on Bing and did not get any NSFW on the first page.

sithadmin 6y ago
For image search? I've verified myself that this regularly returns nearly exclusively NSFW thumbnails via a variety of methods that anonymize my identity, and have also had acquaintances verify that they see the same thing. It's a big enough sample size to suggest there's a problem that needs to be solved.
- _-david-_ 6y ago
  I did not try image search. I just tried it and you are correct.
  - topkai22 6y ago
    I suspect that “image search with safe search turned off” is taken as a signal of intent...
    - _-david-_ 6y ago
      The person I was responding to did not say image search and the tweet did not either.
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throwawaybutwhy 6y ago

> one-size-fits-all Sorry, Apple has blocked this expression. To unblock it, please ask your legal guardian to file an application in triplicate.

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bscphil 6y ago

Interesting. For a bunch of different regions ("swedish", "russian", "korean", "brazilian") the results on the image page are partially undressed women, but nothing NSFW. For "asian" there's a bunch of nudity but nothing pornographic. It's only for "japanese" that I start getting porn results, and nothing but porn results, in fact. Interestingly "norwegian" gets me a bunch of pictures of people in traditional garb from far-right websites. "indian" is clean but weirdly marriage focused. If you change your region on DuckDuckGo to Japan, you actually get some clean results at the top before you get to the porn. I've yet to find anything racy for English speaking or western European countries (other than Sweden).

yellowapple 6y ago
> partially undressed women, but nothing NSFW. You must have one hell of a relaxed workplace if partially undressed women are considered "safe for work".
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  It also depends on what people mean by partially undressed. Growing up in NYC in the 2000s school dress codes would often treat anything spaghetti strap or with bare shoulder as partially undressed, and the administrators definitely used that language to describe offending outfits.
  - yellowapple 6y ago
    > It also depends on what people mean by partially undressed. In the case of these search results, a whole lot of swimsuits and lingerie.