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No, it is the Scunthorpe problem. There's no rule the "banned" term has to be a substring, just the filter blocks it because in a different context it would vio
by astura 6y ago
No, it is the Scunthorpe problem. There's no rule the "banned" term has to be a substring, just the filter blocks it because in a different context it would violate the content policy.
>The Scunthorpe problem is the unintentional blocking of websites, e-mails, forum posts or search results by a spam filter or search engine because their text contains a string (or substring) of letters that appear to have an obscene or otherwise unacceptable meaning.
They go on to give examples such as a profanity filter blocking the word "bone" at a paleontology conference and a user banned for saying "great tits" when referring to the bird.
- thereare5lights 6y agoNo, it isn't. From the article > The Scunthorpe problem is the unintentional blocking of websites, e-mails, forum posts or search results by a spam filter or search engine because their text contains a string (or substring) of letters that appear to have an obscene or otherwise unacceptable meaning. Names, abbreviations, and technical terms are most often cited as being affected by the issue. Specifically > because their text contains a string (or substring) of letters that appear to have an obscene or otherwise unacceptable meaning.