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Instead of arguing if this implementation is good or bad, can we please talk about the elephant in the room? What exactly is this snippet supposed to do? Filter
by planb 5y ago
Instead of arguing if this implementation is good or bad, can we please talk about the elephant in the room? What exactly is this snippet supposed to do? Filter out „bad“ usernames by exact match? How did they even come up with this list? There‘s infinite possibilities to spell profanity or insulting phrases, so aren’t they fighting windmills here?
- shadowgovt 5y agoYes. It's the sort of unwinnable game you play when you are a big company and want advertising and a reputation as a "safe(ish)" space. What is considered offensive constantly changes, and you constantly update a list like this to keep up. Facebook has a list like this. So does Twitter. Google has several and an ongoing initiative to consolidate them behind a shared service.