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> What's user hostile in taking words off the list? I don't really see how that impacts the experience. If you don't see how removing words off the wordlist im

> What's user hostile in taking words off the list? I don't really see how that impacts the experience. If you don't see how removing words off the wordlist impacts the experience, I really can't explain it to you, it's a tautology: removing words impacts the experience precisely by removing words. Because you can no longer use the removed word in gameplay, as you could previously. Therefore experience is impacted. > Adding trackers is the expected move It being 'expected' has no bearing on it not being palatable and being user hostile.

paulcole 5y ago
> Therefore experience is impacted This is like saying stubbing your toe on a grain of sand impacts the experience of your foot. Yes, you are technically correct that the Wordle experience has changed, but it hasn’t changed in a meaningful (or even noticeable) way for 99.9% of Wordle players.
- Ansil849 5y ago
  If your criteria is some specific quantity instead of one around the ethics of censorship, would you likewise be OK with dictionaries removing a small percentage of words? Under the same pretense, that this removal would surely only impact .1% of those who may consult a dictionary in a meaningful (or even noticeable) way? If anything, the fact that the censorship is hard to notice makes it all the more pernicious and harmful.
  - paulcole 5y ago
    Yes, I’m fine with that. For example, there are a huge number of English-language words that aren’t in every English language dictionary. Compare British English dictionaries to American English dictionaries. Is this censorship? Yes. Am I OK with it? Absolutely.
    - Ansil849 5y ago
      > Compare British English dictionaries to American English dictionaries. Is this censorship? Yes. Am I OK with it? Absolutely. Removing a word because it is not in use in the region the dictionary is published is much like you wouldn't necessarily expect a dictionary in Portugal to be identical to a dictionary in Brazil. It is vastly different from removing words because the words are deemed offensive. We're not talking about the NYT removing British spellings like 'fibre', but rather words like 'bitch' or 'slave'.
      - paulcole 5y ago
        Yeah, I’m fine w/ the NYT’s chosen deletions. It’s their game and their rules. Wordle’s not a dictionary, it’s a game and a game’s owners get to set the rules. In this case, the acceptable words are a big part of the rules.
johannes1234321 5y ago
Maybe it changes the difficulty, but hostile. But yeah, I know what your beef is ...
Steko 5y ago
I take delight knowing that it drives racists crazy so it’s improved my user experience.
- Ansil849 5y ago
  Did a lot of racists play Wordle on the NYT page? Is there a stormfront thread about it or something? I haven't really seen any news of racists being outraged by this; likely because many of the removed words are not racially-charged terms.

paulcole 5y ago

> Therefore experience is impacted This is like saying stubbing your toe on a grain of sand impacts the experience of your foot. Yes, you are technically correct that the Wordle experience has changed, but it hasn’t changed in a meaningful (or even noticeable) way for 99.9% of Wordle players.

Ansil849 5y ago
If your criteria is some specific quantity instead of one around the ethics of censorship, would you likewise be OK with dictionaries removing a small percentage of words? Under the same pretense, that this removal would surely only impact .1% of those who may consult a dictionary in a meaningful (or even noticeable) way? If anything, the fact that the censorship is hard to notice makes it all the more pernicious and harmful.
- paulcole 5y ago
  Yes, I’m fine with that. For example, there are a huge number of English-language words that aren’t in every English language dictionary. Compare British English dictionaries to American English dictionaries. Is this censorship? Yes. Am I OK with it? Absolutely.
  - Ansil849 5y ago
    > Compare British English dictionaries to American English dictionaries. Is this censorship? Yes. Am I OK with it? Absolutely. Removing a word because it is not in use in the region the dictionary is published is much like you wouldn't necessarily expect a dictionary in Portugal to be identical to a dictionary in Brazil. It is vastly different from removing words because the words are deemed offensive. We're not talking about the NYT removing British spellings like 'fibre', but rather words like 'bitch' or 'slave'.
    - paulcole 5y ago
      Yeah, I’m fine w/ the NYT’s chosen deletions. It’s their game and their rules. Wordle’s not a dictionary, it’s a game and a game’s owners get to set the rules. In this case, the acceptable words are a big part of the rules.

johannes1234321 5y ago

Maybe it changes the difficulty, but hostile. But yeah, I know what your beef is ...

Steko 5y ago

I take delight knowing that it drives racists crazy so it’s improved my user experience.

Ansil849 5y ago
Did a lot of racists play Wordle on the NYT page? Is there a stormfront thread about it or something? I haven't really seen any news of racists being outraged by this; likely because many of the removed words are not racially-charged terms.