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There are a whole bunch of banned words. There used to be a whole slew of sites that indexed all of the things Microsoft wouldn't let you talk about. Here's an
by cryptoz 14y ago
There are a whole bunch of banned words. There used to be a whole slew of sites that indexed all of the things Microsoft wouldn't let you talk about. Here's an article about it in the Inquirer: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1041509/microsofts-banned-words-in-msn-messenger http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1041509/microsofts-...
Edit: that article appears to be mostly user names. Here's a forum thread to get you started: http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/index.php?topic=157.0 http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/index.php?topic=157.0
- StavrosK 14y ago> Four letter words of a naughty nature are also banned, as well as contentious areas of the world like Scunthorpe. That is hilarious.
- scott_s 14y agoThanks, interesting - all I found in my searches where the user name bans, which are standard. This is different from what Apple is doing, as it seems to be file-name based, to avoid phishing. I still think it's completely misguided.
- seabee 14y agoMSN has also banned messages containing certain TLDs e.g. '.info' and '.cx'. http://yoast.com/microsoft-censoring-info-domains-in-msn-messenger/ http://yoast.com/microsoft-censoring-info-domains-in-msn-mes...