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You answered your own question. It's offensive because of '88'.

GFischer 14y ago
Wow, I see lots of people born in 1988 using the screename (name)88, and I don't think any knows that :P I hope 81 isn't some kind of code either :)
- James_Duval 14y ago
  As long as you don't combine it with other words you should be fine. In my example, Realist referred to "racial realism". I chose a relatively subtle example because many of them I find repulsive to even type, but a less subtle username I've seen about the place is "ChuckSpears". That's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
  - Dylan16807 14y ago
    That one also seems completely fine by itself? And it's not like they generally block names that advertise you being a bad person.
    - James_Duval 14y ago
      ChuckSpears is a direct reference to a racist insult, "Spear Chucker". They don't generally block names like this but I often wonder where the line is. In human-moderated systems like XBox Live I've seen some relatively 'sophisticated' offensive names get called out and banned by the moderators. I was wondering how username-blacklist systems worked, and how they deal with names which are obviously offensive to anyone who's dealt with the likes of Stormfront et al. before, but could theoretically be chosen by a totally innocent unfortunate.
      - Dylan16807 14y ago
        Yeah I figured out what the insult was, I just have no idea what group it is applied too. If you need to know about it beforehand it's not a very strong insult.
      - kalleboo 14y ago
        > In human-moderated systems like XBox Live I've seen some relatively 'sophisticated' offensive names get called out and banned by the moderators. For anyone who wants examples, reading a couple of pages of http://whywasibanned.com/category/gamertag/ http://whywasibanned.com/category/gamertag/ should give you some examples
      - cail 14y ago
        I see what you're getting at and agree it could be offensive but it could also be Charles Spears. At the same time someone could name an account CharlesSpears and probably no one would find it offensive. It is interesting to think about where the line should be drawn. Especially in human moderated cases.

Wow, I see lots of people born in 1988 using the screename (name)88, and I don't think any knows that :P I hope 81 isn't some kind of code either :)

James_Duval 14y ago
As long as you don't combine it with other words you should be fine. In my example, Realist referred to "racial realism". I chose a relatively subtle example because many of them I find repulsive to even type, but a less subtle username I've seen about the place is "ChuckSpears". That's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
- Dylan16807 14y ago
  That one also seems completely fine by itself? And it's not like they generally block names that advertise you being a bad person.
  - James_Duval 14y ago
    ChuckSpears is a direct reference to a racist insult, "Spear Chucker". They don't generally block names like this but I often wonder where the line is. In human-moderated systems like XBox Live I've seen some relatively 'sophisticated' offensive names get called out and banned by the moderators. I was wondering how username-blacklist systems worked, and how they deal with names which are obviously offensive to anyone who's dealt with the likes of Stormfront et al. before, but could theoretically be chosen by a totally innocent unfortunate.
    - Dylan16807 14y ago
      Yeah I figured out what the insult was, I just have no idea what group it is applied too. If you need to know about it beforehand it's not a very strong insult.
    - kalleboo 14y ago
      > In human-moderated systems like XBox Live I've seen some relatively 'sophisticated' offensive names get called out and banned by the moderators. For anyone who wants examples, reading a couple of pages of http://whywasibanned.com/category/gamertag/ http://whywasibanned.com/category/gamertag/ should give you some examples
    - cail 14y ago
      I see what you're getting at and agree it could be offensive but it could also be Charles Spears. At the same time someone could name an account CharlesSpears and probably no one would find it offensive. It is interesting to think about where the line should be drawn. Especially in human moderated cases.