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sciencegeek) wrote2007-12-10 02:33 pm
sciencegeek) wrote2007-12-10 02:33 pm
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Whoa. What? Wait. What?
I like to hope that LJ has their hearts in the right place, I do...but seriously?
Banned Interest Terms
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The combinations seem to attempt to address child/incest sexuality issues; the others seem selected to address racism and certain WWII issues.
The intent: Block the objectionable terms, and new interests people make that attach the objectionable terms to a new word.
The result: Hundreds of innocuous interests are blocked from search.
Among the blocked terms are:
crackerjacks,doo-wop music, hospices, baby grapes, Rollercoaster Tycoon, wharfage,suspicions, unisex baby clothes, beaneries, despicable liars,pedagogics, pachinko games, spice girls, gobbledegook.
Intentionally blocked are:
childrape, sex with little girls, kiddie porn, niggers, kikes, god hatesfags, gook killers, ragheads, fucking your mother, heil hitler, stupidgooks, kkk.
more here
I think they have the best intentions, I do...but like much of LJs recent shananingans, it fails in execution.
Banned Interest Terms
Excerpt
I'm told this is done by "substring search"--so certain root words are blocked, and every derivative that includes them. There are two categories: blocked words, and blocked combinations. If you search for one of the blocked terms, you get a message that says:
Errorinstead of the the normal list of comms & journals, or note that nobody has this interest, but you could start a comm with it or add it to your journal.
Sorry, we're unable to help you find users matching the interests you've provided.
The combinations seem to attempt to address child/incest sexuality issues; the others seem selected to address racism and certain WWII issues.
The intent: Block the objectionable terms, and new interests people make that attach the objectionable terms to a new word.
The result: Hundreds of innocuous interests are blocked from search.
Among the blocked terms are:
crackerjacks,doo-wop music, hospices, baby grapes, Rollercoaster Tycoon, wharfage,suspicions, unisex baby clothes, beaneries, despicable liars,pedagogics, pachinko games, spice girls, gobbledegook.
Intentionally blocked are:
childrape, sex with little girls, kiddie porn, niggers, kikes, god hatesfags, gook killers, ragheads, fucking your mother, heil hitler, stupidgooks, kkk.
more here
I think they have the best intentions, I do...but like much of LJs recent shananingans, it fails in execution.
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heh, agreed. And I see why they did it too. And I see why they might want some of those terms unsearchable, but the timing is shit, and as you say, if they didn't think that predict this exact problem then...they have huge problems.