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0 pointsRacing04612y ago0 comments

yep, youtube video ids has/had? same issue where it would have things like fag/f4g etc in it.

eg: google "allinurl:fag site:youtube.com"

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You can prevent any obscenity, O and 0 confusion, and I and L confusion, just by excluding vowels. If someone interprets "f4g" in an offensive way, then they have bigger issues than can be dealt with in software.

MR4D2y ago

Obscenities change with language. That’s why every language has them.

Even programming language have them. For instance, Basic has GOTO.

ZeroClickOk2y ago

and javascript has type coercion

arcticbull2y ago

There was that time Delta generated an "H8GAYS" PNR. [1] Pretty sure that's valid Crockford encoding too :) however, to your point, it does rely on 'A'. "H8G4YS" would likely still offend someone out there, though, given the kerfuffle in [1].

[1] https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/17/delta-airlines-is-very-...

kortex2y ago

> But as White points out, it’s a bit surprising that Delta didn’t block this particular combination as a possibility. “I’m sure they removed many four-letter words that would be seen as offensive,” he tells the Post. “I’m surprised that ‘gays’ and ‘H8’ weren’t blocked as well.”

Oh sweet summer child (meaning Jeff White, not OP/GP). As someone who has implemented a censorship/filtering list, this is a UX problem on the same level of decideability as the halting problem. You can spend boundless time curating a list to flag/grawlix every possible string that would offend even the most prudish of prudes, and some would still get through. Such as the superficially benign "EATTHE"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039662/Virginia-dr...

taosx2y ago

Why we care about obscenity in pseudo-random ids and url?

whimsicalism2y ago

anglo morals

Racing0461OP2y ago

i don't, the people that can start a **storm on twitter/tumblr causing your stock to drop 10% does.

oleganza2y ago

The problem is not being offended per se, but having your user id accidentally become "user_123fuck567" — that's akin to having a vulgar license plate on your car's forehead. People don't appreciate how lucky they sometimes are.

nephanth2y ago

Are those supposed to be user- facing though?

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