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by jxf 1309 days ago
This feels very adjacent to the Scunthorpe problem, except that the blocking is intentional here:

> The Scunthorpe problem is unintentional blocking [...] because [...] text contains a string (or substring) of letters that appear to have an [...] unacceptable meaning. Names, abbreviations, and technical terms are most often cited as being affected by the issue.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

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Actually, in this case it's intentional that "Clyde" is blocked. That's the name of the "bot" that error messages on Discord use to make them friendlier.

It's obviously not a good solution, but it's not an example of the Scunthorpe problem.

You're right. Updated.