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by eptcyka 174 days ago
I can easily generate valid yet foul names that I’d prefer to not allow if I was into censoring usernames.
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choraria 174 days ago
Tell me about 'em. Will add to the list. I doubt I'll be able to stop ALL variations but I really am determined to manually keep this list updated as best as possible. Currently at 1.7 million records; will be at around 2.5 million in the coming months and I suspect this will just keep increasing.
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warmedcookie 173 days ago
It's pretty hard to be thorough in censorship because humans are good at spotting patterns and can easily see the masked profanity. Ex. f0u0c0k
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choraria 173 days ago
No disagreements there. My goal is to make this THE BEST list (of all, if any) out there. As much as I see AI taking over handling variations, it'll still need an exhaustive source of truth about what's what and I really think I'd be able to provide that with this API.
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