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Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creating a username

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Re: Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creating a username

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Post by KoftaBob »

msla wrote: post #50
jazzyjackson wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but they're currently prefederation (can't run your own instance yet ) and still making architectural decisions about how moderation will work. they're balancing onboarding new users with keeping up with high expectations of their current userbase. I'm not sure how the federation story compares with mastadon, I've mostly heard talk of composite block lists (everyone you block is public on bluesky so you could ha…

> Yes, but they're currently prefederation (can't run your own instance yet) What's stopping you?

You actually can now, but it's still in "sandbox" stage.

https://atproto.com/blog/federation-developer-sandbox

Re: Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creating a username

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Post by xdennis »

badcppdev wrote: post #22

They are missing the T word, the F word, the D word, the S word, and the M word. Now obviously only some of those are racial slurs but I think keeping this in the code base rather than a database is definitely asking for issues

> T word, the F word, the D word, the S word, and the M word

God, this is so childish. Perhaps you think that list should also only list words as "f-word" and have software interpret what it refers to so as not to offend anyone reading the code.

Funny anecdote about this: in the podcast "Blocked and Reported" one of the presenters tells a story she heard from a mother. Her child learned in school that "under no circumstance is it okay to say the n-word because it's the most vile, horrible, unforgivable thing anyone can say". The kid is 7 years old (or about that age) and has no idea what the n-word is so he asks the teacher. But the teacher refuses to say it because she's bound by her own logic of "under no circumstance" so kid is has no idea which of the many words beginning with n he's not supposed to say.

Re: Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creating a username

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Post by DrThunder »

guidoism wrote: post #28

At least they don’t have Guido in it… yet. I have major problems signing up for services these days. There’s some list out there that programmers use that says that my name is a slur.

It is a slur. Italians just don't really care that much though so it loses most of its power.

WOP is another one, but again it's gets laughed off for the most part.

I always find it strange how some slurs get clung to like people don't want them to go away.

Re: Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creating a username

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Post by jaywalk »

fundad wrote: post #52
anonymoushn wrote: post #37

A pal's surname is on the list, guess he just has to change his name in real life

Last week, while on Long Island of all places, I got an alarming text from a friend of a friend whose name is pronounced Key-Kay.

There's an MLB player named Kiké Hernandez and there's been some fretting over his name, including calls for him to change it. Which is... something.

Re: Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creating a username

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Post by jaywalk »

DrThunder wrote: post #65
guidoism wrote: post #28

At least they don’t have Guido in it… yet. I have major problems signing up for services these days. There’s some list out there that programmers use that says that my name is a slur.

It is a slur. Italians just don't really care that much though so it loses most of its power. WOP is another one, but again it's gets laughed off for the most part. I always find it strange how some slurs get clung to like people don't want them to go away.

Some slurs have large organizations behind them telling people they need to be mad. Others don't, and people end up not caring. My background is split 50/50 and both of them have common slurs associated with them. Nobody in my family cares cares, including me.
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