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19th Sep 2021, 8:15 am | #1 |
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***** words.
Writing a reply earlier I used the word p o o f and was amazed to see it **** out, odd. The sentance was something like "you refit the IC and it p o o f,another dead IC" Implying an explosion, an escape of smoke. Why?
Andy.
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19th Sep 2021, 9:01 am | #2 |
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Re: ***** words.
It's a homophobic word and in the past has been used by a forum member to verbally abuse a moderator.
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19th Sep 2021, 9:07 am | #3 |
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Re: ***** words.
The forum uses a blacklist of words which are problematic so automatically censored. It's a simple algorithm and does sometimes produce unwanted effects. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem.
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